Maharashtra Open

TATA Open Maharashtra
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)[1]
Sponsor
Tata motors
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Editions27 (2023)
LocationPune
India
VenueMhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex (2018 — present)[1]
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

The Maharashtra Open[2] (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, before being moved to Hong Kong.[3]

Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), 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.[4][5]

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.[6] The tournament is owned and organized by RISE Worldwide.[7] It was the only tour level tennis event currently held in India.[8] It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.[4]

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.[9]

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  2. ^ "Tata Open Maharashtra – South Asia's only ATP World Tour Tennis Tournament". www.maharashtraopen.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Tennis: India's only ATP 250 event set to relocate outside the country as Pune's contract ends". Scroll.in. 9 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Tata Open to be rescheduled, organisers in talks with ATP for new dates". Sportstar. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Change in ATP schedule means no big stars for India's only ATP event". The Indian Express. 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ Marar, Nandakumar (6 December 2017). "India's ATP event becomes Tata Open again". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ^ "IMG Reliance rebranded as RISE Worldwide". mint. 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Indian players relieved they have not lost only ATP World Tour event". TOI. PTI. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Maharashtra Open 2023: India's N Sriram Balaji-Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan lose doubles final". Olympics.