Milan Indoor

Milan Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name London (1998–2000)
Milan (1978–97/2001–05)
Tour ATP Tour (1990–2005)
Grand Prix circuit (1981–89)
WCT circuit (1978–80)
Founded 1978 (1978)
Abolished 2005
Editions 28
Location London, UK (1998–2000)
Milan, Italy (1978–97/2001–05)
Surface Hard (i) (2000)
Carpet (i) (1978–99/2001–05)
Roger Federer won his first career title in Milan in 2001, defeating Julien Boutter in the final
Boris Becker was the most successful player at the event, reaching five singles finals -winning four- and three doubles finals -winning all three of them-

The Milan Indoor (also known during its run as the WCT Milan, the Cuore Tennis Cup, the Fila Trophy, the Stella Artois Indoor, the Muratti Time Indoors, the Italian Indoors, the Guardian Direct Cup, the AXA Cup, the Breil Milano Indoors, the ATP Indesit Milano Indoors, and the Internazionali di Lombardia) is a defunct men's professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts and indoor hard courts. It was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, of the Grand Prix circuit, and of the ATP World Series, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP International Series Gold and the ATP International Series of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. It was held annually in Milan, Italy from 1978 to 1997, in London, United Kingdom from 1998 to 2000,[1] and again in Milan, Italy from 2001 to 2005.[2] A single female edition of the event was held in 1991, won by Monica Seles.

Past finals

Men

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Milan 1978Sweden Björn BorgUnited States Vitas Gerulaitis6–3, 6–3
1979United States John McEnroeAustralia John Alexander6–4, 6–3
1980United States John McEnroeIndia Vijay Amitraj6–1, 6–4
1981United States John McEnroeSweden Björn Borg7–6(7–2), 6–4
1982Argentina Guillermo VilasUnited States Jimmy Connors6–3, 6–3
1983Czechoslovakia Ivan LendlSouth Africa Kevin Curren5–7, 6–3, 7–6
1984Sweden Stefan EdbergSweden Mats Wilander6–4, 6–2
1985United States John McEnroeSweden Anders Järryd6–4, 6–1
1986Czechoslovakia Ivan LendlSweden Joakim Nyström6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1987West Germany Boris BeckerCzechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř6–4, 6–3
1988France Yannick NoahUnited States Jimmy Connors4–4 retired
1989West Germany Boris BeckerSoviet Union Alexander Volkov6–1, 6–2
1990Czech Republic Ivan LendlUnited States Tim Mayotte6–3, 6–2
1991Soviet Union Alexander VolkovItaly Cristiano Caratti6–1, 7–5
1992Italy Omar CamporeseCroatia Goran Ivanišević3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993Germany Boris BeckerSpain Sergi Bruguera6–3, 6–3
1994Germany Boris BeckerCzech Republic Petr Korda6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1995Russia Yevgeny KafelnikovGermany Boris Becker7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
1996Croatia Goran IvaniševićSwitzerland Marc Rosset6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1997Croatia Goran IvaniševićSpain Sergi Bruguera6–2, 6–2
London 1998Russia Yevgeny KafelnikovFrance Cédric Pioline7–5, 6–4
1999Netherlands Richard KrajicekUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2000Switzerland Marc RossetRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–4
Milan 2001Switzerland Roger FedererFrance Julien Boutter6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
2002Italy Davide SanguinettiSwitzerland Roger Federer7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
2003Netherlands Martin VerkerkRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2004France Antony DupuisCroatia Mario Ančić6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5)
2005Sweden Robin SöderlingCzech Republic Radek Štěpánek6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runners-up Score
Milan 1978Spain José Higueras
Paraguay Victor Pecci
Poland Wojtek Fibak
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1979United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
Argentina José Luis Clerc
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–1, 6–3
1980United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe
United States Andrew Pattison
United States Butch Walts
6–4, 6–3
1981United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Rennert
7–6, 6–3
1982Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart
7–6, 7–6
1983Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States Fritz Buehning
United States Peter Fleming
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1984Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
6–4, 6–3
1985Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Sweden Anders Järryd
Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Wally Masur
6–2, 6–1
1986Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Brian Levine
Australia Laurie Warder
6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1987Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1988West Germany Boris Becker
West Germany Eric Jelen
Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–3, 6–3
1989Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
United States John McEnroe
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6–3, 6–4
1990Italy Omar Camporese
Italy Diego Nargiso
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
West Germany Udo Riglewski
6–4, 6–4
1991Italy Omar Camporese
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk
6–4, 7–6
1992United Kingdom Neil Broad
Australia David Macpherson
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1993Australia Mark Kratzmann
Australia Wally Masur
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
South Africa Piet Norval
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995Germany Boris Becker
France Guy Forget
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
6–2, 6–4
1996Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
France Guy Forget
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
6–4, 7–5
1997Argentina Pablo Albano
Sweden Peter Nyborg
South Africa David Adams
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 7–6
London 1998Czech Republic Martin Damm
United States Jim Grabb
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–4, 7–5
1999United Kingdom Tim Henman
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2000South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
United States Scott Humphries
6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(13–11)
Milan 2001Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Sweden Johan Landsberg
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
2002Germany Karsten Braasch
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
France Julien Boutter
Belarus Max Mirnyi
3–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]
2003Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2004United States Jared Palmer
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
6–4, 6–4
2005Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
France Arnaud Clément
France Jean-François Bachelot
6–7(8–10), 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Women

Singles

Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Milan 1991Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica SelesUnited States Martina Navratilova6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles

Location Year Champion Runners-up Score
Milan 1991United States Sandy Collins
United States Lori McNeil
Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Italy Raffaella Reggi
7–6(7–0), 6–3

See also

References

  1. "Battersea power showtime". Independent. 22 February 1998.
  2. "London loses event to Milan". Independent. 17 October 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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