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Tennis tournament
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was an annual men's tennis tournament played in Indianapolis as part of the ATP Tour . Since its inaugural playing in 1987, the tournament was held for one week in July up until its final playing in 2009. Originally known as the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, the event was created after the Indianapolis Sports Center decided to resurface its 18 clay courts with Deco-Turf II, the same surface as the US Open . As a consequence, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, South Carolina . From 1992–2006 it was known as the RCA Championships.[ 1]
The tournament's change in surface and name came with a change of date to be closer to the start of the US Open. The event gained the attention of the world's best players and became a premier warm-up stop for the US Open.
The tournament ended in 2009 and a new tournament in Atlanta replaced it in 2010.
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1988
Boris Becker
John McEnroe
6–4, 6–2
1989
John McEnroe
Jay Berger
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1990
Boris Becker
Peter Lundgren
6–3, 6–4
1991
Pete Sampras
Boris Becker
7–6(7–2) , 3–6, 6–3
1992
Pete Sampras
Jim Courier
6–4, 6–4
1993
Jim Courier
Boris Becker
7–5, 6–3
1994
Wayne Ferreira
Olivier Delaître
6–2, 6–1
1995
Thomas Enqvist
Bernd Karbacher
6–4, 6–3
1996
Pete Sampras
Goran Ivanišević
7–6(7–3) , 7–5
1997
Jonas Björkman
Carlos Moyà
6–3, 7–6
1998
Àlex Corretja
Andre Agassi
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1999
Nicolás Lapentti
Vincent Spadea
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000
Gustavo Kuerten
Marat Safin
3–6, 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2)
2001
Patrick Rafter
Gustavo Kuerten
4–2 retired
2002
Greg Rusedski
Félix Mantilla
6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–4
2003
Andy Roddick
Paradorn Srichaphan
7–6(7–2) , 6–4
2004
Andy Roddick
Nicolas Kiefer
6–2, 6–3
2005
Robby Ginepri
Taylor Dent
4–6, 6–3, 3–0 retired
2006
James Blake
Andy Roddick
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2007
Dmitry Tursunov
Frank Dancevic
6–4, 7–5
2008
Gilles Simon
Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–4
2009
Robby Ginepri
Sam Querrey
6–2, 6–4
2010
succeeded by Atlanta Open
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1988
Rick Leach Jim Pugh
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989
Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser
Peter Doohan Laurie Warder
7–6, 7–6
1990
Scott Davis David Pate
Grant Connell Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1991
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa
7–6, 6–4
1992
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
Grant Connell Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1993
Scott Davis Todd Martin
Ken Flach Rick Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1994
Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
6–4, 6–2
1995
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Scott Davis Todd Martin
6–4, 6–4
1996
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
Petr Korda Cyril Suk
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1997
Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström
Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2
1998
Jiří Novák David Rikl
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
6–2, 7–6
1999
Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer
Olivier Delaître Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4
2000
Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle
Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2001
Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie
Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau
7–6(7–5) , 5–7, 6–4
2002
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(5–7) , 6–4
2003
Mario Ančić Andy Ram
Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri
2–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5
2004
Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas
Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett
6(7–9) –7, 7–6(7–3) , 6–3
2005
Paul Hanley Graydon Oliver
Simon Aspelin Todd Perry
6–2, 3–1 (retired)
2006
Bobby Reynolds Andy Roddick
Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas
6–4, 6–4
2007
Juan Martín del Potro Travis Parrott
Teimuraz Gabashvili Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008
Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
Scott Lipsky David Martin
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2009
Ernests Gulbis Dmitry Tursunov
Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2010
succeeded by Atlanta Open
^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups . Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 278–281. ISBN 9781450728331 .
Present
Buenos Aires
Marseille
Delray Beach
New Haven / Winston-Salem
2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart
Båstad
Gstaad
Umag
Stockholm
Metz
2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech
's-Hertogenbosch
2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2021, 2024-present: Belgrade 2
2024-present: Hong Kong
Hangzhou
Past