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Chennai Open

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Chennai Open

ATP Tour
Location	Chennai India
Venue	SDAT Tennis Stadium
Category	International Series
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money	$436,000
Website	chennaiopen.org

The Chennai Open has been India's largest tennis event since 1997. This is one of two ATP Tour tennis events in India (the other being the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open which is held in Mumbai) and it is held in Chennai, India. The event was started in 1996 as the Gold Flake Open. After starting out in April, it was moved to the first week of January in 2000.^[1]

The event name was changed to TATA Open in 2002 following a change in the title sponsor. The event is currently co-sponsored by the Government of Tamil Nadu for five years beginning from 2005. The Games are played at the hardcourt SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam.

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[edit] Singles finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score in final
2007	Xavier Malisse	Stefan Koubek	6-1, 6-3
2006	Ivan Ljubičić	Carlos Moyà	7-6(6), 6-2
2005	Carlos Moyà	Paradorn Srichaphan	3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
2004	Carlos Moyà	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)
2003	Paradorn Srichaphan	Karol Kučera	6-3, 6-1
2002	Guillermo Cañas	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-4, 7-6(2)
2001	Michal Tabara	Andrei Stoliarov	6-2, 7-6(4)
2000	Jerome Golmard	Markus Hantschk	6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
1999	Byron Black	Rainer Schüttler	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
1998	Patrick Rafter	Mikael Tillström	6-3, 6-4
1997	Mikael Tillström	Alex Radulescu	6-4, 4-6, 7-5
1996	Thomas Enqvist	Byron Black	6-2, 7-6(3)

[edit] Doubles finals

The final of the 2005 tournament featured Carlos Moyà and Paradorn Srichaphan.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final
2007	Xavier Malisse / Dick Norman	Rafael Nadal / Bartolome Salva-Vidal	7-6(4), 7-6(4)
2006	Michal Mertiňák / Petr Pála	Prakash Amritraj / Rohan Bopanna	6-2, 7-5
2005	Rainer Schüttler / Yen-Hsun Lu	Mahesh Bhupathi / Jonas Björkman	7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4)
2004	Rafael Nadal / Tommy Robredo	Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram	7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3
2003	Julian Knowle / Michael Kohlmann	František Čermák / Leoš Friedl	7-6(1), 7-6(3)
2002	Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi	Tomáš Cibulec / Ota Fukárek	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
2001	Byron Black / Wayne Black	Barry Cowan / Mose Navarra	6-3, 6-4
2000	Julien Boutter / Christophe Rochus	Prahlad Srinath / Saurav Panja	7-5, 6-1
1999	Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi	Wayne Black / Neville Godwin	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1998	Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi	Olivier Delaitre / Max Mirnyi	6-7, 6-3, 6-2
1997	Leander Paes / Mahesh Bhupathi	Oleg Ogorodov / Eyal Ran	7-6, 7-5
1996	Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti	Byron Black / Sandon Stolle	4-6, 6-4, 6-4