WTA Indian Open

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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Mumbai Open
| current =
| logo = Mumbai Open logo.png
| logo size = 150px
| founded = 2003
| abolished = 2018
| editions = 9
| city = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Pune]], [[Mumbai]]<ref>[http://thehindu.com/sport/tennis/wta-event-returns-to-pune/article4003180.ece/ 'WTA Challenger event returns to Pune'] ''[[The Hindu]]'' (retrieved 17 October 2012)</ref> <ref>[http://www.asianage.com/sports/tennis/141117/mumbai-open-to-start-from-saturday.html 'Mumbai Open to start from Saturday'] ''[http://www.asianage.com/ The Asian Age]'' (retrieved 15 November 2017)</ref>
|venue = SAAP Tennis Complex (2003–05) [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex]] (2012) [[Cricket Club of India]] (2017–18)
| tier = [[WTA Challenger Series|WTA 125]]
| country = India
| surface = [[DecoTurf]] ([[Hard court|hard]]) – outdoors
| draw = 32{{abbr|S|Singles}} / 16{{abbr|Q|Qualification}} / 8{{abbr|D|Doubles}}
| prize money = $125,000 (2018)
| website = [http://mumbaiopen.in/ mumbaiopen.in]
| notes =
| completed event = [[2018 Mumbai Open|2018]]
| singles = {{flagicon|THA}} [[Luksika Kumkhum]]
| doubles = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natela Dzalamidze]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Veronika Kudermetova]]
}}

The '''WTA Indian Open''' is a tournament for professional female tennis players, held regularly since 2003 in various Indian cities. It was a [[WTA Tour]] event played on [[hardcourts|outdoor hardcourts]]. In 2008, it was classified as a Tier II event with the prize money of $600,000 – this made it the biggest women's tennis tournament in [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]] that year. Following the restructure of the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] in 2008, there has been no WTA tournaments in India since. In 2012, a tournament, classified as a [[WTA Challenger Series]] tournament, made its debut in [[Pune]], India.<ref>[http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120619/wta-challenger-series-to-go-to-india_2256076_2816929 'WTA Challenger series to go to India'] ''WTA'' (retrieved 19 June 2012)</ref> The Challenger tournament has since been relocated to [[Mumbai]].

==History==
The event started in 2003 as a Tier IV event. It was held in SAAP Tennis Complex in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] until 2005. In 2006, the event was upgraded to a Tier III event, and was moved to [[Bangalore]]. In 2008, it was upgraded further to a Tier II event.

The [[2008 Bangalore Open|2008 edition]] was won by 26-year-old, then eight-time Grand-Slam champion [[Serena Williams]], who defeated [[Patty Schnyder]] in the finals, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080312204250/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/10/stories/2008031056132100.htm Serena reigns supreme]</ref>

In 2012, the tournament was featured as a WTA Challenger event, and named the '''Royal Indian Open'''. Pune is the fourth city in the history of India to host a WTA event, after [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], and [[Sunfeast Open|Kolkata (Sunfeast Open)]]. Later, Mumbai became the fifth city to do the same.{{fact|date=October 2018}}

India's renewed participation through this ''Challenger'' event was originally supposed to be held in [[Delhi]],<ref>[http://www.wtatennis.com/news/20120725/wta-challenger-series-heads-to-delhi_2256076_2859893 'WTA Challenger series heads to Delhi'] ''WTA'' (retrieved 25 July 2012)</ref> but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune, to be held at the [[Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex]].{{fact|date=October 2018}}

In 2012, it became the second event (after the [[OEC Taipei Ladies Open]]) to be part of the [[WTA 125s]].{{fact|date=October 2018}}

The tournament was not held between 2013–16 due to various reasons, but in 2017 it was reinstated as a [[WTA 125K series]] tournament & relocated to [[Mumbai]].

The Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Maharashtra State Government came together to reinstate the event, the first of its kind to be held in India since 2012 and the second overall in almost a decade. The [[Cricket Club of India]], a prestigious sporting venue in Mumbai hosted the tournament.{{fact|date=October 2018}}

==Sponsors==
From 2003–2005, the event was sponsored by Andhra Pradesh Tourism (AP Tourism), and the tournament was named accordingly. In 2006 and 2007, the event was sponsored by [[Sony Ericsson]], and the tournament was also named after the sponsor. In 2008, it was sponsored by the [[Canara Bank]] which would have continued to sponsor the event if it had been held 2009 onwards. The 2017 and 2018 editions were sponsored by [[Larsen & Toubro]].

==Past finals==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=100|Location!! width=50|Year !! width=220|Champion !! width=220|Runner-up !! width=140|Score
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:#ededed" | [[Mumbai]]
|-
| [[2018 Mumbai Open – Singles|2018]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Luksika Kumkhum]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Irina Khromacheva]] || 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
|-
| [[2017 Mumbai Open – Singles|2017]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Aryna Sabalenka]] || {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Dalila Jakupović]] || 6–2, 6–3
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:#ededed" | [[Pune]]
|-
||{{nowrap|2013–16}}|| colspan=3 align=center | ''Not held''
|-
| [[2012 Royal Indian Open – Singles|2012]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kimiko Date-Krumm]] || 6–2, 6–3
|-bgcolor="silver"
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA 125K series]] event   ↑
|-
! rowspan="7" style="background:#ededed" | [[Bangalore]]
|-
||2009–11|| colspan=3 align=center | ''Not held''
|-
|[[2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open|2008]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]|| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]] || 7–5, 6–3
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier II event]]   ↑
|-
|[[2007 Sony Ericsson International|2007]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]]|| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mara Santangelo]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-
|[[2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open|2006]] || {{flagicon|ITA}} Mara Santangelo|| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Jelena Kostanić]] || 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier III event]]   ↑
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:#ededed" | [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]
|[[2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles|2005]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]]|| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Alona Bondarenko]] || 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
|-
|[[2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles|2004]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Nicole Pratt]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Kirilenko]] || 7–6(7–3), 6–1
|-
|[[2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Singles|2003]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] || {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor=#66CCFF
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier IV event]]   ↑
|-
|}

===Doubles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=100|Location!! width=50|Year !! width=220|Champions !! width=220|Runners-up !! width=140|Score
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:#ededed" | [[Mumbai]]
|-
| [[2018 Mumbai Open – Singles|2018]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natela Dzalamidze]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Veronika Kudermetova]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Bibiane Schoofs]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Štefková]] || 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
|-
| [[2017 Mumbai Open – Singles|2017]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Victoria Rodríguez (tennis)|Victoria Rodriguez]] {{flagicon|NED}} Bibiane Schoofs || {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Dalila Jakupović]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Irina Khromacheva]] || 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:#ededed" | [[Pune]]
|-
||{{nowrap|2013–16}}|| colspan=3 align=center | ''Not held''
|-
| [[2012 Royal Indian Open – Singles|2012]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nina Bratchikova]] {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Oksana Kalashnikova]] || {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Julia Glushko]] {{flagicon|THA}} [[Noppawan Lertcheewakarn]] ||6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
|-bgcolor="silver"
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA 125K series]] event   ↑
|-
! rowspan="7" style="background:#ededed" | [[Bangalore]]
|-
||2009–11|| colspan=3 align=center | ''Not held''
|-
|[[2008 Canara Bank Bangalore Open – Doubles|2008]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Tiantian]]|| {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]] {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chuang Chia-jung]]|| 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
|-bgcolor=#ccccff
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier II event]]   ↑
|-
|[[2007 Sony Ericsson International – Doubles|2007]] || {{flagicon|TPE|size=22px}} Chan Yung-jan {{flagicon|TPE|size=22px}} Chuang Chia-jung|| {{flagicon|TPE|size=22px}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] {{flagicon|RUS|size=22px}} [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] || 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
|-
|[[2006 Sony Ericsson Bangalore Open – Doubles|2006]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Liezel Huber]] (2) {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sania Mirza]] (2) || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]] || 6–3, 6–3
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier III event]]   ↑
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:#ededed" | [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]
|[[2005 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Doubles|2005]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yan Zi (tennis)|Yan Zi]] {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Jie]]|| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Ting (tennis, born 1980)|Li Ting]] {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Tiantian || 6–4, 6–1
|-
|[[2004 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Doubles|2004]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} Liezel Huber {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza || {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Ting {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Tiantian || 7–6(7–1), 6–4
|-
|[[2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open – Doubles|2003]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Likhovtseva]] {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Iroda Tulyaganova]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Eugenia Kulikovskaya]] {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Tatiana Poutchek]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor=#66CCFF
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA Tour|Tier IV event]]   ↑
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of tennis tournaments]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mumbaiopen.in/ Official website]

{{WTA 125s tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier IV tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier III tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier II tournaments}}

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