Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open

The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open (known as the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the International Series of the ATP Tour and was held annually in Asia.

History

The tournament was first created in 1996 in Shanghai, China, on indoor carpet courts and as part of the ATP World Series. The second new tournament started by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in Asia in three years, after the Beijing Open, created in 1993, the Shanghai event ran as a men's only tournament during four years, seeing the likes of Michael Chang, Goran Ivanišević, Marcelo Ríos and Magnus Norman reaching the finals. In 2000, the Tier IV Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments of Beijing was moved to Shanghai, allowing the city to hold both the ATP event, now part of the International Series, and the WTA event.Template:Fact

In 2004, as the ATP was increasing its presence in Asia, having brought the Tennis Masters Cup to Shanghai in 2002, working on moving several events to different new locations, the ATP and WTA Shanghai tournaments were both relocated, with the women's, now a Tier II tournament, returning to Beijing, and the men's moving to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. After the 2005 edition, the tournament moved once more to a new country, in India, taking place in the city of Mumbai first, in 2006 and 2007, and then moving again to Bangalore for the 2008 edition. The first event to be held in the new location, though, was cancelled due to security fears, and the first Bangalore Open consequently postponed to the next season. In 2009 a new tournament in Asia was created to replace it, the Malaysian Open, located on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Past finals

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The 2007 Men's doubles finals in action at CCI Tennis courts in Mumbai

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Bangalore	2008–09	Not held
Mumbai	2007	Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet	Template:Flagicon Olivier Rochus	6–3, 6–4
	2006	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Berdych	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Ho Chi Minh City	2005	Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Shanghai	2004	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cañas	Template:Flagicon Lars Burgsmüller	6–1, 6–0
	2003	Template:Flagicon Mark Philippoussis	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák	6–2, 6–1
	2002	Not held
	2001	Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler	Template:Flagicon Michel Kratochvil	6–3, 6–4
	2000	Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman	Template:Flagicon Sjeng Schalken	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
	1999	Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
	1998	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
	1997	Template:Flagicon Ján Krošlák	Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
	1996	Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles	7–6(7–5), 6–2

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Bangalore	2008–09	Not held
Mumbai	2007	Template:Flagicon Robert Lindstedt Template:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen	Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
	2006	Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi	Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Mustafa Ghouse	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 10–8
Ho Chi Minh City	2005	Template:Flagicon Lars Burgsmüller Template:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber	Template:Flagicon Ashley Fisher Template:Flagicon Robert Lindstedt	5–6(3–7), 6–4, 6–2 Template:Efn
Shanghai	2004	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Brian MacPhie	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11)
	2003	Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley	Template:Flagicon Zeng Shaoxuan Template:Flagicon Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
	2002	Not held
	2001	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Thomas Shimada	Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager Template:Flagicon Robbie Koenig	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
	2000	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Sjeng Schalken	Template:Flagicon Petr Pála Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	1999	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	7–5, 6–3
	1998	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
	1997	Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	Template:Flagicon Tomas Nydahl Template:Flagicon Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
	1996	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Roger Smith	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Michael Tebbutt	4–6, 6–2, 7–6

External links

• Official website