Indianapolis Tennis Championships

The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was an annual men's tennis tournament played in Indianapolis as part of the ATP Tour. Since its inaugural playing in 1987, the tournament was held for one week in July up until its final playing in 2009. Originally known as the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, the event was created after the Indianapolis Sports Center decided to resurface its 18 clay courts with Deco-Turf II, the same surface as the US Open. As a consequence, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, South Carolina. From 1992–2006 it was known as the RCA Championships.[1]

Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1987
Abolished2009
Editions22
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
United States
VenueIndianapolis Tennis Center
CategoryATP Championship Series
(1990–1997)
ATP International Series Gold
(1998–2002)
ATP International Series
(2003–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009)
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Draw32S/16D

The tournament's change in surface and name came with a change of date to be closer to the start of the US Open. The event gained the attention of the world's best players and became a premier warm-up stop for the US Open.

The tournament ended in 2009 and a new tournament in Atlanta replaced it in 2010.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988Germany Boris BeckerUnited States John McEnroe6–4, 6–2
1989United States John McEnroeUnited States Jay Berger6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1990Germany Boris BeckerSweden Peter Lundgren6–3, 6–4
1991United States Pete SamprasGermany Boris Becker7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
1992United States Pete SamprasUnited States Jim Courier6–4, 6–4
1993United States Jim CourierGermany Boris Becker7–5, 6–3
1994South Africa Wayne FerreiraFrance Olivier Delaître6–2, 6–1
1995Sweden Thomas EnqvistGermany Bernd Karbacher6–4, 6–3
1996United States Pete SamprasCroatia Goran Ivanišević7–6, 7–5
1997Sweden Jonas BjörkmanSpain Carlos Moyà6–3, 7–6
1998Spain Àlex CorretjaUnited States Andre Agassi2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1999Ecuador Nicolás LapenttiUnited States Vincent Spadea4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000Brazil Gustavo KuertenRussia Marat Safin3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
2001Australia Patrick RafterBrazil Gustavo Kuerten4–2 retired
2002United Kingdom Greg RusedskiSpain Félix Mantilla6–7, 6–4, 6–4
2003United States Andy RoddickThailand Paradorn Srichaphan7–6(7–2), 6–4
2004United States Andy RoddickGermany Nicolas Kiefer6–2, 6–3
2005United States Robby GinepriUnited States Taylor Dent4–6, 6–0, 3–0 retired
2006United States James BlakeUnited States Andy Roddick4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2007Russia Dmitry TursunovCanada Frank Dancevic6–4, 7–5
2008France Gilles SimonRussia Dmitry Tursunov6–4, 6–4
2009United States Robby GinepriUnited States Sam Querrey6–2, 6–4
2010succeeded by Atlanta Open

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
7–5, 7–6
1990United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1991United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
6–4, 6–3
1992United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg
Canada Grant Connell
United States Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1993United States Scott Davis
United States Todd Martin
United States Ken Flach
United States Rick Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1994Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg
6–4, 6–2
1995The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
United States Scott Davis
United States Todd Martin
6–3, 7–5
1996United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–0, 7–5
1997Australia Michael Tebbutt
Sweden Mikael Tillström
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2
1998Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1999Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
United States Jared Palmer
France Olivier Delaître
India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4
2000Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Australia Sandon Stolle
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–6, 4–6, 7–6
2001The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian MacPhie
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada Sébastien Lareau
7–6, 6–3
2002The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
2003Croatia Mario Ančić
Israel Andy Ram
United States Diego Ayala
United States Robby Ginepri
2–6, 7–63, 7–5
2004Australia Jordan Kerr
United States Jim Thomas
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
65–7, 7–63, 6–3
2005Australia Paul Hanley
United States Graydon Oliver
Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry
6–2, 3–1 (retired)
2006United States Bobby Reynolds
United States Andy Roddick
United States Paul Goldstein
United States Jim Thomas
6–4, 6–4
2007Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
United States Travis Parrott
Russia Teimuraz Gabashvili
Croatia Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008Australia Ashley Fisher
United States Tripp Phillips
United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2009Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Jordan Kerr
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2010succeeded by Atlanta Open

References

  1. McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 278–281. ISBN 9781450728331.
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