Milan Indoor

The Milan Indoor, also known under various sponsored names, was a men's professional tennis tournament founded in 1973 as the ATP Milano Indoors an indoor carpet court event, that was the successor event the Milano International Indoors (1933-38, 1957-63) an indoor wood court tournament. In 1978 the event was revived as the Milan Indoor and held until 2005 when it was branded as the International of Lombardy or Internazionali di Lombardia. It took place in Milan, Italy, with the exception of three years (1998–2000) when it was held in London, United Kingdom. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit (1981–89) and ATP Tour (1990–2005) and was played on indoor carpet courts, except for the 2000 edition which was played on an indoor hard court. The most successful singles players were John McEnroe and Boris Becker who both won four titles. Stefan Edberg and Roger Federer won the first singles title of their career at the event. A single female edition of the event was held in 1991, won by Monica Seles. Due to a lack of sponsorship the tournament was replaced on the 2006 ATP Tour by the Zagreb Indoors.

History

The first four editions of the tournament, from 1978 until 1982, were part of the World Championship Tennis Series of tournaments, which during that time was incorporated into the Grand Prix calendar. From 1982 through 1989 the event was part of the Super Series tier of the Grand Prix circuit. Initially the tournament was played at the Palazzo dello Sport, near the San Siro stadium, but in 1985 the PalaLido became the event venue after heavy snowfall in January that year had caused the roof of the Palazzo dello Sport to collapse, forcing it to close. In 1987 the tournament moved again, this time to the newly-build Palazzo Trussardi. From 1990 to 1992, during the first years of the ATP Tour, the tournament was part of the World Series, its lowest tier, but in 1993 it was upgraded to the Championship Series tier. In 1991, the Assago Forum became the host of the event, before it moved back again to the Palatrussardi for the 1996 and 1997 editions.

In 1998 the tournament moved to London, England and was played at Battersea Park before moving to the London Arena in 2000 when it became part of the International Series Gold category. Due to the loss of its main sponsor the tournament moved back to its original host city Milan in 2001 where it was held at the PalaLido until its last edition in 2005. John McEnroe and Boris Becker won the singles title four times and the roll of honor contains 10 Grand Slam tournament winners, including Stefan Edberg and Roger Federer, who both won their first career singles title in Milan.

During its history the tournament was known under various, mostly sponsored, names; WCT Milan, the Cuore Tennis Cup, the Fila Trophy, the Stella Artois Indoor, the Muratti Time Indoors, the Italian Indoors, the Guardian Direct Cup, the AXA Cup, the Breil Milano Indoors, the ATP Indesit Milano Indoors, and the Internazionali di Lombardia.

Past finals

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Roger Federer won his first career title in Milan in 2001, defeating Julien Boutter in the final

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Boris Becker was the most successful player at the event, reaching five singles finals -winning four- and three doubles finals -winning all three of them-

Men

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Milan	1978	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–3
	1979	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	6–4, 6–3
	1980	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amitraj	6–1, 6–4
	1981	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	7–6(7–2), 6–4
	1982	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
	1983	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
	1984	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	Template:Flagicon Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2
	1985	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–1
	1986	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	1987	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř	6–4, 6–3
	1988	Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	4–4 retired
	1989	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	6–1, 6–2
	1990	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	Template:Flagicon Tim Mayotte	6–3, 6–2
	1991	Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov	Template:Flagicon Cristiano Caratti	6–1, 7–5
	1992	Template:Flagicon Omar Camporese	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1993	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 6–3
	1994	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	1995	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
	1996	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
	1997	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	6–2, 6–2
London	1998	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Template:Flagicon Cédric Pioline	7–5, 6–4
	1999	Template:Flagicon Richard Krajicek	Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 7–5
	2000	Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4
Milan	2001	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	Template:Flagicon Julien Boutter	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
	2002	Template:Flagicon Davide Sanguinetti	Template:Flagicon Roger Federer	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
	2003	Template:Flagicon Martin Verkerk	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
	2004	Template:Flagicon Antony Dupuis	Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5)
	2005	Template:Flagicon Robin Söderling	Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
replaced by Zagreb Indoors

Doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runners-up	Score
Milan	1978	Template:Flagicon José Higueras Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
	1979	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 6–3
	1980	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	6–4, 6–3
	1981	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe Template:Flagicon Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–3
	1982	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–6
	1983	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
	1984	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–4, 6–3
	1985	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	Template:Flagicon Broderick Dyke Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	6–2, 6–1
	1986	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell Template:Flagicon Christo Steyn	Template:Flagicon Brian Levine Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	6–3, 4–6, 6–1
	1987	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Slobodan Živojinović	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1988	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
	1989	Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 6–4
	1990	Template:Flagicon Omar Camporese Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski	6–4, 6–4
	1991	Template:Flagicon Omar Camporese Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	6–4, 7–6
	1992	Template:Flagicon Neil Broad Template:Flagicon David Macpherson	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
	1993	Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1994	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	Template:Flagicon Hendrik Jan Davids Template:Flagicon Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
	1995	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Guy Forget	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček	6–2, 6–4
	1996	Template:Flagicon Andrea Gaudenzi Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–5
	1997	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano Template:Flagicon Peter Nyborg	Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 7–6
London	1998	Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb	Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–5
	1999	Template:Flagicon Tim Henman Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
	2000	Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager	Template:Flagicon Jan-Michael Gambill Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(13–11)
Milan	2001	Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis Template:Flagicon Sjeng Schalken	Template:Flagicon Johan Landsberg Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
	2002	Template:Flagicon Karsten Braasch Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy	Template:Flagicon Julien Boutter Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]
	2003	Template:Flagicon Petr Luxa Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
	2004	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner	Template:Flagicon Daniele Bracciali Template:Flagicon Giorgio Galimberti	6–4, 6–4
	2005	Template:Flagicon Daniele Bracciali Template:Flagicon Giorgio Galimberti	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément Template:Flagicon Jean-François Bachelot	6–7(8–10), 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Women

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Milan	1991	Template:Flagicon Monica Seles	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runners-up	Score
Milan	1991	Template:Flagicon Sandy Collins Template:Flagicon Lori McNeil	Template:Flagicon Sabine Appelmans Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi	7–6(7–0), 6–3

Event names

Official

• ATP Milano Indoors (1973)
• Milan Indoor (1978-1984)
• Italian Indoor (1985)
• Milan Indoor (1986-1989)
• Italian Indoor (1990)
• Milan Indoor (1991-1995)
• Italian Indoors (1996-1997)
• London Indoor (1998-2000)
• Milan Indoor (2001-2002)
• Milano Indoor (2003)
• ATP Milan Indoor (2004)
• International of Lombardy (2005)

Sponsored

• Ramazzotti Cup (1979-1980)
• Cuore Cup (1981)
• Fila Trophy Italian Indoor (1985)
• Fila Trophy Milan (1987)
• Stella Artois Milan Indoor (1988)
• Stella Artois Italian Indoor (1990)
• Muratti Time Indoor (1991-1995)
• Guardian Direct Cup (1998-1999)
• AXA Cup (2000)
• Breil Milano Indoor (2003)
• Indesit ATP Milan Indoor (2004)

See also

• Internazionali di Tennis di Bergamo