Indianapolis Tennis Championships

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]

Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1987
Abolished	2009
Editions	22
Location	Indianapolis, Indiana United States
Venue	Indianapolis Tennis Center
Category	ATP Championship Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series Gold (1998–2002) ATP International Series (2003–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009)
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Draw	32S/16D

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.

Past finals

Singles

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

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 7–6
1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1991	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4
1992	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
1993	Scott Davis Todd Martin	Ken Flach Rick Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1994	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–2
1995	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–4, 6–4
1996	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1997	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–3, 6–2
1998	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6
1999	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	Olivier Delaître Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
2000	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2001	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–4
2002	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4
2003	Mario Ančić Andy Ram	Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri	2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2004	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6(7–9)–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
2005	Paul Hanley Graydon Oliver	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 3–1 (retired)
2006	Bobby Reynolds Andy Roddick	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–4, 6–4
2007	Juan Martín del Potro Travis Parrott	Teimuraz Gabashvili Ivo Karlović	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2009	Ernests Gulbis Dmitry Tursunov	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
2010	succeeded by Atlanta Open

References

1. McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 278–281. ISBN 9781450728331.