# 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, before being moved to Hong Kong.
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.
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 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 | 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) | Stan 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 |
| 2021 | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions |
| 2022 | João Sousa | Emil Ruusuvuori | 7–6$^{(11–9)}$, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 2023 | Tallon Griekspoor | Benjamin Bonzi | 4–6, 7–5, 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 Stan 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 (2) 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] |
| 2021 | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions | tournament not held, due to COVID-19 restrictions |
| 2022 | Rohan Bopanna (3) Ramkumar Ramanathan | Luke Saville John-Patrick Smith | 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 6–3, [10–6] |
| 2023 | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | Sriram Balaji Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 6–4, 6–4 |

## Sponsors

* Tata motors (Title sponsor)
* MMRDA
* 1xBat
* Panchshil
* Dunlop
* Indian tree (apparel partner)
* IMG
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## Television broadcast

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