Capri Watch Cup
| Capri Watch Cup | |
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 2016 Capri Watch Cup |
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| ATP Challenger Tour | |
| Event name | Capri Watch Cup |
| Location | Naples, Italy |
| Venue | Tennis Club Napoli |
| Category | ATP Challenger Tour |
| Surface | Clay |
| Draw | 32S/27Q/16D |
| Prize money | €42,500+H |
| Website | Website |
The Capri Watch Cup (formerly known as Tennis Napoli Cup) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club Napoli in Naples, Italy, since 1995.
History
The tournament is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in Italy, the Campionato Partenopeo (Parthenopean Championship), which for men's singles was first contested in 1905. Over the years the men's tournament has been combined with other trophies, such as Coppa Gordon Bennet (1907–1910 and 1937), Coppa Reale (1912–1915), Coppa del Municipio di Napoli (1926–1938), Campionato dell’Europa Centrale (1937–1938), Coppa Città di Napoli (1953–1970), Coppa Carlo D'Avalos (1970).
At the time of the amateur tennis the Naples tournament gained increasing importance over the years, becoming one of the pivotal events of the spring season of the courts of Europe and a decisive step in preparation for the Internationals of Italy and those of France. Following the affirmation of professionalism, the tournament lost its relevance and disappeared, rising from the mid-1990s and finding a place within the category of ATP Challenger.
The women's tournament (singles and doubles), played simultaneously with the men's tournament until 1970, now no longer takes place.
Venue
From the beginning, the tournament is played on the courts of the Circolo del Tennis di Napoli, which occupies an area near the ancient Villa Reale di Chiaia, a few meters from the Gulf of Naples and minutes from downtown and historic centre.
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | ||
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| 2016 |  Jozef Kovalík |
 Arthur De Greef |
6–3, 6–2 | ||
| 2015 |  Daniel Muñoz de la Nava |
 Matteo Donati |
6–2, 6–1 | ||
| 2014 | Not held | ||||
| 2013 | Potito Starace |
Alessandro Giannessi |
6–2, 2–0 ret. | ||
| 2012 |  Andrey Kuznetsov |
 Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy |
7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6) | ||
| 2011 |  Thomas Schoorel |
Filippo Volandri |
6–2, 7–6(4) | ||
| 2010 |  Rui Machado |
 Federico del Bonis |
6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 2009 |  Pablo Cuevas |
 Victor Crivoi |
6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 2008 | Potito Starace |
 Marcos Daniel |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3) | ||
| 2007 | Potito Starace |
 Younes El Aynaoui |
7–5, 6–2 | ||
| 2006 | Potito Starace |
Alessio di Mauro |
6–0, 5–1 retired | ||
| 2005 | Richard Gasquet |
Potito Starace |
4–6, 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| 2004 |  Gilles Müller |
Arnaud di Pasquale |
7–6(7), 6–7(1), 6–1 | ||
| 2003 | Richard Gasquet |
Gilles Müller |
6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 2002 | David Ferrer |
 Jean-René Lisnard |
6–1, 6–1 | ||
| 2001 | Not held | ||||
| 2000 | Not held | ||||
| 1999 | Juan Carlos Ferrero |
Juan Albert Viloca |
3–6, 7–6, 6–1 | ||
| 1998 | Davide Sanguinetti |
Marat Safin |
6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 1997 | Dinu Pescariu |
 Oliver Gross |
6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1996 | Félix Mantilla |
Karim Alami |
6–3, 7–5 | ||
| 1995 |  Thomas Johansson |
Frédéric Vitoux |
6–0, 6–0 | ||
| 1982-1994 | Not held | ||||
| 1981 | Damir Keretić |
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| 1980 | Christophe Roger-Vasselin |
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| 1979 | Josè Damiani |
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| 1978 |  Peter McNamara |
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| 1976-1977 | Not held | ||||
| 1975 | Ezio Di Matteo |
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| 1971-1974 | Not held | ||||
| 1970 | Ilie Năstase |
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| 1969 |  Patricio Rodríguez |
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| 1968 | Martin Mulligan |
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| 1967 | Martin Mulligan |
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| 1966 | Nicola Pietrangeli |
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| 1965 | Martin Mulligan |
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| 1964 | Nicola Pietrangeli |
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| 1963 | Jan-Erik Lundquist |
Fred Stolle |
6–3, 0–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1962 | Fausto Gardini |
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| 1961 | Nicola Pietrangeli |
Jan-Erik Lundquist |
6–1, 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| 1960 | Not held | ||||
| 1959 | Nicola Pietrangeli |
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| 1958 | Mervyn Rose |
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| 1957 | Orlando Sirola |
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| 1956 | Lewis Hoad |
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| 1955 | Giuseppe Merlo |
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| 1954 | Not held | ||||
| 1953 |  Budge Patty |
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| 1939-1952 | Not held | ||||
| 1938 |  Boris Maneff |
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| 1937 |  Giovanni Palmieri |
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| 1936 | Giovanni Palmieri |
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| 1935 | Giovanni Palmieri |
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| 1934 |  Roderich Menzel |
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| 1933 | Giorgio De Stefani |
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| 1932 | Giorgio De Stefani |
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| 1931 |  George Lyttleton-Rogers |
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| 1930 | Clemente Serventi |
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| 1929 | Carlo d’Avalos |
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| 1928 | Antoine Gentien |
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| 1927 | Carlo d’Avalos |
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| 1926 | Carlo d’Avalos |
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| 1925 | Carlo d’Avalos |
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| 1924 | Carlo d’Avalos |
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| 1923 | Riccardo Sabbadini |
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| 1922 |  George Grounsell |
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| 1921 | Riccardo Sabbadini |
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| 1920 | Riccardo Sabbadini |
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| 1919 | George Grounsell |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1919 | Eugenio Schioppa |
Spring edition | |||
| 1916-1918 | Not held due to WWI | ||||
| 1915 | Eugenio Schioppa |
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| 1914 | Mino Balbi di Robecco |
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| 1913 | Eugenio Schioppa |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1913 | Eugenio Schioppa |
Spring edition | |||
| 1912 | Tullio Jappelli |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1912 | Tullio Jappelli |
Spring edition | |||
| 1911 | Title not awarded | ||||
| 1910 | Eugenio Schioppa |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1910 |  Alfredo Pflucker |
Spring edition | |||
| 1909 | Alfredo Pflucker |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1909 | Alfredo Pflucker |
Spring edition | |||
| 1908 | Alfredo Pflucker |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1908 | Robert Hotham |
Spring edition | |||
| 1907 | Alfredo Pflucker |
Autumn edition | |||
| 1907 | Alfredo Pflucker |
Spring edition | |||
| 1906 | Alfredo Pflucker |
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| 1905 | Geoffrey Smith |
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