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