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Maharashtra Open

TATA Open Maharashtra
Tournament information
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; 28 years ago (1996)
Editions27 (2023)
LocationPune
India
VenueMhalunge Balewadi 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

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 Sweden Thomas Enqvist Zimbabwe Byron Black 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 Sweden Mikael Tillström Germany Alex Rădulescu 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998 Australia Patrick Rafter Sweden Mikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4
1999 Zimbabwe Byron Black Germany Rainer Schüttler 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000 France Jérôme Golmard Germany Markus Hantschk 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2001 Czech Republic Michal Tabara Russia Andrei Stoliarov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2002 Argentina Guillermo Cañas Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003 Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan Slovakia Karol Kučera 6–3, 6–1
2004 Spain Carlos Moyá Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2005 Spain Carlos Moyá (2) Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2006 Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Spain Carlos Moyá 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2007 Belgium Xavier Malisse Austria Stefan Koubek 6–1, 6–3
2008 Russia Mikhail Youzhny Spain Rafael Nadal 6–0, 6–1
2009 Croatia Marin Čilić India Somdev Devvarman 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Croatia Marin Čilić (2) Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
2011 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka Belgium Xavier Malisse 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012 Canada Milos Raonic Serbia Janko Tipsarević 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2013 Serbia Janko Tipsarević Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (2) France Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 6–2
2015 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (3) Slovenia Aljaž Bedene 6–3, 6–4
2016 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (4) Croatia Borna Ćorić 6–3, 7–5
2017 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut Russia Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 France Gilles Simon South Africa Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2019 South Africa Kevin Anderson Croatia Ivo Karlović 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
2020 Czech Republic Jiří Veselý Belarus Egor Gerasimov 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3
2021 tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions[13]
2022 Portugal João Sousa Finland Emil Ruusuvuori 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–1
2023 Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor France Benjamin Bonzi 4–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti		 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Australia Sandon Stolle		 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes		 Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
Israel Eyal Ran		 7–6, 7–5
1998 India Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
India Leander Paes (2)		 France Olivier Delaître
Belarus Max Mirnyi		 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999 India Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
India Leander Paes (3)		 Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Neville Godwin		 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000 France Julien Boutter
Belgium Christophe Rochus		 India Saurav Panja
India Prahlad Srinath		 7–5, 6–1
2001 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Zimbabwe Wayne Black		 United Kingdom Barry Cowan
Italy Mosé Navarra		 6–3, 6–4
2002 India Mahesh Bhupathi (4)
India Leander Paes (4)		 Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek		 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003 Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann		 Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl		 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
2004 Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Tommy Robredo		 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram		 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
2005 Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Germany Rainer Schüttler		 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Sweden Jonas Björkman		 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2006 Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Czech Republic Petr Pála		 India Prakash Amritraj
India Rohan Bopanna		 6–2, 7–5
2007 Belgium Xavier Malisse
Belgium Dick Norman		 Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2008 Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		 Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
France Marc Gicquel		 6–4, 7–5
2009 United States Eric Butorac
United States Rajeev Ram		 Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka		 6–3, 6–4
2010 Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura		 Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Serbia Janko Tipsarević		 7–5, 6–2
2011 India Mahesh Bhupathi (5)
India Leander Paes (5)		 Netherlands Robin Haase
United States David Martin		 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2012 India Leander Paes (6)
Serbia Janko Tipsarević		 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram		 6–4, 6–4
2013 France Benoît Paire
Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka		 Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Martin Emmrich		 6–2, 6–1
2014 Sweden Johan Brunström
Denmark Frederik Nielsen		 Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Mate Pavić		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015 Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun (2)
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray		 South Africa Raven Klaasen
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016 Austria Oliver Marach
France Fabrice Martin		 United States Austin Krajicek
France Benoît Paire		 6–3, 7–5
2017 India Rohan Bopanna
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan		 India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan		 6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop		 France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Gilles Simon		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
2019 India Rohan Bopanna (2)
India Divij Sharan		 United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara		 6–3, 6–4
2020 Sweden 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[13]
2022 India Rohan Bopanna (3)
India Ramkumar Ramanathan		 Australia Luke Saville
Australia John-Patrick Smith		 6–7(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]
2023 Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen		 India Sriram Balaji
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan		 6–4, 6–4

Sponsors

  • 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

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  14. ^ Maharashtra Open website
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Flake_Open