Maharashtra Open

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.

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 (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

Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MLTA), 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.[3][4]

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.[5] The tournament is owned and organized by RISE 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 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.[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

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 with Australian Open it was not organised.[10]

Stadium

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

Past finals

Singles
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

Doubles
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

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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  13. Maharashtra Open website
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