Atlanta Tennis Championships

Atlanta Tennis Championships
Tournament information
Location	Atlanta, Georgia United States
Venue	Atlanta Athletic Club (2010) Racquet Club of the South (2011) Atlantic Station [1](2012–present)
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–present)
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$ 585,870
Website	Official Website
Current champions
Men's singles	John Isner
Men's doubles	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

The Atlanta Tennis Championships (RCA Championships, Indianapolis Tennis Championships) is an annual men's tennis tournament that is played in the Atlanta area in the United States.

The tournament was held for the first time in 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana as the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. It was a major tournament of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit until 1990. It was renamed the RCA Championships and became a hard court event after the Indianapolis Tennis 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.)

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. In 2009 the Association of Tennis Professionals purchased the license for the tournament in Indianapolis owing to the lack of a title sponsor for 2007 and 2008, at which time its name was simply the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, and a subsequent struggle to attract top players, which led in turn to lower ticket sales.^[2] In December 2009 it was announced that the ATP had sold the license to a group in Atlanta, Georgia.^[2]

Prior to 2010 Atlanta had previously held a tennis tournament known as the Verizon Tennis Challenge from 1992 to 2001. The tournament, also held at the Atlanta Athletic Club, included Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe among its past champions. In 2011 the tournament moved to the Racquet Club of the South in Atlanta.^[3]

In 2012, the tournament gained BB&T as title sponsor for at least three years and changed its name to the Atlanta Open.^[4] The 2012 and later editions have been held in Atlantic Station in midtown Atlanta. Temporary courts are constructed around the retail and residential area's central park. The main court has a capacity of 4,000 people.^[5]

Records

• Most wins, men's singles: Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick and John Isner (3)
• Most finals, men's singles: John Isner (5)
• Most wins, men's doubles (individual): Mark Knowles (3)
• Most wins, men's doubles (team): Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor, and Jim Grabb & Richey Reneberg (2)
• Most finals, men's doubles (individual): Mark Knowles (4)
• Most finals, men's doubles (team): Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor, and Jim Grabb & Richey Reneberg (3)

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Atlanta
2015	John Isner	Marcos Baghdatis	6–3, 6–3
2014	John Isner	Dudi Sela	6–3, 6–4
2013	John Isner	Kevin Anderson	6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
2012	Andy Roddick	Gilles Müller	1–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2
2011	Mardy Fish	John Isner	3–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2
2010	Mardy Fish	John Isner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Indianapolis
2009	Robby Ginepri	Sam Querrey	6–2, 6–4
2008	Gilles Simon	Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–4
2007	Dmitry Tursunov	Frank Dancevic	6–4, 7–5
2006	James Blake	Andy Roddick	4–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2005	Robby Ginepri	Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–0, 3–0 (retired)
2004	Andy Roddick	Nicolas Kiefer	6–2, 6–3
2003	Andy Roddick	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2002	Greg Rusedski	Félix Mantilla	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Patrick Rafter	Gustavo Kuerten	4–2 (retired)
2000	Gustavo Kuerten	Marat Safin	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
1999	Nicolás Lapentti	Vincent Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1998	Àlex Corretja	Andre Agassi	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1997	Jonas Björkman	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 7–6
1996	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanišević	7–6, 7–5
1995	Thomas Enqvist	Bernd Karbacher	6–4, 6–3
1994	Wayne Ferreira	Olivier Delaître	6–2, 6–1
1993	Jim Courier	Boris Becker	7–5, 6–3
1992	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–4
1991	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
1990	Boris Becker	Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–4
1989	John McEnroe	Jay Berger	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1988	Boris Becker	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Atlanta
2015	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Colin Fleming Gilles Müller	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), [10–4]
2014	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	6–3, 5–7, [10–5]
2013	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
2012	Matthew Ebden Ryan Harrison	Xavier Malisse Michael Russell	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
2011	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Matthew Ebden	Matthias Bachinger Frank Moser	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
2010	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	Rohan Bopanna Kristof Vliegen	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [12–10]
Indianapolis
2009	Ernests Gulbis Dmitry Tursunov	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2008	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2007	Juan Martín del Potro Travis Parrott	Teymuraz Gabashvili Ivo Karlović	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2006	Bobby Reynolds Andy Roddick	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–4, 6–4
2005	Paul Hanley Graydon Oliver	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 3–1 (retired)
2004	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2003	Mario Ančić Andy Ram	Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
2002	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
2001	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
2000	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1999	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	Olivier Delaître Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
1998	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
1997	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
1996	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1995	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–4, 6–4
1994	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–4
1993	Scott Davis Todd Martin	Ken Flach Rick Leach	6–4, 6–4
1992	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–2
1991	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4
1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 7–6
1989	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3

References

1. Atlanta Tennis Championships Projects: NUSSLI
2. "Tennis Championships sold to Atlanta group". WTHR.com. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
3. "Atlanta Championships to be held at the Racquet Club of the South". atpworldtour.com. 7 December 2010.
4. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2012/04/Features/Atlanta-New-Title-Sponsor.aspx
5. Robertson, Doug (2011-12-19). "Atlanta Tennis Championships headed to Atlantic Station". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2011-12-19.

External links

• Official Website