Royal Indian Open

Not to be confused with Indian Open (tennis), 1996 India Open, Maharashtra Open, Bengaluru Open, or WTA Indian Open.

Royal Indian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Location	Pune [1] India
Venue	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Category	Challenger
Surface	Deco Turf (Hard)
Draw	32M/16Q/16D
Prize money	US$125,000
Website	royalindianopen.com

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. ^[2] It is played at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.

The Challenger tournament has since been relocated to Mumbai. ^[3]

History

Pune is the fourth town in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Kolkata (2005–2007), Hyderabad (2003–2005) and Bangalore (2006–2008).^{[ citation needed ]}

India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi, ^[3] 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..^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2012, it became the second event (after the OEC Taipei Ladies Open) to be part of the WTA 125s.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2012, the tournament was featured as a WTA Challenger event, and named the Royal Indian Open. Pune is the fourth city in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kolkata (Sunfeast Open). Later, Mumbai became the fifth city to do the same.^{[ citation needed ]}

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Elina Svitolina	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–3
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2010–11	Not held
2009	Rika Fujiwara	Bojana Jovanovski	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2012	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	Julia Glushko Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2010–11	Not held
2009	Nicole Clerico Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑

See also

• WTA Indian Open
• Mumbai Open

References

1. 'WTA Challenger event returns to Pune' The Hindu (Retrieved 17 October 2012)
2. 'WTA Challenger series to go to India' WTA (Retrieved 19 June 2012)
3. 'WTA Challenger series heads to Delhi' WTA (Retrieved 25 July 2012)

External links

• Official website