Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open

Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1996
Abolished	2007
Editions	11
Location	Shanghai China
Venue	KSLTA Signature Kingfisher Tennis Stadium
Category	ATP International Series
Surface	Carpet / Indoors (1996–98) Hard / Outdoors (1999–01, 2003–04, 2006–07) Hard / Indoors (2005)
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$416,000
Website	kingfisherairlinesopen.com

The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open (known as the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the International Series of the ATP Tour and was held annually in Asia.

History

The tournament was first created in 1996 in Shanghai, China, on indoor carpet courts and as part of the ATP World Series. The second new tournament started by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in Asia in three years, after the Beijing Open, created in 1993, the Shanghai event ran as a men's only tournament during four years, seeing the likes of Michael Chang, Goran Ivanišević, Marcelo Ríos and Magnus Norman reaching the finals. In 2000, the Tier IV Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments of Beijing was moved to Shanghai, allowing the city to hold both the ATP event, now part of the International Series, and the WTA event.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2004, as the ATP was increasing its presence in Asia, ^[1] having brought the Tennis Masters Cup to Shanghai in 2002, working on moving several events to different new locations, the ATP and WTA Shanghai tournaments were both relocated, with the women's, now a Tier II tournament, returning to Beijing, and the men's moving to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ^[2] After the 2005 edition, the tournament moved once more to a new country, in India, ^[3] taking place in the city of Mumbai first, in 2006 and 2007, and then moving again to Bangalore for the 2008 edition. ^[4] The first event to be held in the new location, though, was cancelled due to security fears, and the first Bangalore Open consequently postponed to the next season. ^[5] In 2009 a new tournament in Asia was created to replace it, the Malaysian Open, located on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[6]

Past finals

The 2007 Men's doubles finals in action at CCI Tennis courts in Mumbai

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Bangalore	2008–09	Not held
Mumbai	2007	Richard Gasquet	Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
	2006	Dmitry Tursunov	Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Ho Chi Minh City	2005	Jonas Björkman	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Shanghai	2004	Guillermo Cañas	Lars Burgsmüller	6–1, 6–0
	2003	Mark Philippoussis	Jiří Novák	6–2, 6–1
	2002	Not held
	2001	Rainer Schüttler	Michel Kratochvil	6–3, 6–4
	2000	Magnus Norman	Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	1999	Magnus Norman	Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
	1998	Michael Chang	Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
	1997	Ján Krošlák	Alexander Volkov	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
	1996	Andrei Olhovskiy	Mark Knowles	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Bangalore	2008–09	Not held
Mumbai	2007	Robert Lindstedt Jarkko Nieminen	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
	2006	Mario Ančić Mahesh Bhupathi	Rohan Bopanna Mustafa Ghouse	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 10–8
Ho Chi Minh City	2005	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt	5–6(3–7), 6–4, 6–2 [a]
Shanghai	2004	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11)
	2003	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	Zeng Shaoxuan Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
	2002	Not held
	2001	Byron Black Thomas Shimada	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
	2000	Paul Haarhuis Sjeng Schalken	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	1999	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–3
	1998	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
	1997	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
	1996	Mark Knowles Roger Smith	Jim Grabb Michael Tebbutt	4–6, 6–2, 7–6

Notes

1. Tie-breaks were held at 5–5 and not 6–6 in this tournament.

References

1. atptennis.com (30 August 2004). "ATP CEO Courts Asian Booming Tennis Market" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2008.^{[ dead link ]}
2. atptennis.com (27 April 2005). "ATP Announces Historic ATP-Level Event in Vietnam" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. atptennis.com (10 April 2006). "ATP Announces Second ATP Tournament in India" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. sportsline.com (20 May 2008). "Bangalore replaces Mumbai on ATP Tour circuit". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
5. atptennis.com (25 August 2008). "Bangalore Suspended Due to Security Fears". Archived from the original on 31 August 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
6. atpworldtour.com (26 June 2009). "Kuala Lumpur Confirmed As Newest Stop On ATP World Tour" . Retrieved 26 June 2009.

External links

• Official website