Tennis tournament
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]
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.
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
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
^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups . Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 278– 281. ISBN 9781450728331
Present
Buenos Aires Marseille Delray Beach New Haven / Winston-Salem 2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart Båstad Gstaad Umag Stockholm Metz 2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech 's-Hertogenbosch 2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2021, 2024-present: Belgrade
2024-present: Hong Kong
Hangzhou Past