Chennai Open
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The Chennai Open ATP Tennis championships held in Chennai, India has been in existence since 1997. After starting out in April, it was moved to the first week of January in 2000. [1]
Previously the tournament was called Gold Flake Open and TATA Open after the main sponsors. The current event is co-sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu for five years beginning from 2005. The Games are played at the hard-court SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam. It is South Asia's only ATP Tennis event.
The prize money is US $400,000.
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[edit] Results
Even though the Chennai Open web site says it started in 1997, the ATP web site shows results for 1996.[1]
[edit] Singles finals
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ivan Ljubičić | Carlos Moya | 7-6, 6-2 |
| 2005 | Carlos Moya | Paradorn Srichaphan | 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) |
| 2004 | Carlos Moya | Paradorn Srichaphan | 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5) |
| 2003 | Paradorn Srichaphan | Karol Kučera | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 2002 | Guillermo Cañas | Paradorn Srichaphan | 6-4, 7-6(2) |
| 2001 | Michal Tabara | Andrei Stoliarov | 6-2, 7-6(4) |
| 2000 | Jerome Golmard | Markus Hantschk | 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 |
| 1999 | Byron Black | Rainer Schüttler | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 |
| 1998 | Patrick Rafter | Mikael Tillström | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1997 | Mikael Tillström | Alex Radulescu | 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 |
| 1996 | Thomas Enqvist | Byron Black | 8-2, 7-6(3) |
[edit] Doubles finals
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score in final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Michal Mertiňák / Petr Pála | Prakash Amritraj / Rohan Bopanna | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 2005 | Rainer Schüttler / Yen-Hsun Lu | Mahesh Bhupathi / Jonas Björkman | 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4) |
| 2004 | Rafael Nadal / Tommy Robredo | Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram | 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3 |
| 2003 | Julian Knowle / Michael Kohlmann | František Čermák / Leoš Friedl | 7-6(1), 7-6(3) |
| 2002 | Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi | Tomáš Cibulec / Ota Fukárek | 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 |
| 2001 | Byron Black / Wayne Black | Barry Cowan / Mose Navarra | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 2000 | Julien Boutter / Christophe Rochus | Prahlad Srinath / Saurav Panja | 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1999 | Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi | Wayne Black / Neville Godwin | 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1998 | Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi | Olivier Delaitre / Max Mirnyi | 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1997 | Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi | Oleg Ogorodov / Eyal Ran | 7-6, 7-5 |
| 1996 | Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti | Byron Black / Sandon Stolle | 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
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