Maharashtra Open

The Maharashtra Open (known as Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons) was an annual men's ATP Tour 250 Tennis championship in Pune.

It was a part of the ATP Tour till 2023.

TATA Open Maharashtra
Maharashtra Open
Tournament information
Event name
  • McDowell Open
    (1996)
  • Gold Flake Open
    (1997–2001)
  • Tata Open
    (2002–2004)
  • Chennai Open
    (2005–2009)
  • Aircel Chennai Open
    (2010–2017)
  • Tata Open Maharashtra
    (2018–2023)
Sponsor
Tata motors
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Editions27 (2023)
LocationPune
India
VenueMhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex (2018 — present)
Category
SurfaceHard – Outdoors
Draw28S/16Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$713,495 (2023)
Most singles titlesStan Wawrinka
Websitemaharashtraopen.com
Current champions (2023)
SinglesNetherlands Tallon Griekspoor
DoublesBelgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
ATP Tour
CategoryATP 250

Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MLTA), the governing body of Tennis in Maharashtra state annually organised at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. It was a hard court championship and men's singles and doubles matches were organised.

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. The tournament is owned and organized by RISE Worldwide. It was the only tour level tennis event currently held in India. It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.

Tallon Griekspoor of Netherlands is the current title holder in singles and Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen are the current title holder in doubles by winning finals in 2023.

History

Maharashtra Open 
Stan Wawrinka is the most successful player at the event, winning 4 titles (2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016) and reaching a further final (2010).
Maharashtra Open 
Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the doubles titles four times between 1997 and 2002, and again 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 city of Maharashtra, in 2018 and was rebranded as Maharashtra Open.

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

Stadium

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

Past finals

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996 Maharashtra Open  Thomas Enqvist Maharashtra Open  Byron Black 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 Maharashtra Open  Mikael Tillström Maharashtra Open  Alex Rădulescu 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1998 Maharashtra Open  Patrick Rafter Maharashtra Open  Mikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4
1999 Maharashtra Open  Byron Black Maharashtra Open  Rainer Schüttler 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2000 Maharashtra Open  Jérôme Golmard Maharashtra Open  Markus Hantschk 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2001 Maharashtra Open  Michal Tabara Maharashtra Open  Andrei Stoliarov 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2002 Maharashtra Open  Guillermo Cañas Maharashtra Open  Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003 Maharashtra Open  Paradorn Srichaphan Maharashtra Open  Karol Kučera 6–3, 6–1
2004 Maharashtra Open  Carlos Moyá Maharashtra Open  Paradorn Srichaphan 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2005 Maharashtra Open  Carlos Moyá (2) Maharashtra Open  Paradorn Srichaphan 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2006 Maharashtra Open  Ivan Ljubičić Maharashtra Open  Carlos Moyá 7–6(8–6), 6–2
2007 Maharashtra Open  Xavier Malisse Maharashtra Open  Stefan Koubek 6–1, 6–3
2008 Maharashtra Open  Mikhail Youzhny Maharashtra Open  Rafael Nadal 6–0, 6–1
2009 Maharashtra Open  Marin Čilić Maharashtra Open  Somdev Devvarman 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2010 Maharashtra Open  Marin Čilić (2) Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
2011 Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka Maharashtra Open  Xavier Malisse 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
2012 Maharashtra Open  Milos Raonic Maharashtra Open  Janko Tipsarević 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2013 Maharashtra Open  Janko Tipsarević Maharashtra Open  Roberto Bautista Agut 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2014 Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka (2) Maharashtra Open  Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 6–2
2015 Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka (3) Maharashtra Open  Aljaž Bedene 6–3, 6–4
2016 Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka (4) Maharashtra Open  Borna Ćorić 6–3, 7–5
2017 Maharashtra Open  Roberto Bautista Agut Maharashtra Open  Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 Maharashtra Open  Gilles Simon Maharashtra Open  Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2019 Maharashtra Open  Kevin Anderson Maharashtra Open  Ivo Karlović 7–6(7–4), 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
2020 Maharashtra Open  Jiří Veselý Maharashtra Open  Egor Gerasimov 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3
2021 tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions
2022 Maharashtra Open  João Sousa Maharashtra Open  Emil Ruusuvuori 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–1
2023 Maharashtra Open  Tallon Griekspoor Maharashtra Open  Benjamin Bonzi 4–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ New Delhi ↓
1996 Maharashtra Open  Jonas Björkman
Maharashtra Open  Nicklas Kulti
Maharashtra Open  Byron Black
Maharashtra Open  Sandon Stolle
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
↓ Chennai ↓
1997 Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes
Maharashtra Open  Oleg Ogorodov
Maharashtra Open  Eyal Ran
7–6, 7–5
1998 Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi (2)
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes (2)
Maharashtra Open  Olivier Delaître
Maharashtra Open  Max Mirnyi
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1999 Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi (3)
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes (3)
Maharashtra Open  Wayne Black
Maharashtra Open  Neville Godwin
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000 Maharashtra Open  Julien Boutter
Maharashtra Open  Christophe Rochus
Maharashtra Open  Saurav Panja
Maharashtra Open  Prahlad Srinath
7–5, 6–1
2001 Maharashtra Open  Byron Black
Maharashtra Open  Wayne Black
Maharashtra Open  Barry Cowan
Maharashtra Open  Mosé Navarra
6–3, 6–4
2002 Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi (4)
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes (4)
Maharashtra Open  Tomáš Cibulec
Maharashtra Open  Ota Fukárek
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
2003 Maharashtra Open  Julian Knowle
Maharashtra Open  Michael Kohlmann
Maharashtra Open  František Čermák
Maharashtra Open  Leoš Friedl
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–3)
2004 Maharashtra Open  Rafael Nadal
Maharashtra Open  Tommy Robredo
Maharashtra Open  Jonathan Erlich
Maharashtra Open  Andy Ram
7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3
2005 Maharashtra Open  Lu Yen-hsun
Maharashtra Open  Rainer Schüttler
Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi
Maharashtra Open  Jonas Björkman
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2006 Maharashtra Open  Michal Mertiňák
Maharashtra Open  Petr Pála
Maharashtra Open  Prakash Amritraj
Maharashtra Open  Rohan Bopanna
6–2, 7–5
2007 Maharashtra Open  Xavier Malisse
Maharashtra Open  Dick Norman
Maharashtra Open  Rafael Nadal
Maharashtra Open  Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2008 Maharashtra Open  Sanchai Ratiwatana
Maharashtra Open  Sonchat Ratiwatana
Maharashtra Open  Marcos Baghdatis
Maharashtra Open  Marc Gicquel
6–4, 7–5
2009 Maharashtra Open  Eric Butorac
Maharashtra Open  Rajeev Ram
Maharashtra Open  Jean-Claude Scherrer
Maharashtra Open  Stan Wawrinka
6–3, 6–4
2010 Maharashtra Open  Marcel Granollers
Maharashtra Open  Santiago Ventura
Maharashtra Open  Lu Yen-hsun
Maharashtra Open  Janko Tipsarević
7–5, 6–2
2011 Maharashtra Open  Mahesh Bhupathi (5)
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes (5)
Maharashtra Open  Robin Haase
Maharashtra Open  David Martin
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
2012 Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes (6)
Maharashtra Open  Janko Tipsarević
Maharashtra Open  Jonathan Erlich
Maharashtra Open  Andy Ram
6–4, 6–4
2013 Maharashtra Open  Benoît Paire
Maharashtra Open  Stanislas Wawrinka
Maharashtra Open  Andre Begemann
Maharashtra Open  Martin Emmrich
6–2, 6–1
2014 Maharashtra Open  Johan Brunström
Maharashtra Open  Frederik Nielsen
Maharashtra Open  Marin Draganja
Maharashtra Open  Mate Pavić
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
2015 Maharashtra Open  Lu Yen-hsun (2)
Maharashtra Open  Jonathan Marray
Maharashtra Open  Raven Klaasen
Maharashtra Open  Leander Paes
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2016 Maharashtra Open  Oliver Marach
Maharashtra Open  Fabrice Martin
Maharashtra Open  Austin Krajicek
Maharashtra Open  Benoît Paire
6–3, 7–5
2017 Maharashtra Open  Rohan Bopanna
Maharashtra Open  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Maharashtra Open  Purav Raja
Maharashtra Open  Divij Sharan
6–3, 6–4
↓ Pune ↓
2018 Maharashtra Open  Robin Haase
Maharashtra Open  Matwé Middelkoop
Maharashtra Open  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Maharashtra Open  Gilles Simon
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
2019 Maharashtra Open  Rohan Bopanna (2)
Maharashtra Open  Divij Sharan
Maharashtra Open  Luke Bambridge
Maharashtra Open  Jonny O'Mara
6–3, 6–4
2020 Maharashtra Open  André Göransson
Maharashtra Open  Christopher Rungkat
Maharashtra Open  Jonathan Erlich
Maharashtra Open  Andrei Vasilevski
6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
2021 tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions
2022 Maharashtra Open  Rohan Bopanna (3)
Maharashtra Open  Ramkumar Ramanathan
Maharashtra Open  Luke Saville
Maharashtra Open  John-Patrick Smith
6–7(10–12), 6–3, [10–6]
2023 Maharashtra Open  Sander Gillé
Maharashtra Open  Joran Vliegen
Maharashtra Open  Sriram Balaji
Maharashtra Open  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
6–4, 6–4

Sponsors

  • Tata motors (Title sponsor)
  • MMRDA
  • 1xBat
  • Panchshil
  • Dunlop
  • Indian tree (apparel partner)
  • IMG

Source -

Television broadcast

Maharashtra Open is live and exclusively airs on Sports 18 HD channel and live streams on Jio cinema app in India.

See also

References

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