WTA Indian Open

Not to be confused with Indian Open (tennis), 1996 India Open, Maharashtra Open, Indian Wells Masters, Bengaluru Open, or Royal Indian Open.

Indian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	2003
Abolished	2022
Editions	7
Location	Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai India
Venue	SAAP Tennis Complex (2003–05) SDAT Tennis Stadium (2022–)
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard – outdoors
Draw	32S / 16Q / 8D
Prize money	$251,750 (2022)
Current champions (2022)
Singles	Linda Fruhvirtová
Doubles	Gabriela Dabrowski 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.

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.

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

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Hyderabad
	↓   Tier IV event   ↓
	2003	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Iroda Tulyaganova	6–4, 6–4
	2004	Nicole Pratt	Maria Kirilenko	7–6(7–3), 6–1
	2005	Sania Mirza	Alona Bondarenko	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Bengaluru
	↓   Tier III event   ↓
	2006	Mara Santangelo	Jelena Kostanić	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
	2007	Yaroslava Shvedova	Mara Santangelo	6–4, 6–4
	↓   Tier II event   ↓
	2008	Serena Williams	Patty Schnyder	7–5, 6–3
	2009–2021	Not held
Chennai
	↓   WTA 250 event   ↓
	2022	Linda Fruhvirtová	Magda Linette	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Hyderabad
	↓   Tier IV event   ↓
	2003	Elena Likhovtseva Iroda Tulyaganova	Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 6–4
	2004	Liezel Huber Sania Mirza	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6(7–1), 6–4
	2005	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4, 6–1
Bengaluru
	↓   Tier III event   ↓
	2006	Liezel Huber (2) Sania Mirza (2)	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–3
	2007	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9]
	↓   Tier II event   ↓
	2008	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
	2009–2021	Not held
Chennai
	↓   WTA 250 event   ↓
	2022	Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani	Anna Blinkova Natela Dzalamidze	6–1, 6–2

See also

• Royal Indian Open
• Mumbai Open
• Maharashtra Open
• List of tennis tournaments

External links

• Official website