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Maharashtra Open

The Maharashtra Open,[2] also known as the Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons, was an annual men's ATP Tour 250 tennis event held from 1996 until 2023.

The Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA), the governing body of Tennis in Maharashtra state, organized annually the hardcourt championship, which included men's singles and doubles events, at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex or also known as the Balewadi Tennis Complex in Mahalunge, as part of the ATP Tour.[3][4]

The tournament was owned and organized by RISE Worldwide.[5] It was the only ATP tour-level tennis event held in India.[6] It was also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event.[7] It was last held in Pune in 2023 (since 2018), before it was moved to Hong Kong in 2024.[8]

History

The Maharashtra Open was held since 1996. The inaugural event was held in New Delhi, and the second edition in Chennai, where it was held as the Chennai Open. In 2018, the championship moved to Pune, a city of Maharashtra, and was rebranded as the Tata Open Maharashtra.[9]

In 2021 due to COVID-19 and a clash of dates with the Australian Open it was not held.[10][11]

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Sponsors

Source -[13]

  • Tata motors (Title sponsor)
  • MMRDA
  • 1xBat
  • Panchshil
  • Dunlop
  • Indian tree (apparel partner)
  • IMG

Television broadcast

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

See also

  • Sports in India
  • WTA Indian Open

External links

References

  1. Tata Open 2022 Maharashtra All You Need to Know: ATP 250 Event in Numbers News18, 2022-01-31, retrieved 2022-02-01^
  2. Tata Open Maharashtra – South Asia's only ATP World Tour Tennis Tournament www.maharashtraopen.com, retrieved 2021-09-16^
  3. Change in ATP schedule means no big stars for India's only ATP event The Indian Express, 2020-02-02, retrieved 2021-09-16^
  4. Sohinee Basu. Tata Open Maharashtra 2020: Where to watch and live stream details www.sportskeeda.com, 2 February 2020, retrieved 2021-09-16^
  5. IMG Reliance rebranded as RISE Worldwide mint, 2021-01-27, retrieved 2022-02-01^
  6. Indian players relieved they have not lost only ATP World Tour event TOI, 20 July 2017, retrieved 23 October 2018^
  7. Tata Open to be rescheduled, organisers in talks with ATP for new dates Sportstar, 20 December 2020, retrieved 2022-02-01^
  8. Tennis: India's only ATP 250 event set to relocate outside the country as Pune's contract ends Scroll.in, 9 June 2023^
  9. Nandakumar Marar. India's ATP event becomes Tata Open again The Hindu, 6 December 2017, retrieved 23 October 2018^
  10. Maharashtra Open doubtful for 2021 ATP season Olympics.com, retrieved 2021-09-17^
  11. Maharashtra Open dropped from early 2021 ATP calendar, may return later Olympics.com, retrieved 2021-09-17^
  12. N Sudarchan. Tata Open Maharashtra on schedule despite Omicron surge Sportstar, 2022-01-05, retrieved 1 February 2022^
  13. Maharashtra Open website^