Visitor Guide

The Tournament

The Open 13 is an indoor tournament: the “Greenset” coating is a relatively soft coating. The total prize-money of the tournament is 600 000$. The fist player who wins two sets win the match.
The tournament welcomes 32 contestants: 25 of them are directly qualified thanks to their ATP ranking, 4 of them come from the qualifiers (10th & 11th February 2007, from 10.30 am) and 3 of them have an invitation (Wild card).

Getting to the Palais des Sports

The Address

Palais des Sports : 81, rue R. Teisseire  13009 Marseille (Map available on Mappy)

By Metro or Bus

  • Metro Line 2 (the red line). The Palais des Sports is a 2 minutes walk away from the last stop «Sainte Marguerite Dromel».
  • Bus Line 42

Car Park

Parling Lot (Foire de Marseille)
R.Teissure and R.Teisseire off Rabatau entries

  • Arriving from the Aix highway – route on (Mappy)
  • Arriving from the Toulon highway – route on (Mappy)

Site Map

Plan du site

Media Coverage

Internet

Follow the matches on television : cg13.fr

Radio : RMC

RMC Info Talk Sport

  • at promotional level
    • Advertising campaigns from February 3rd to 18th, 2007. 50 commercials of 30 seconds on national RMC + 20 commercials on partly national RMC (national RMC except IDF and Nice).
    • Internet: Tournaments' visuals on the RMC website as well as a link towards www.open13.fr starting 10 days before the event.
    • Advertising through games and tickets to be won on sport talk shows (5 DKP, 3 Radio Moscato and 2 A vos marques) to optimize the effectiveness of the advertising.
  • at editorial level
    • Daily fix on the talk show «30 minutes Sport» hosted by Pierre Dorian (talk show broadcasted from Monday to Friday, from 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm)
    • Live broadcasts on big matches: Semi-finals and the Final broadcasted on the Integrale Sports of February 17th and 18th (starting at 2.00 pm), with live broadcasts throughout the 2 afternoons.
    • ITW of Jean-François Caujolle in AVM on Saturday 10th February (10.00 am to noon with Sarah Pitkowski)

TV Broadcast

  • Sport +
    • Tuesday 13th February: 2 matches from 7.00 pm
    • Wednesday 14th February: 2 matches from 7.00 pm
    • Thursday 15th February: 2 live matches
    • Friday 16th February: Live Quarter-Finals
    • Saturday 17th February: Recorded Semi-finals
    • Sunday 18th February : Recorded Final
  • France 3 Mediterranee
    • Daily broadcast of the special Open 13 heading « la minute du jour »
    • Daily follow up and broadcasts in local TV news
    • Saturday 17th February: Live Semi-Finals from 2.00 am
  • Infosport
    • Daily TV sets and matches follow up. Repeat broadcasting.

Poster campaign

  • 4m x 3m : 340 billboards in Marseilles and its surroundings (Aix, Aubagne, ...)
  • 120x176 : 350 billboards on the département (county) of the Bouches-du-Rhône
  • 40x60 : 30000 key points for billboards (points of sale, tennis clubs, companies network).

Press

  • LA PROVENCE (local daily newspaper): One page dedicated to the tournament and half a page dedicated to the life in the Village throughout the whole Open 13 week.
  • MARSEILLE PLUS (free local newspaper, part of the La Provence group and handed out in buses and metros): A daily page from the 7th to the 13th February: (the people, the partners, what goes the behind the scens...).

Hotels

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Nearby the Palais des Sports

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    11, Avenue de Mazargues - 13008 MARSEILLE
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    Booking Hotline: Tél. +33 (0)4 89 88 50 32
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    103 Avenue Du Prado - 13008 MARSEILLE
    Starting at 99€
    Booking Hotline: Tel. +33 (0)4 89 88 50 32

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