Internationaux du Doubs – Open de Franche-Comté

The Internationaux du Doubs – Open de Franche-Comté was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Series (renamed the ATP Challenger Tour in 2009). It was held annually in Thise near Besançon, France, as a Satellite from 1996 to 1998 and as a Challenger from 1999 until 2009. In 2010 was cancelled due to budget reasons.^[1]

Internationaux du Doubs – Open de Franche-Comté
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1996
Abolished	2009
Editions	12
Location	Thise, France
Venue	Pôle Espoir Trébignon
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Hard (i)
Draw	32S/28Q/16D
Website	Official Website

Marc Gicquel was one of seven Frenchmen to take the singles in the event's twelve editions (one of five in the event's nine editions as a Challenger)

Croat Ivan Ljubičić was the first player to win the singles title after the event became a Challenger tournament

There are three title holders, each with two doubles titles, Lionel Barthez, Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner. Only one player, Julien Boutter, won both singles and doubles titles the same year.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Kristof Vliegen	Andreas Beck	6–2, 6–7(6), 6–3
2008	Marc Gicquel	Alexander Peya	7–6(2), 6–4
2007	Ernests Gulbis	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2006	Nicolas Mahut	Frank Dancevic	6–3, 6–4
2005	Gaël Monfils	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
2004	Tomáš Berdych	Julien Benneteau	6–3, 6–1
2003	Cyril Saulnier	Eric Taino	7–6(8), 6–4
2002	Not held
2001	Not held
2000	Julien Boutter	Julian Knowle	6–4, 7–6(4)
1999	Ivan Ljubičić	Lionel Roux	6–4, 6–2
1998	Nicolas Thomann	Nicolas Guillaume	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1997	Sébastien Grosjean	Nicolas Thomann	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1996	Aleksandar Kitinov	Lionel Barthez	6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2009	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	David Škoch Igor Zelenay	2–6, 7–5, 10–7
2008	Philipp Petzschner (2) Alexander Peya	Yves Allegro Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–1
2007	Christopher Kas (2) Alexander Peya	Grégory Carraz Gilles Müller	6–4, 6–4
2006	Christopher Kas (1) Philipp Petzschner (1)	Jean-Claude Scherrer Lovro Zovko	6–2, 6–2
2005	Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery	Michal Mertiňák Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–7(7), 6–2, 6–3
2004	Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen	Kenneth Carlsen Gilles Elseneer	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
2003	Jonathan Erlich Julian Knowle	Richard Gasquet Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–4
2002	Not held
2001	Not held
2000	Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra	Stefano Pescosolido Vincenzo Santopadre	6–4, 6–7(6), 7–6(5)
1999	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco, Jr.	Martín García Cristiano Testa	6–1, 7–6
1998	Justin Bower Nenad Zimonjić	Henrik Andersson Radek Štěpánek	w/o
1997	Lionel Barthez (2) Grégory Carraz	Ivo Heuberger Alexandre Strambini	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1996	Lionel Barthez (1) Stéphane Simian	Wade McGuire Michael Sell	6–3, 6–7, 6–4