Indian Tennis championship
Tennis tournament
The Maharashtra Open [ 2] (known as Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons) was an annual men's ATP Tour 250 Tennis championship in Pune . It was a part of the ATP Tour till 2023, before being moved to Hong Kong .[ 3]
Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), the governing body of Tennis in Maharashtra state annually organised at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex . It was a hard court championship and men's singles and doubles matches were organised.[ 4] [ 5]
The inaugural event was held in New Delhi . It was then shifted to Chennai since its second edition, and from there it was moved to Pune in 2018, where it is held in January.[ 6] The tournament is owned and organized by RISE Worldwide .[ 7] It was the only tour level tennis event currently held in India.[ 8] It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.[ 4]
Tallon Griekspoor of Netherlands is the current title holder in singles and Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen are the current title holder in doubles by winning finals in 2023 .[ 9]
History
Stan Wawrinka is the most successful player at the event, winning 4 titles (2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016) and reaching a further final (2010).
Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the doubles titles four times between 1997 and 2002, and again in 2011
Maharashtra Open is held since 1996. In its first year it was located in New Delhi, then in Chennai where it was renamed as Chennai Open. The championship moved from there to Pune, a city of Maharashtra, in 2018 and was rebranded as Maharashtra Open.[ 10]
In 2021 due to COVID-19 and clash of dates with Australian Open it was not organised.[ 11]
Stadium
Maharashtra Open is annually held at Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex at Pune in India. It is a hard court championship.[ 12]
Past finals
Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996
Thomas Enqvist
Byron Black
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997
Mikael Tillström
Alex Rădulescu
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998
Patrick Rafter
Mikael Tillström
6–3, 6–4
1999
Byron Black
Rainer Schüttler
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000
Jérôme Golmard
Markus Hantschk
6–3, 6–7(6–8) , 6–3
2001
Michal Tabara
Andrei Stoliarov
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2002
Guillermo Cañas
Paradorn Srichaphan
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003
Paradorn Srichaphan
Karol Kučera
6–3, 6–1
2004
Carlos Moyá
Paradorn Srichaphan
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2005
Carlos Moyá (2)
Paradorn Srichaphan
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2006
Ivan Ljubičić
Carlos Moyá
7–6(8–6) , 6–2
2007
Xavier Malisse
Stefan Koubek
6–1, 6–3
2008
Mikhail Youzhny
Rafael Nadal
6–0, 6–1
2009
Marin Čilić
Somdev Devvarman
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010
Marin Čilić (2)
Stan Wawrinka
7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–3)
2011
Stan Wawrinka
Xavier Malisse
7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012
Milos Raonic
Janko Tipsarević
6–7(4–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–4)
2013
Janko Tipsarević
Roberto Bautista Agut
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014
Stan Wawrinka (2)
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–5, 6–2
2015
Stan Wawrinka (3)
Aljaž Bedene
6–3, 6–4
2016
Stan Wawrinka (4)
Borna Ćorić
6–3, 7–5
2017
Roberto Bautista Agut
Daniil Medvedev
6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018
Gilles Simon
Kevin Anderson
7–6(7–4) , 6–2
2019
Kevin Anderson
Ivo Karlović
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(2–7) , 7–6(7–5)
2020
Jiří Veselý
Egor Gerasimov
7–6(7–2) , 5–7, 6–3
2021
tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions [ 13]
2022
João Sousa
Emil Ruusuvuori
7–6(11–9) , 4–6, 6–1
2023
Tallon Griekspoor
Benjamin Bonzi
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996
Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
Byron Black Sandon Stolle
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
1998
Mahesh Bhupathi (2) Leander Paes (2)
Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999
Mahesh Bhupathi (3) Leander Paes (3)
Wayne Black Neville Godwin
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000
Julien Boutter Christophe Rochus
Saurav Panja Prahlad Srinath
7–5, 6–1
2001
Byron Black Wayne Black
Barry Cowan Mosé Navarra
6–3, 6–4
2002
Mahesh Bhupathi (4) Leander Paes (4)
Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003
Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann
František Čermák Leoš Friedl
7–6(7–1) , 7–6(7–3)
2004
Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
7–6(7–3) , 4–6, 6–3
2005
Lu Yen-hsun Rainer Schüttler
Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2006
Michal Mertiňák Petr Pála
Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 7–5
2007
Xavier Malisse Dick Norman
Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–4)
2008
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Marcos Baghdatis Marc Gicquel
6–4, 7–5
2009
Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram
Jean-Claude Scherrer Stan Wawrinka
6–3, 6–4
2010
Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura
Lu Yen-hsun Janko Tipsarević
7–5, 6–2
2011
Mahesh Bhupathi (5) Leander Paes (5)
Robin Haase David Martin
6–2, 6–7(3–7) , [10–7]
2012
Leander Paes (6) Janko Tipsarević
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4
2013
Benoît Paire Stanislas Wawrinka
Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich
6–2, 6–1
2014
Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen
Marin Draganja Mate Pavić
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015
Lu Yen-hsun (2) Jonathan Marray
Raven Klaasen Leander Paes
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016
Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin
Austin Krajicek Benoît Paire
6–3, 7–5
2017
Rohan Bopanna Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Purav Raja Divij Sharan
6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018
Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Gilles Simon
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–5)
2019
Rohan Bopanna (2) Divij Sharan
Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara
6–3, 6–4
2020
André Göransson Christopher Rungkat
Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski
6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2021
tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions [ 13]
2022
Rohan Bopanna (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan
Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith
6–7(10–12) , 6–3, [10–6]
2023
Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen
Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
6–4, 6–4
Tata motors (Title sponsor)
MMRDA
1xBat
Panchshil
Dunlop
Indian tree (apparel partner)
IMG
Source -[ 14]
Television broadcast
Maharashtra Open is live and exclusively airs on Sports 18 HD channel and live streams on Jio cinema app in India.
See also
References
External links
Present
Buenos Aires
Marseille
Delray Beach
New Haven / Winston-Salem
2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart
Båstad
Gstaad
Umag
Stockholm
Metz
2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech
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2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2021, 2024-present: Belgrade
2024-present: Hong Kong
Hangzhou
Past