The Maharashtra Open (known as Tata Open Maharashtra for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts in

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, India. It is part of the

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. It was then shifted to

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since its second edition, and from there it was moved to Pune in 2018, where it is held in January. The tournament is owned and organized by RISE Worldwide. It is the only tour level tennis event currently held in India. It is also the only South Asia's ATP tour professional tennis event. It is annually organised by Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MLTA).

History

Maharashtra Open is held since 1996. In its first year it was located in New Delhi, then in Chennai where it was renamed as Chennai Open. The championship moved from there to Pune, a city of Maharashtra, in 2018 and was rebranded as Maharashtra Open. In 2021 due to COVID-19 and clash of dates with

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it was not organised.

Stadium

Maharashtra Open is annually held at Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex at Pune in India. It is a hard court championship.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Television broadcast

Maharashtra Open is live and exclusively appears on Star sports select 1 channel in India and live streams on

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app.

References

External links

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ATP tournament profile
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