The Royal Indian Open is a tournament organized for female professional tennis players, played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a WTA Challenger Series tournament. It made its debut in 2012, in Pune, India.^[2] It is played at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.

In 2012, a tournament, classified as a WTA Challenger Series tournament, made its debut in Pune, India.^[3] The Challenger tournament has since been relocated to Mumbai.

History

Pune is the fourth town in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Kolkata (2005–2007), Hyderabad (2003–2005) and Bangalore (2006–2008).^{[citation needed]}

India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,^[4] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, it became the second event (after the OEC Taipei Ladies Open) to be part of the WTA 125s.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, the tournament was featured as a WTA Challenger event, and named the Royal Indian Open. Pune is the fourth city in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kolkata (Sunfeast Open). Later, Mumbai became the fifth city to do the same.^{[citation needed]}

India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,^[5] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune, to be held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, it became the second event (after the OEC Taipei Ladies Open) to be part of the WTA 125s.^{[citation needed]}

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	Elina Svitolina	Kimiko Date-Krumm	6–2, 6–3
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2010–11	Not held
2009	Rika Fujiwara	Bojana Jovanovski	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2012	Nina Bratchikova Oksana Kalashnikova	Julia Glushko Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	6–0, 4–6, [10–8]
↑   WTA 125K series   ↑
2010–11	Not held
2009	Nicole Clerico Anastasiya Vasylyeva	Nina Bratchikova Ksenia Palkina	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
↑   ITF 50K event    ↑