Milan Indoor | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Milan (1978–97, 2001–05) London (1998–2000) |
Tour | ATP Tour (1990–2005) Grand Prix circuit (1981–89) WCT circuit (1978–80) |
Founded | 1978 |
Abolished | 2005 |
Editions | 28 |
Location | Milan, Italy (1978–97, 2001–05) London, UK (1998–2000) |
Venue | Palazzo dello Sport PalaLido Palazzo Trussardi Assago Forum Battersea Park London Arena |
Surface | Carpet (i) (1978–99, 2001–05) Hard (i) (2000) |
The Milan Indoor, also known under various sponsored names, was a men's professional tennis tournament founded in 1973 as the ATP Milano Indoors an indoor carpet court event, that was the successor event the Milano International Indoors (1933-38, 1957-63) an indoor wood court tournament. In 1978 the event was revived as the Milan Indoor and held until 2005 when it was branded as the International of Lombardy or Internazionali di Lombardia. It took placed in Milan, Italy with the exception of three years (1998–2000) when it was held in London, United Kingdom. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit (1981–89) and ATP Tour (1990–2005) and was played on indoor carpet courts, except for the 2000 edition which was played on an indoor hard court. The most successful singles players were John McEnroe and Boris Becker who both won four titles. Stefan Edberg and Roger Federer won the first singles title of their career at the event.[1] A single female edition of the event was held in 1991, won by Monica Seles. Due to a lack of sponsorship the tournament was replaced on the 2006 ATP Tour by the Zagreb Indoors.[2]