WTA Indian Open

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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 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 and Southeast Asia that year. Following the restructure of the 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.^[1]

History[edit]

The event started in 2003 as a Tier IV event. It was held in SAAP Tennis Complex in 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 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.^[2]

Sponsors[edit]

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[edit]

Singles[edit]

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Chennai
	2022
	↑ WTA 250 event ↑
Bengaluru	2009–2021	Not held
	2008	Serena Williams	Patty Schnyder	7–5, 6–3
	↑ Tier II event ↑
	2007	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–4
	2006	Mara Santangelo	Jelena Kostanić	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3
	↑ Tier III event ↑
Hyderabad	2005	Sania Mirza	Alona Bondarenko	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
	2004	Nicole Pratt	Maria Kirilenko	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
	2003	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Iroda Tulyaganova	6–4, 6–4
	↑ Tier IV event ↑

Doubles[edit]

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Chennai
	2022
	↑ WTA 250 event ↑
Bengaluru	2009–2021	Not held
	2008	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
	↑ Tier II event ↑
	2007	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
	2006	Liezel Huber (2) Sania Mirza (2)	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–3
	↑ Tier III event ↑
Hyderabad	2005	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4, 6–1
	2004	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
	2003	Elena Likhovtseva Iroda Tulyaganova	Eugenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
	↑ Tier IV event ↑