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The Open d'Orléans is a tennis

Tennis

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tournament held in Orléans

Orléans

-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

, France

France

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, since 2005. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011 2011 Open d'Orléans The 2011 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...	Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...	Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément is a professional tennis player from France. His best achievement is reaching the final of the 2001 Australian Open.-Career:Clément was born in Aix-en-Provence, and currently lives in Geneva, Switzerland...	7–5, 6–1
2010 2010 Open d'Orléans The 2010 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov is a tennis player from Bulgaria. He achieved a career high ranking of World No. 52 on August 22, 2011. Dimitrov also enjoyed a very successful junior career, in which he held the World No...	2-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(4)
2009 2009 Open d'Orléans The 2009 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 19 and 25 October 2009.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of October 12, 2009....	Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....	Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert is a professional French professional tennis player.He reached his first ATP-level final at the 2010 SA Tennis Open, falling to Feliciano López 5–7, 1–6....	6–1, 6–2
2008	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus Christophe Rochus is a retired professional male tennis player from Belgium.Rochus is the older brother of Olivier Rochus, also a tennis player who has been slightly more successful than Christophe. He reached the singles finals of two ATP tournaments: Valencia and Rotterdam but lost them both...	5–7, 6–1, 7–6(2)
2007	Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	6–4, 6–4
2006	Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...	Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra Michaël Llodra is a French professional tennis player. He is a prolific doubles player with three Grand Slam championships, and has also had success in singles.-Life and career:...	7–6(0), 7–6(6)
2005	Cyril Saulnier Cyril Saulnier Cyril Saulnier is a retired French tennis player.His career-high singles ranking is 48th and was reached on March 21, 2005. Earlier that year he reached the final of the SAP Open in San Jose to be ranked in the top 50 for the first time in his career.-Singles Titles:-External links:*...	Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011 2011 Open d'Orléans The 2011 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour...	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French junior tennis player.Herbert won the Boys' Doubles with Kevin Krawietz at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the 2009 US Open Boys' Singles semifinal, where he lost to Bernard Tomic.... Nicolas Renavand Nicolas Renavand Nicolas Renavand is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On October 10, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 308, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 139 was reached on October 10, 2011....	David Škoch David Škoch David Škoch is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic. , he has a good doubles rank and his usual doubles partner is his countryman Jaroslav Levinský.-Wins :... Simone Vagnozzi Simone Vagnozzi Simone Vagnozzi is an Italian professional tennis player.-Runner-Up :-External links:...	7–5, 6–3
2010 2010 Open d'Orléans The 2010 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert is a French junior tennis player.Herbert won the Boys' Doubles with Kevin Krawietz at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He also reached the 2009 US Open Boys' Singles semifinal, where he lost to Bernard Tomic.... Nicolas Renavand Nicolas Renavand Nicolas Renavand is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On October 10, 2011, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 308, whilst his highest doubles ranking of 139 was reached on October 10, 2011....	Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:... Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	7–6(3), 1–6, [10–6]
2009 2009 Open d'Orléans The 2009 Open d'Orléans was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orléans, France between 19 and 25 October 2009.-Seeds:* Rankings are as of October 12, 2009....	Colin Fleming Colin Fleming Colin Fleming is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team.... Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...	Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien Grosjean Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:... Olivier Patience Olivier Patience Olivier Patience is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was No. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won 3 ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He registered his best performance in a Grand Slam event to date, when he reached the 3rd round at Roland Garros...	6–1, 6–1
2008	Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 and his high of #86 in doubles... Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić....	Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer is a professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 1998.-Runners-up :-External links:*... Igor Zelenay Igor Zelenay Igor Zelenay is a professional tennis player. He mainly plays doubles, and his career high rank is 74, achieved on 2 February 2009. His career high in singles is 279, achieved on August 1, 2005.-Doubles:...	7–6(7), 6–4
2007	James Cerretani James Cerretani James Cerretani is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he has won three ATP World Tour titles in his career. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No... Frank Moser Frank Moser (tennis) Frank Moser is a German professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached two ATP final of his career .-Doubles: 2 :-Singles: 4 :...	Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek born November 12, 1981 in Pabianice, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland.-Career:He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 81 on April 19, 2010... Michał Przysiężny	6–1, 7–6(2)
2006	Grégory Carraz Grégory Carraz Grégory Carraz is a retired professional French tennis player. During his career, he reached one ATP Tour doubles final.-Doubles: 1 :-Singles: 14 :-Doubles: 13 :-External links:... Dick Norman Dick Norman Dick Norman is a professional tennis player. He has achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height , his left-handed power game and, in the last few years, his age .Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam...	Jérôme Haehnel Jérôme Haehnel Jérôme Haehnel is a tennis player who defeated Andre Agassi in the first round of the French Open in 2004. Haehnel's career-high singles ranking is no. 78, which he reached on February 21, 2005. Recently he has been competing in various ATP Challenger Series tournaments around Europe... Jean-René Lisnard Jean-René Lisnard Jean-René Lisnard is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007...	7–6(6), 6–1
2005	Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva... Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	Grégory Carraz Grégory Carraz Grégory Carraz is a retired professional French tennis player. During his career, he reached one ATP Tour doubles final.-Doubles: 1 :-Singles: 14 :-Doubles: 13 :-External links:... Antony Dupuis	3–6, 6–4, 6–2

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