Tennis is very popular in India now. It attracts much more Indian people than past. We can easily understand it by the increasing number of tennis tournament being played in India. Top class international tennis personalities come to play various tournaments in India.
List of Indian tennis tournaments
Chennai Open
The Chennai Open is the largest international tennis championship in India and one of the two ATP tournaments. It is held on the first week of January every year since 1997.The event was started as Gold Flake Open but the name of the event was changed to Tata Open in 2002 after a change in title sponsor. At present it was co- sponsored by Tamil Nadu government along with a consortium of corporate house. The tournament is played at the hard court SDAT tennis stadium in Nabakumargram while attracting top players of the ATP circuit.
The winners of 2007,2006, 2005 , 2004, 2003 are respectively Xavier Malisse,Ivan Ljubiucio, Carlos Moya and Paradorn Srichaphan.
Bangalore open
The Bangalore open tournament did start from 2006.The main supporter of this tournament is SONY ERICSSION international. It is a tire III event and is played on hard courts.
The winner of 2007 and 2006 are respectively Yaro Shvedova and Mara Santangelo.
Sunfeast Open
The Sun feast tournament is held in Kolkata since 2005.This event is played in a lush green indoor court at Netaji Indoor Stadium.West Bengal Governent and ITC took the key initiative for the sunfeast event.
Global sport and Mahesh Bhupathi are the main organizers.
Kingfisher Airlines Open
It is one of the two ATP events in India. It is held in Mumbai since 2006.After Chenni, Mumbai is the second city to host ATP tournament. It is also played on outdoor hard courts.
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