WTA Indian Open

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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Indian Open
| current =
| logo =
| logo size = 150px
| founded = 2003
| editions = 7
| city = [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]], [[Bangalore]], [[Pune]], [[Chennai]]<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/tennis-wta-chennai/article65413571.ece Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour]</ref>
|venue = SAAP Tennis Complex (2003–05)
| tier = [[WTA 250 tournaments|WTA 250]]
| country = India
| surface = [[Hard court|Hard]] – outdoors
| draw = 32{{abbr|S|Singles}} / 16{{abbr|Q|Qualification}} / 8{{abbr|D|Doubles}}
| prize money = $250,000 (2022)
| website =
| notes =
| completed event = 2008
| singles = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]]
| doubles = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Tiantian]]
}}

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.

For the first time since 2008, a WTA 250 tournament will be held in India in 2022.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/tennis-wta-chennai/article65413571.ece Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour]</ref>

==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>

==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.

==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" | [[Chennai]]
|-
| 2022 || || ||
|-
|-bgcolor=#ECF2FF
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA 250 tournaments|WTA 250 event]]   ↑
|-
! rowspan="6" style="background:#ededed" | [[Bengaluru]]
||2009–2021|| 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" | [[Chennai]]
|-
| 2022 || || ||
|-
|-bgcolor=#ECF2FF
| colspan="5" align="center" | ↑   [[WTA 250 tournaments|WTA 250 event]]   ↑
|-
! rowspan="6" style="background:#ededed" | [[Bengaluru]]
||2009–2021|| 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==
* [[Royal Indian Open]]
* [[Mumbai Open]]
* [[Maharashtra Open]]
* [[List of tennis tournaments]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{WTA 250 tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier IV tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier III tournaments}}
{{WTA Tier II tournaments}}

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[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2003]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2022]]
[[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Asia]]
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