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Chennai is famous for its sports loving people. Cricket being an international game, is definitely a popular choice. However Tennis also plays a crucial role in the life of the Chennai people. Chennai is home to the celebrated SDAT Tennis Champion with its seating capacity for 6000 spectators. The city of Chennai enjoys an international fame as far as the game of Tennis is considered. Home to many international events and famous Tennis personalities Chennai plays the host city for one of the greatest Tennis events of the year the Chennai Tennis Open Event. The SDAT Tennis stadium is also known by the name of Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium. The stadium with its five exclusive synthetic courts is the grand venue for the Chennai Tennis Open Event. The stadium came into existence in 1995 to mark the occasion of South Asian Federation Games. The famous Doubles Pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi came up from this celebrated stadium.
The Chennai Tennis Open Event enjoys the status of being the only ATP event in South Asia. ATP stands for the Association of Tennis Professionals which was formed in 1972 to safeguard the rights of the male Tennis professionals.
Features of Chennai Tennis Open Event - The SDAT Tennis Stadium has been engaged in hosting the Chennai Tennis Open Event since 1997. The Tennis event is India's biggest tennis event. Started in 1996 as the Gold flake Open, the Chennai Tennis Open Event first started in April but was later changed to January in 2000. The Tennis Court was taken by big names like Boris Becker and Patrick Rafter in 1998. - The Chennai Tennis Open Event was awarded with the prestigious title of being the best new event in the field of Tennis only in its second year by the Association of Tennis Professionals. - The Tennis Open event in Chennai underwent a name change in the year 2002 when the sponsor for the game was changed. The event now came to be recognized as TATA Open. In the present scenario, the event is being co sponsored by the government of Tamil Nadu for a period of five years, starting from 2005.
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