Maharashtra Open

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The Maharashtra Open,[2] also known as the Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons, was an annual men's ATP Tour 250 tennis event held from 1996 until 2023.

Eventname
  • McDowell Open
    (1996)
  • Gold Flake Open
    (1997–2001)
  • Tata Open
    (2002–2004)
  • Chennai Open
    (2005–2009)
  • Aircel Chennai Open
    (2010–2017)
  • Tata Open Maharashtra
    (2018–2023)[1]
Sponsor
Tata motors
Founded1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Abolished2023
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TATA Open Maharashtra
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name
  • McDowell Open
    (1996)
  • Gold Flake Open
    (1997–2001)
  • Tata Open
    (2002–2004)
  • Chennai Open
    (2005–2009)
  • Aircel Chennai Open
    (2010–2017)
  • Tata Open Maharashtra
    (2018–2023)[1]
Sponsor
Tata motors
Founded1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Abolished2023
Editions27
LocationPune
India
VenueBalewadi Tennis Complex (2018 — present)[1]
Category
SurfaceHard – Outdoors
Draw28S/16Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$713,495 (2023)
Most singles titlesStan Wawrinka
Websitemaharashtraopen.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesNetherlands Tallon Griekspoor
DoublesBelgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
ATP Tour
CategoryATP 250
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The Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), the governing body of Tennis in Maharashtra state, organized annually the hardcourt championship, which included men's singles and doubles events, at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex or also known as the Balewadi Tennis Complex in Mahalunge, as part of the ATP Tour.[3][4][5]

The tournament was owned and organized by RISE Worldwide.[6] It was the only ATP tour-level tennis event held in India.[7] It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.[3] It was last held in Pune in 2023 (since 2018), before it was moved to Hong Kong in 2024.[8]

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

The Maharashtra Open was held since 1996. The inaugural event was held in New Delhi, and the second edition in Chennai, where it was held as the Chennai Open. In 2018, the championship moved to Pune, a city of Maharashtra, and was rebranded as the Tata Open Maharashtra.[9]

In 2021 due to COVID-19 and a clash of dates with the Australian Open it was not held.[10][11]

Past finals

Singles

More information Year, Champions ...
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996Sweden Thomas EnqvistZimbabwe Byron Black6–2, 7–6(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997Sweden Mikael TillströmGermany Alex Rădulescu6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998Australia Patrick RafterSweden Mikael Tillström6–3, 6–4
1999Zimbabwe Byron BlackGermany Rainer Schüttler6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000France Jérôme GolmardGermany Markus Hantschk6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2001Czech Republic Michal TabaraRussia Andrei Stoliarov6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2002Argentina Guillermo CañasThailand Paradorn Srichaphan6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003Thailand Paradorn SrichaphanSlovakia Karol Kučera6–3, 6–1
2004Spain Carlos MoyáThailand Paradorn Srichaphan6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2005Spain Carlos Moyá (2)Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2006Croatia Ivan LjubičićSpain Carlos Moyá7–6(8–6), 6–2
2007Belgium Xavier MalisseAustria Stefan Koubek6–1, 6–3
2008Russia Mikhail YouzhnySpain Rafael Nadal6–0, 6–1
2009Croatia Marin ČilićIndia Somdev Devvarman6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010Croatia Marin Čilić (2)Switzerland Stan Wawrinka7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
2011Switzerland Stan WawrinkaBelgium Xavier Malisse7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012Canada Milos RaonicSerbia Janko Tipsarević6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2013Serbia Janko TipsarevićSpain Roberto Bautista Agut3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (2)France Édouard Roger-Vasselin7–5, 6–2
2015Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (3)Slovenia Aljaž Bedene6–3, 6–4
2016Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (4)Croatia Borna Ćorić6–3, 7–5
2017Spain Roberto Bautista AgutRussia Daniil Medvedev6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018France Gilles SimonSouth Africa Kevin Anderson7–6(7–4), 6–2
2019South Africa Kevin AndersonCroatia Ivo Karlović7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
2020Czech Republic Jiří VeselýBelarus Egor Gerasimov7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3
2021 tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions[12]
2022Portugal João SousaFinland Emil Ruusuvuori7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–1
2023Netherlands Tallon GriekspoorFrance Benjamin Bonzi4–6, 7–5, 6–3
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Doubles

More information Year, Champions ...
Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Zimbabwe Byron Black
Australia Sandon Stolle
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
Israel Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
1998India Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
India Leander Paes (2)
France Olivier Delaître
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999India Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
India Leander Paes (3)
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Neville Godwin
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000France Julien Boutter
Belgium Christophe Rochus
India Saurav Panja
India Prahlad Srinath
7–5, 6–1
2001Zimbabwe Byron Black
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
United Kingdom Barry Cowan
Italy Mosé Navarra
6–3, 6–4
2002India Mahesh Bhupathi (4)
India Leander Paes (4)
Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
2004Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Tommy Robredo
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
2005Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Germany Rainer Schüttler
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Sweden Jonas Björkman
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2006Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Czech Republic Petr Pála
India Prakash Amritraj
India Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 7–5
2007Belgium Xavier Malisse
Belgium Dick Norman
Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2008Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
France Marc Gicquel
6–4, 7–5
2009United States Eric Butorac
United States Rajeev Ram
Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
6–3, 6–4
2010Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Serbia Janko Tipsarević
7–5, 6–2
2011India Mahesh Bhupathi (5)
India Leander Paes (5)
Netherlands Robin Haase
United States David Martin
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2012India Leander Paes (6)
Serbia Janko Tipsarević
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4
2013France Benoît Paire
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka
Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Martin Emmrich
6–2, 6–1
2014Sweden Johan Brunström
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Mate Pavić
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun (2)
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
South Africa Raven Klaasen
India Leander Paes
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016Austria Oliver Marach
France Fabrice Martin
United States Austin Krajicek
France Benoît Paire
6–3, 7–5
2017India Rohan Bopanna
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Gilles Simon
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
2019India Rohan Bopanna (2)
India Divij Sharan
United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
6–3, 6–4
2020Sweden André Göransson
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2021 tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions[12]
2022India Rohan Bopanna (3)
India Ramkumar Ramanathan
Australia Luke Saville
Australia John-Patrick Smith
6–7(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]
2023Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
India Sriram Balaji
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
6–4, 6–4
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Sponsors

  • Tata motors (Title sponsor)
  • MMRDA
  • 1xBat
  • Panchshil
  • Dunlop
  • Indian tree (apparel partner)
  • IMG

Source -[13]

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

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