Maharashtra Open

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Maharashtra Open^[1] (known as Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Pune, India. It is part of the ATP Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour.

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.^[2] The tournament is owned and organized by RISE Worldwide.^[3] It is the only tour level tennis event currently held in India.^[4] It is also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.^[5]

It is annually organised by Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MLTA).^[6]

The 2022 edition is taking place behind closed doors, that is without audience, due to measures to restrain the diffusion of COVID-19 pandemic. It began on 31 January.^[7]

HistoryEdit

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.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi during the match 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 town of Maharashtra, in 2018 and was rebranded as Maharashtra Open.^[8]

In 2021 due to COVID-19 and clash of dates with Australian Open it was not organised.^[9]

StadiumEdit

Maharashtra Open is annually held at Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex at Pune in India. It is a hard court championship.^[10]

Past finalsEdit

SinglesEdit

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996	Thomas Enqvist	Byron Black	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997	Mikael Tillström	Alex Rădulescu	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998	Patrick Rafter	Mikael Tillström	6–3, 6–4
1999	Byron Black	Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000	Jérôme Golmard	Markus Hantschk	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
2001	Michal Tabara	Andrei Stoliarov	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
2002	Guillermo Cañas	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
2003	Paradorn Srichaphan	Karol Kučera	6–3, 6–1
2004	Carlos Moyá	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2005	Carlos Moyá (2)	Paradorn Srichaphan	3–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2006	Ivan Ljubičić	Carlos Moyá	7–6^(8–6), 6–2
2007	Xavier Malisse	Stefan Koubek	6–1, 6–3
2008	Mikhail Youzhny	Rafael Nadal	6–0, 6–1
2009	Marin Čilić	Somdev Devvarman	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2010	Marin Čilić (2)	Stan Wawrinka	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3)
2011	Stan Wawrinka	Xavier Malisse	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012	Milos Raonic	Janko Tipsarević	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
2013	Janko Tipsarević	Roberto Bautista Agut	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014	Stan Wawrinka (2)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–5, 6–2
2015	Stan Wawrinka (3)	Aljaž Bedene	6–3, 6–4
2016	Stan Wawrinka (4)	Borna Ćorić	6–3, 7–5
2017	Roberto Bautista Agut	Daniil Medvedev	6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018	Gilles Simon	Kevin Anderson	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2019	Kevin Anderson	Ivo Karlović	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5)
2020	Jiří Veselý	Egor Gerasimov	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–3
2021	tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions^[11]
2022	João Sousa	Emil Ruusuvuori	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 6–1

DoublesEdit

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	Byron Black Sandon Stolle	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Oleg Ogorodov Eyal Ran	7–6, 7–5
1998	Mahesh Bhupathi (2) Leander Paes (2)	Olivier Delaître Max Mirnyi	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999	Mahesh Bhupathi (3) Leander Paes (3)	Wayne Black Neville Godwin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000	Julien Boutter Christophe Rochus	Saurav Panja Prahlad Srinath	7–5, 6–1
2001	Byron Black Wayne Black	Barry Cowan Mosé Navarra	6–3, 6–4
2002	Mahesh Bhupathi (4) Leander Paes (4)	Tomáš Cibulec Ota Fukárek	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
2004	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
2005	Lu Yen-hsun Rainer Schüttler	Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman	7–5, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2006	Michal Mertiňák Petr Pála	Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 7–5
2007	Xavier Malisse Dick Norman	Rafael Nadal Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
2008	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Marcos Baghdatis Marc Gicquel	6–4, 7–5
2009	Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stan Wawrinka	6–3, 6–4
2010	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	Lu Yen-hsun Janko Tipsarević	7–5, 6–2
2011	Mahesh Bhupathi (5) Leander Paes (5)	Robin Haase David Martin	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), [10–7]
2012	Leander Paes (6) Janko Tipsarević	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–4, 6–4
2013	Benoît Paire Stanislas Wawrinka	Andre Begemann Martin Emmrich	6–2, 6–1
2014	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	Marin Draganja Mate Pavić	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015	Lu Yen-hsun (2) Jonathan Marray	Raven Klaasen Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2016	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	Austin Krajicek Benoît Paire	6–3, 7–5
2017	Rohan Bopanna Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018	Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Gilles Simon	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
2019	Rohan Bopanna (2) Divij Sharan	Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara	6–3, 6–4
2020	André Göransson Christopher Rungkat	Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2021	tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions^[11]
2022	Rohan Bopanna (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan	Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith	6–7^(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]