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TATA Open Maharashtra
Tournament information
Event name
  • McDowellOpen
    (1996)
  • Gold FlakeOpen
    (1997–2001)
  • TataOpen
    (2002–2004)
  • Chennai Open
    (2005–2009)
  • AircelChennai 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)
SinglesNetherlandsTallon Griekspoor
DoublesBelgiumSander Gillé
BelgiumJoran Vliegen
ATP Tour
CategoryATP 250

TheMaharashtra Open[2](known asTataOpen Maharashtrafor sponsorship reasons) was an annual men'sATP Tour 250Tennischampionship inPune.It was a part of theATP Tourtill 2023.

Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), the governing body of Tennis inMaharashtra stateannually organised atShree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.It was a hard court championship and men's singles and doubles matches were organised.[3][4]

The inaugural event was held inNew Delhi.It was then shifted toChennaisince its second edition, and from there it was moved to Pune in 2018, where it is held in January.[5]The tournament is owned and organized byRISE Worldwide.[6]It was the only tour level tennis event currently held in India.[7]It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.[3]

Tallon Griekspoorof Netherlands is the current title holder in singles and Belgium’sSander GilleandJoran Vliegenare the current title holder in doubles by winning finals in2023.[8]

History[edit]

Stan Wawrinkais the most successful player at the event, winning 4 titles (2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016) and reaching a further final (2010).
Indian duo ofMahesh BhupathiandLeander Paeswon 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.[9]

In 2021 due to COVID-19 and clash of dates withAustralian Openit was not organised.[10]

Stadium[edit]

Maharashtra Open is annually held at MhalungeBalewadiTennis Complex at Pune in India. It is a hard court championship.[11]

Past finals[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996 SwedenThomas Enqvist ZimbabweByron Black 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 SwedenMikael Tillström GermanyAlex Rădulescu 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998 AustraliaPatrick Rafter SwedenMikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4
1999 ZimbabweByron Black GermanyRainer Schüttler 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000 FranceJérôme Golmard GermanyMarkus Hantschk 6–3, 6–7(6–8),6–3
2001 Czech RepublicMichal Tabara RussiaAndrei Stoliarov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2002 ArgentinaGuillermo Cañas ThailandParadorn Srichaphan 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003 ThailandParadorn Srichaphan SlovakiaKarol Kučera 6–3, 6–1
2004 SpainCarlos Moyá ThailandParadorn Srichaphan 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2005 SpainCarlos Moyá(2) ThailandParadorn Srichaphan 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2006 CroatiaIvan Ljubičić SpainCarlos Moyá 7–6(8–6),6–2
2007 BelgiumXavier Malisse AustriaStefan Koubek 6–1, 6–3
2008 RussiaMikhail Youzhny SpainRafael Nadal 6–0, 6–1
2009 CroatiaMarin Čilić IndiaSomdev Devvarman 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010 CroatiaMarin Čilić(2) SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka 7–6(7–2),7–6(7–3)
2011 SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka BelgiumXavier Malisse 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012 CanadaMilos Raonic SerbiaJanko Tipsarević 6–7(4–7),7–6(7–4),7–6(7–4)
2013 SerbiaJanko Tipsarević SpainRoberto Bautista Agut 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014 SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka(2) FranceÉdouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 6–2
2015 SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka(3) SloveniaAljaž Bedene 6–3, 6–4
2016 SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka(4) CroatiaBorna Ćorić 6–3, 7–5
2017 SpainRoberto Bautista Agut RussiaDaniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 FranceGilles Simon South AfricaKevin Anderson 7–6(7–4),6–2
2019 South AfricaKevin Anderson CroatiaIvo Karlović 7–6(7–4),6–7(2–7),7–6(7–5)
2020 Czech RepublicJiří Veselý BelarusEgor Gerasimov 7–6(7–2),5–7, 6–3
2021 tournament not held, due toCOVID-19 restrictions[12]
2022 PortugalJoão Sousa FinlandEmil Ruusuvuori 7–6(11–9),4–6, 6–1
2023 NetherlandsTallon Griekspoor FranceBenjamin Bonzi 4–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996 SwedenJonas Björkman
SwedenNicklas Kulti		 ZimbabweByron Black
AustraliaSandon Stolle		 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi
IndiaLeander Paes		 UzbekistanOleg Ogorodov
IsraelEyal Ran		 7–6, 7–5
1998 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi(2)
IndiaLeander Paes(2)		 FranceOlivier Delaître
BelarusMax Mirnyi		 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi(3)
IndiaLeander Paes(3)		 ZimbabweWayne Black
South AfricaNeville Godwin		 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000 FranceJulien Boutter
BelgiumChristophe Rochus		 IndiaSaurav Panja
IndiaPrahlad Srinath		 7–5, 6–1
2001 ZimbabweByron Black
ZimbabweWayne Black		 United KingdomBarry Cowan
ItalyMosé Navarra		 6–3, 6–4
2002 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi(4)
IndiaLeander Paes(4)		 Czech RepublicTomáš Cibulec
Czech RepublicOta Fukárek		 5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003 AustriaJulian Knowle
GermanyMichael Kohlmann		 Czech RepublicFrantišek Čermák
Czech RepublicLeoš Friedl		 7–6(7–1),7–6(7–3)
2004 SpainRafael Nadal
SpainTommy Robredo		 IsraelJonathan Erlich
IsraelAndy Ram		 7–6(7–3),4–6, 6–3
2005 Chinese TaipeiLu Yen-hsun
GermanyRainer Schüttler		 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi
SwedenJonas Björkman		 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2006 SlovakiaMichal Mertiňák
Czech RepublicPetr Pála		 IndiaPrakash Amritraj
IndiaRohan Bopanna		 6–2, 7–5
2007 BelgiumXavier Malisse
BelgiumDick Norman		 SpainRafael Nadal
SpainBartolomé Salvá-Vidal		 7–6(7–4),7–6(7–4)
2008 ThailandSanchai Ratiwatana
ThailandSonchat Ratiwatana		 CyprusMarcos Baghdatis
FranceMarc Gicquel		 6–4, 7–5
2009 United StatesEric Butorac
United StatesRajeev Ram		 SwitzerlandJean-Claude Scherrer
SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka		 6–3, 6–4
2010 SpainMarcel Granollers
SpainSantiago Ventura		 Chinese TaipeiLu Yen-hsun
SerbiaJanko Tipsarević		 7–5, 6–2
2011 IndiaMahesh Bhupathi(5)
IndiaLeander Paes(5)		 NetherlandsRobin Haase
United StatesDavid Martin		 6–2, 6–7(3–7),[10–7]
2012 IndiaLeander Paes(6)
SerbiaJanko Tipsarević		 IsraelJonathan Erlich
IsraelAndy Ram		 6–4, 6–4
2013 FranceBenoît Paire
SwitzerlandStanislas Wawrinka		 GermanyAndre Begemann
GermanyMartin Emmrich		 6–2, 6–1
2014 SwedenJohan Brunström
DenmarkFrederik Nielsen		 CroatiaMarin Draganja
CroatiaMate Pavić		 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015 Chinese TaipeiLu Yen-hsun(2)
United KingdomJonathan Marray		 South AfricaRaven Klaasen
IndiaLeander Paes		 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016 AustriaOliver Marach
FranceFabrice Martin		 United StatesAustin Krajicek
FranceBenoît Paire		 6–3, 7–5
2017 IndiaRohan Bopanna
IndiaJeevan Nedunchezhiyan		 IndiaPurav Raja
IndiaDivij Sharan		 6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 NetherlandsRobin Haase
NetherlandsMatwé Middelkoop		 FrancePierre-Hugues Herbert
FranceGilles Simon		 7–6(7–5),7–6(7–5)
2019 IndiaRohan Bopanna(2)
IndiaDivij Sharan		 United KingdomLuke Bambridge
United KingdomJonny O'Mara		 6–3, 6–4
2020 SwedenAndré Göransson
IndonesiaChristopher Rungkat		 IsraelJonathan Erlich
BelarusAndrei Vasilevski		 6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2021 tournament not held, due toCOVID-19 restrictions[12]
2022 IndiaRohan Bopanna(3)
IndiaRamkumar Ramanathan		 AustraliaLuke Saville
AustraliaJohn-Patrick Smith		 6–7(10–12),6–3, [10–6]
2023 BelgiumSander Gillé
BelgiumJoran Vliegen		 IndiaSriram Balaji
IndiaJeevan Nedunchezhiyan		 6–4, 6–4

Sponsors[edit]

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

Source -[13]

Television broadcast[edit]

Maharashtra Open is live and exclusively airs onSports 18 HDchannel and live streams onJio cinemaapp in India.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^"Tata Open Maharashtra – South Asia's only ATP World Tour Tennis Tournament".www.maharashtraopen.com.Archivedfrom the original on 27 December 2017.Retrieved16 September2021.
  3. ^ab"Tata Open to be rescheduled, organisers in talks with ATP for new dates".Sportstar.20 December 2020.Retrieved1 February2022.
  4. ^"Change in ATP schedule means no big stars for India's only ATP event".The Indian Express.2 February 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2021.Retrieved16 September2021.
  5. ^Marar, Nandakumar (6 December 2017)."India's ATP event becomes Tata Open again".The Hindu.Archivedfrom the original on 23 March 2021.Retrieved23 October2018.
  6. ^"IMG Reliance rebranded as RISE Worldwide".mint.27 January 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 28 January 2021.Retrieved1 February2022.
  7. ^"Indian players relieved they have not lost only ATP World Tour event".TOI. PTI. 20 July 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2022.Retrieved23 October2018.
  8. ^"Maharashtra Open 2023: India's N Sriram Balaji-Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan lose doubles final".Olympics.
  9. ^"Maharashtra Open doubtful for 2021 ATP season".Olympics.com.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2021.Retrieved17 September2021.
  10. ^"Maharashtra Open dropped from early 2021 ATP calendar, may return later".Olympics.com.Archivedfrom the original on 17 September 2021.Retrieved17 September2021.
  11. ^Basu, Sohinee."Tata Open Maharashtra 2020: Where to watch and live stream details".www.sportskeeda.com.Archivedfrom the original on 16 September 2021.Retrieved16 September2021.
  12. ^abSudarchan, N (5 January 2022)."Tata Open Maharashtra on schedule despite Omicron surge".Sportstar.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2022.Retrieved1 February2022.
  13. ^Maharashtra Open website

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