Mumbai Open
| Mumbai Open | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament information | |
| Location |
Pune[1] (2009, 2012) Mumbai[2] (since 2017) India |
| Venue |
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex (2009, 2012) Cricket Club of India (since 2017) |
| Category | Challenger |
| Surface | DecoTurf (Hard) - outdoors |
| Draw | 32S / 16Q / 8D |
| Prize money | US$115,000 (2017) |
| Website | mumbaiopen.in |
| Current champions (2017) | |
| Singles |
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| Doubles |
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The Mumbai Open (known as the L&T Mumbai Open for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the Royal Indian Open) is a tournament organized for female professional tennis players, played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a WTA Challenger Series tournament. It made its debut in 2012, in Pune, India.[3]
The tournament was not held between 2013-16 due to various reasons, but in 2017 it was reinstated as a WTA 125K series tournament & relocated to Mumbai. It will be held at the Cricket Club of India.
History
In 2012 the tournament was featured as a WTA challenger event. Pune is the fourth city in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Kolkata (2005–2007), Hyderabad (2003–2005) and Bangalore (2006–2008). Later, Mumbai became the fifth city to do the same.
India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,[4] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune, to be held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.
In 2012, it became the second event (after the OEC Taipei Ladies Open) to be part of the WTA 125s.
From 2017 onwards, it is being held in Mumbai. The Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Maharashtra State Government came together to reinstate the event, the first of its kind to be held in India since 2012 and the second overall in almost a decade. The Cricket Club of India, a prestigious sporting venue in Mumbai, will host the tournament.
Past finals
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  |  | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2013–16 | Not held | ||
| 2017 | |  | 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |   |   | 6–0, 4–6, [10–8] |
| 2013–16 | Not held | ||
| 2017 | | | 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
References
- ↑ 'WTA Challenger event returns to Pune' The Hindu (Retrieved October 17, 2012)
- ↑ 'Mumbai Open to start from Saturday' The Asian Age (Retrieved November 15, 2017)
- ↑ 'WTA Challenger series to go to India' WTA (Retrieved June 19, 2012)
- ↑ 'WTA Challenger series heads to Delhi' WTA (Retrieved July 25, 2012)