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{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name = Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open
| logo = Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open Logo.jpg
| logo size = 150px
| type = defunct
| founded = 1996
| ended = 2007
| editions = 11
| city = [[Shanghai]]
| country = China
| venue = KSLTA Signature Kingfisher Tennis Stadium
| category = [[ATP International Series]]
| surface = Carpet / Indoors (1996–98) Hard / Outdoors (1999–01, 2003–04, 2006–07) Hard / Indoors (2005)
| draw = 32S/32Q/16D
| prize money = $416,000
| website = [http://www.kingfisherairlinesopen.com/ kingfisherairlinesopen.com]
}}

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 court]]s. It was part of the [[ATP International Series|International Series]] of the [[ATP Tour]]. It was held annually in Asia.

==History==

The tournament was first created in 1996 in [[Shanghai]], [[People's Republic of China]], on [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|indoor carpet courts]] and as part of the [[ATP International Series|ATP World Series]]. The second new tournament started by the [[Association of Tennis Professionals]] (ATP) in Asia in three years, after the [[China Open (tennis)|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 Series|Tier IV]] [[Women's Tennis Association]] (WTA) tournaments of [[Beijing]] was moved to Shanghai, allowing the city to hold both the [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] event, now part of the [[ATP International Series|International Series]], and the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] event.

In 2004, as the ATP was increasing its presence in Asia,<ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=ATP CEO Courts Asian Booming Tennis Market| url =http://www.atptennis.com/en/media/reports/asia.pdf|date =2004-08-30| access-date =2008-08-25}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> having brought the [[Tennis Masters Cup]] to Shanghai in [[2002 Tennis Masters Cup|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 [[WTA Tier II Series|Tier II]] tournament, returning to Beijing, and the men's moving to [[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=ATP Announces Historic ATP-Level Event in Vietnam|url=http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/media/reports/vietnam.pdf|date=2005-04-27|access-date=2008-08-25}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After the 2005 edition, the tournament moved once more to a new country, in India,<ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com|title=ATP Announces Second ATP Tournament in India|url=http://www.atptennis.com/5/en/media/reports/06_mumbai.pdf|date=2006-04-10|access-date=2008-08-25}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> taking place in the city of [[Mumbai]] first, in 2006 and 2007, and then moving again to [[Bangalore]] for the 2008 edition.<ref>{{cite news|author=sportsline.com|title=Bangalore replaces Mumbai on ATP Tour circuit|url=http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/10834314|date=2008-05-20|access-date=2008-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918093423/http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/10834314|archive-date=2012-09-18}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|author=atptennis.com |title=Bangalore Suspended Due to Security Fears |url=http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/bangalore_security.asp |date=2008-08-25 |access-date=2008-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831104709/http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/bangalore_security.asp |archive-date=August 31, 2008 }}</ref> In 2009 a new tournament in Asia was created to replace it, the [[Proton Malaysian Open|Malaysian Open]], located on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news|author=atpworldtour.com|title=Kuala Lumpur Confirmed As Newest Stop On ATP World Tour| url = http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/06/Kuala-Lumpur-Confirmed-As-Newest-Stop-On-ATP-World-Tour.aspx|date =2009-06-26| access-date =2009-06-26}}</ref>

==Past finals==
[[File:Mens Doubles Final.jpg|thumb| The 2007 Men's doubles finals in action at [[Cricket Club of India|CCI]] Tennis courts in [[Mumbai]]]]

===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:#ededed" |[[Bangalore]]
| style="background:#dfdfdf"|2008–09 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#dfdfdf" | ''Not Held''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:#ededed" |[[Mumbai]]
| [[2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open|2007]] || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Richard Gasquet]] || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Olivier Rochus]] || 6–3, 6–4
|-
| [[2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open|2006]] || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Tursunov]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Berdych]]|| 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:#ededed" |[[Ho Chi Minh City]]
| [[2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open|2005]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jonas Björkman]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Radek Štěpánek]] || 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
|-
! rowspan="9" style="background:#ededed" |[[Shanghai]]
| 2004|| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Guillermo Cañas]] ||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lars Burgsmüller]] || 6–1, 6–0
|-
| 2003|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Philippoussis]] ||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jiří Novák]] || 6–2, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#dfdfdf"|2002 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#dfdfdf" | ''Not Held''
|-
| [[2001 Heineken Open Shanghai|2001]]|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rainer Schüttler]] ||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Michel Kratochvil]] || 6–3, 6–4
|-
| [[2000 Heineken Open Shanghai|2000]]|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Norman]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sjeng Schalken]] || 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
|-
| 1999|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Norman]] ||{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Marcelo Ríos]] || 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
|-
| [[1998 Shanghai Open|1998]]|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Chang]] ||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]] || 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
|-
| [[1997 Shanghai Open|1997]]|| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Ján Krošlák]] ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alexander Volkov (tennis)|Alexander Volkov]] || 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
|-
| [[1996 Shanghai Open|1996]]|| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrei Olhovskiy]] ||{{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] || 7–6(7–5), 6–2
|}

===Doubles===
{|class="wikitable"
!style="width:120px"|Location
!style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions
!style="width:200px"|Runners-up
!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:#ededed" |[[Bangalore]]
| style="background:#dfdfdf"|2008–09 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#dfdfdf" | ''Not Held''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:#ededed" |[[Mumbai]]
|[[2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open|2007]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Lindstedt]] {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Nieminen]] ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]] {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] || 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
|-
|[[2006 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open|2006]] || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mario Ančić]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rohan Bopanna]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mustafa Ghouse]] || 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 10–8
|-
! rowspan="1" style="background:#ededed" |[[Ho Chi Minh City]]
| [[2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open|2005]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lars Burgsmüller]] {{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Kohlschreiber]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ashley Fisher]] {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robert Lindstedt]] || 5–6(3–7), 6–4, 6–2 {{efn|name=tiebreak|Tie-breaks were held at 5–5 and not 6–6 in this tournament.}}
|-
! rowspan="9" style="background:#ededed" |[[Shanghai]]
| 2004 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jared Palmer]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Vízner]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rick Leach]] {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian MacPhie]] || 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(13–11)
|-
| 2003 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wayne Arthurs (tennis)|Wayne Arthurs]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Hanley (tennis)|Paul Hanley]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zeng Shaoxuan]] {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Benqiang]] || 6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#dfdfdf"|2002 || colspan=3 align=center style="background:#dfdfdf" | ''Not Held''
|-
| [[2001 Heineken Open Shanghai|2001]]|| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Thomas Shimada]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[John-Laffnie de Jager]] {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Robbie Koenig]] || 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
|-
| [[2000 Heineken Open Shanghai|2000]]|| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Paul Haarhuis]] {{flagicon|NED}} [[Sjeng Schalken]] || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Pála]] {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Vízner]] || 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
|-
| 1999 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sébastien Lareau]] {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Daniel Nestor]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]] || 7–5, 6–3
|-
| [[1998 Shanghai Open – Doubles|1998]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] {{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander Paes]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Todd Woodbridge]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Woodforde]] || 6–4, 6–7, 7–6
|-
| [[1997 Shanghai Open – Doubles|1997]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]] {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Kevin Ullyett]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tomas Nydahl]] {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Pescosolido]] || 7–6, 6–7, 7–5
|-
| [[1996 Shanghai Open – Doubles|1996]]|| {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Mark Knowles]] {{flagicon|BAH}} [[Roger Smith (tennis)|Roger Smith]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Grabb]] {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Tebbutt]] || 4–6, 6–2, 7–6
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kingfisherairlinesopen.com/ Official website]
{{Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open tournaments}}
{{ATP International Series tournaments}}
{{ATP World Series tournaments}}

[[Category:Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open| ]]
[[Category:ATP Tour]]
[[Category:Hard court tennis tournaments]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1996]]
[[Category:Recurring events disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:Tennis tournaments in India]]
[[Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in Asia]]
[[Category:Defunct sports competitions in India]]

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