Royal Indian Open

Royal Indian Open
Tournament information
Location	Pune[1] India
Venue	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Category	Challenger
Surface	Deco Turf (Hard)
Draw	32M/16Q/16D
Prize money	US$125,000
Website	royalindianopen.com

The Royal Indian Open was a tournament organized for female professional tennis players, played on outdoor hard courts. The event was classified as a WTA Challenger Series tournament. It made its debut in 2012, in Pune, India.^[2] It is played at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.

Due to reasons yet unknown, the event has been cancelled since 2013.

History

The NECC ITF International Women's Tournament is a tennis tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit, under the tier of the WTA Tour, played on outdoor hard-courts. It is held yearly since 2001 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was a US$10,000 event from 2001–2006, and was upgraded to $25,000 in 2007-2008. In 2009, it was a $50,000. Since 2010, it has been a $25,000 event. Akgul Amanmuradova has been the most successful at the event, winning two titles.

Pune is the fourth town in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Kolkata (2005–2007), Hyderabad (2003–2005) and Bangalore (2006–2008).

India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,^[3] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune.

In 2012, it became the second event (after the OEC Taipei Ladies Open) to be part of the WTA 125s.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Elina Svitolina	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–3
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2011	Céline Cattaneo	Anna Shkudun	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
2010	Bojana Jovanovski	Nina Bratchikova	6-4, 6-4
↑   ITF 25K event    ↑
2009 (2)	Rika Fujiwara	Bojana Jovanovski	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑
2009 (1)	Miki Miyamura	Elodie Rogge-Dietrich	6-3, 6-3
↑   ITF 10K event    ↑
2008	Lu Jingjing	Melanie South	6-3, 6-1
2007	Sandy Gumulya	Isha Lakhani	6-3, 7-5
2006 (2)	Amina Rakhim	Akgul Amanmuradova	7-6(5), 4-2, ret.
↑   ITF 25K event    ↑
2006 (1)	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Amina Rakhim	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
2005 (2)	Ankita Bhambri	Parul Goswami	6-1. 6-3
2005 (1)	Naomi Cavaday	Isha Lakhani	6-4, 6-1
2004	Akgul Amanmuradova	Rushmi Chakravarthi	6-0, 7-6^(7-5)
2003	Akgul Amanmuradova	Meghha Vakaria	7-5, 6-3
2002	Kateryna Bondarenko	İpek Şenoğlu	6-1, 6-1
2001	Radhika Tulpule	Archana Venkataraman	4-6, 6-3, 7-6^(9-7)
↑   ITF 10K event    ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2012	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	Julia Glushko Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2010–11	Not held
2009	Nicole Clerico Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011	Lu Jia Xiang Lu Jiajing	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–3
2010	Nina Bratchikova Alexandra Panova	Sachie Ishizu Anna Shkudun	6-3, 7-6^(7-2)
2009	Nicole Clerico Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4-6, 6-3, [13-11]
2008	Chang Kai-chen Hwang I-hsuan	Elora Dabija Bojana Jovanovski	5-7, 6-2, [10-7]
2007	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Zhang Ling	Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja	1-6, 7-5, [10-5]
2006	Isha Lakhani Ksenia Palkina	Madura Ranganathan Nungnadda Wannasuk	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2005	Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7-5, 7-6^(9-7)
2004	Akgul Amanmuradova Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Wilawan Choptang Thassha Vitayaviroj	6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2003	Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj	Geeta Manohar Archana Venkataraman	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
2002	Akgul Amanmuradova Kateryna Bondarenko	Sania Mirza Radhika Tulpule	6-3, 7-6^(7-1)
2001	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke	6-2, 6-0

References

1. 'WTA Challenger event returns to Pune' The Hindu (Retrieved October 17, 2012)
2. 'WTA Challenger series to go to India' WTA (Retrieved June 19, 2012)
3. 'WTA Challenger series heads to Delhi' WTA (Retrieved July 25, 2012)

External links

• Official website