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The Chennai Open has been India's largest tennis event since 1997.This is South Asia's only ATP Tennis event and it is held in Chennai, India. The event was started in 1996 as the Gold Flake Open. After starting out in April, it was moved to the first week of January in 2000. [1]
The final of the 2005 tournament featured Carlos Moya and Paradorn Srichaphan
The event name was changed to TATA Open in 2002 following a change in the title sponsor. The event is currently 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.
The prize money for 2007 is US $436,000.
[edit] Singles finals
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score in final |
| 2007 |
Xavier Malisse |
Stefan Koubek |
6-1, 6-3 |
| 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 |
| 2007 |
Xavier Malisse / Dick Norman |
Rafael Nadal / Bartolome Salva-Vidal |
7-6, 7-6 |
| 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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