WTA Indian Open
| WTA Indian Open | |
|---|---|
| WTA Tour | |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Editions | 7 |
| Location | Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai[1] India |
| Venue | SAAP Tennis Complex (2003–05) SDAT Tennis Stadium (2022–) |
| Category | WTA 250 (2022, 2025-) |
| Surface | Hard – outdoors |
| Draw | 32S / 16Q / 8D |
| Prize money | $251,750 (2022) |
| Current champions (2022) | |
| Singles |  Linda Fruhvirtová |
| Doubles |  Gabriela Dabrowski  Luisa Stefani |
The Chennai Open, also known as the WTA Indian Open, is a tournament for professional female tennis players, held since 2003 in various Indian cities. It is a WTA Tour event played on outdoor hardcourts.
Following the restructuring of the WTA Tour in 2009, there were no WTA tournaments in India until 2022 (except some WTA Challengers), when the tournament came back as a WTA 250 event, called the Chennai Open.[1] After a three-year hiatus the tournament did return when the WTA announced that it would make a comeback the last week of October 2025.[2]
History
[edit]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 with a prize money of $600,000 – this made it the biggest women's tennis tournament in South and Southeast Asia that year.
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.[3]
Sponsors
[edit]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
[edit]Singles
[edit]| 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 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Not held | ||||
| 2025 | |||||
Doubles
[edit]| 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 | |
| 2023–2024 | Not held | |||
| 2025 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour
- ^ "Chennai Open added to 2025 Hologic WTA Tour calendar". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Serena reigns supreme