The Indianapolis Tennis Championships was an annual men's tennis tournament played in
Indianapolis as part of the
ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...
. 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.
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
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
replaced it in 2010.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
References
{{ATP Championship Series tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
ATP Tour
Tennis Championships
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