Maharashtra Open

The Maharashtra Open (formerly known as the McDowell Open, Gold Flake Open, Chennai Open and the Tata Open) 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.

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) Maharashtra Open (since 2018)
Founded	1996 (1996)
Editions	24 (2019)
Location	New Delhi (1996) Chennai (1997–2017) Pune (since 2018) India
Venue	Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex (2018)
Category	ATP World Series (1996–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP Tour 250 (since 2009)
Surface	Hard – outdoors
Draw	28S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US$546,355 (2020)
Website	maharashtraopen.com
Current champions (2020)
Men's singles	Jiří Veselý
Men's doubles	André Göransson Christopher Rungkat

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

The inaugural event was held in New Delhi. It was then shifted to Chennai and since 2018 it moved to Pune, where it is held in January.[1] The tournament is owned by IMG and organized by IMG Reliance.[2] It is the only tour level tennis event currently held in India.[3]

Past finals

Singles

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)	Stanislas 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

Doubles

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 Stanislas 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 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]

References

1. Marar, Nandakumar (6 December 2017). "India's ATP event becomes Tata Open again". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. Chennai Open gets three years extension
3. "Indian players relieved they have not lost only ATP World Tour event". TOI. PTI. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile