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Indianapolis Tennis Championships

The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was an annual men's tennis tournament played in Indianapolis as part of the ATP Tour. Since its inaugural playing in 1987, the tournament was held for one week in July up until its final playing in 2009. Originally known as the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, the event was created after the Indianapolis Sports Center decided to resurface its 18 clay courts with Deco-Turf II, the same surface as the US Open. As a consequence, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, South Carolina. From 1992–2006 it was known as the RCA Championships.[1]

Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1987
Abolished2009
Editions22
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana
United States
VenueIndianapolis Tennis Center
CategoryATP Championship Series
(1990–1997)
ATP International Series Gold
(1998–2002)
ATP International Series
(2003–2008)
ATP World Tour 250 series
(2009)
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Draw32S/16D

The tournament's change in surface and name came with a change of date to be closer to the start of the US Open. The event gained the attention of the world's best players and became a premier warm-up stop for the US Open.

The tournament ended in 2009 and a new tournament in Atlanta replaced it in 2010.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988 Germany  Boris Becker United States  John McEnroe 6–4, 6–2
1989 United States  John McEnroe United States  Jay Berger 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1990 Germany  Boris Becker Sweden  Peter Lundgren 6–3, 6–4
1991 United States  Pete Sampras Germany  Boris Becker 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 6–3
1992 United States  Pete Sampras United States  Jim Courier 6–4, 6–4
1993 United States  Jim Courier Germany  Boris Becker 7–5, 6–3
1994 South Africa  Wayne Ferreira France  Olivier Delaître 6–2, 6–1
1995 Sweden  Thomas Enqvist Germany  Bernd Karbacher 6–4, 6–3
1996 United States  Pete Sampras Croatia  Goran Ivanišević 7–6(7–3), 7–5
1997 Sweden  Jonas Björkman Spain  Carlos Moyà 6–3, 7–6
1998 Spain  Àlex Corretja United States  Andre Agassi 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1999 Ecuador  Nicolás Lapentti United States  Vincent Spadea 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2000 Brazil  Gustavo Kuerten Russia  Marat Safin 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
2001 Australia  Patrick Rafter Brazil  Gustavo Kuerten 4–2 retired
2002 United Kingdom  Greg Rusedski Spain  Félix Mantilla 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
2003 United States  Andy Roddick Thailand  Paradorn Srichaphan 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2004 United States  Andy Roddick Germany  Nicolas Kiefer 6–2, 6–3
2005 United States  Robby Ginepri United States  Taylor Dent 4–6, 6–3, 3–0 retired
2006 United States  James Blake United States  Andy Roddick 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2007 Russia  Dmitry Tursunov Canada  Frank Dancevic 6–4, 7–5
2008 France  Gilles Simon Russia  Dmitry Tursunov 6–4, 6–4
2009 United States  Robby Ginepri United States  Sam Querrey 6–2, 6–4
2010 succeeded by Atlanta Open

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988 United States  Rick Leach
United States  Jim Pugh
United States  Ken Flach
United States  Robert Seguso
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989 South Africa  Pieter Aldrich
South Africa  Danie Visser
Australia  Peter Doohan
Australia  Laurie Warder
7–6, 7–6
1990 United States  Scott Davis
United States  David Pate
Canada  Grant Connell
Canada  Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1991 United States  Ken Flach
United States  Robert Seguso
United States  Kent Kinnear
United States  Sven Salumaa
7–6, 6–4
1992 United States  Jim Grabb
United States  Richey Reneberg
Canada  Grant Connell
United States  Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1993 United States  Scott Davis
United States  Todd Martin
United States  Ken Flach
United States  Rick Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1994 Australia  Todd Woodbridge
Australia  Mark Woodforde
United States  Jim Grabb
United States  Richey Reneberg
6–4, 6–2
1995 The Bahamas  Mark Knowles
Canada  Daniel Nestor
United States  Scott Davis
United States  Todd Martin
6–4, 6–4
1996 United States  Jim Grabb
United States  Richey Reneberg
Czech Republic  Petr Korda
Czech Republic  Cyril Suk
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1997 Australia  Michael Tebbutt
Sweden  Mikael Tillström
Sweden  Jonas Björkman
Sweden  Nicklas Kulti
6–3, 6–2
1998 Czech Republic  Jiří Novák
Czech Republic  David Rikl
The Bahamas  Mark Knowles
Canada  Daniel Nestor
6–2, 7–6
1999 Netherlands  Paul Haarhuis
United States  Jared Palmer
France  Olivier Delaître
India  Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4
2000 Australia  Lleyton Hewitt
Australia  Sandon Stolle
Sweden  Jonas Björkman
Belarus  Max Mirnyi
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2001 The Bahamas  Mark Knowles
United States  Brian MacPhie
India  Mahesh Bhupathi
Canada  Sébastien Lareau
7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
2002 The Bahamas  Mark Knowles
Canada  Daniel Nestor
India  Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus  Max Mirnyi
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
2003 Croatia  Mario Ančić
Israel  Andy Ram
United States  Diego Ayala
United States  Robby Ginepri
2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2004 Australia  Jordan Kerr
United States  Jim Thomas
Zimbabwe  Wayne Black
Zimbabwe  Kevin Ullyett
6(7–9)–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2005 Australia  Paul Hanley
United States  Graydon Oliver
Sweden  Simon Aspelin
Australia  Todd Perry
6–2, 3–1 (retired)
2006 United States  Bobby Reynolds
United States  Andy Roddick
United States  Paul Goldstein
United States  Jim Thomas
6–4, 6–4
2007 Argentina  Juan Martín del Potro
United States  Travis Parrott
Russia  Teimuraz Gabashvili
Croatia  Ivo Karlović
3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008 Australia  Ashley Fisher
United States  Tripp Phillips
United States  Scott Lipsky
United States  David Martin
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2009 Latvia  Ernests Gulbis
Russia  Dmitry Tursunov
Australia  Ashley Fisher
Australia  Jordan Kerr
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2010 succeeded by Atlanta Open

References

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  1. ^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 278–281. ISBN 9781450728331.