Indian Open
Tournament information
Founded2003
Editions7
LocationHyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai[1]
India
VenueSAAP Tennis Complex (2003–05)
SDAT Tennis Stadium (2022–)
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceHard – outdoors
Draw32S / 16Q / 8D
Prize money$251,750 (2022)
Current champions (2022)
SinglesCzech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
DoublesCanada Gabriela Dabrowski
Brazil Luisa Stefani

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 restructuring of the WTA Tour in 2009, there were no WTA tournaments in India until 2022 except some WTA Challengers.

For the first time since 2008, a WTA 250 tournament will be held in India in 2022.[1]

History

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 final, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.[2]

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

LocationYearChampionRunner-upScore
Hyderabad
   Tier IV event   
2003Thailand Tamarine TanasugarnUzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova6–4, 6–4
2004Australia Nicole PrattRussia Maria Kirilenko7–6(7–3), 6–1
2005India Sania MirzaUkraine Alona Bondarenko6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Bengaluru
   Tier III event   
2006Italy Mara SantangeloCroatia Jelena Kostanić3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2007Russia Yaroslava ShvedovaItaly Mara Santangelo6–4, 6–4
   Tier II event   
2008United States Serena WilliamsSwitzerland Patty Schnyder7–5, 6–3
2009–2021Not held
Chennai
   WTA 250 event   
2022Czech Republic Linda FruhvirtováPoland Magda Linette4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Hyderabad
   Tier IV event   
2003Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
6–4, 6–4
2004South Africa Liezel Huber
India Sania Mirza
China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian
7–6(7–1), 6–4
2005China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
China Li Ting
China Sun Tiantian
6–4, 6–1
Bengaluru
   Tier III event   
2006South Africa Liezel Huber (2)
India Sania Mirza (2)
Russia Anastasia Rodionova
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–3, 6–3
2007Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
   Tier II event   
2008China Peng Shuai
China Sun Tiantian
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
2009–2021Not held
Chennai
   WTA 250 event   
2022Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Brazil Luisa Stefani
Anna Blinkova
Georgia (country) Natela Dzalamidze
6–1, 6–2

See also

References

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