History

 Atlanta Tennis Championships

Mardy Fish repeated as 2011 Atlanta Tennis Championshs singles champion. He played John Fish for the second yer in a row in the final. While both matches went to a third set, Fish cruised easily 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2 in the third set. In 2010 he won the crown in a third-set tiebreak.

 

Unseeded American Alex Bogomolov Jr. and Matthew Ebden of Australia edged out the unseeded German team of Matthias Bachinger and Frank Moser 3-6, 7-5, [10-8] in a third-set match tiebrak to earn the doubles crown.

 

Racquet Club of the South hosted the tournament with an intimiate setting. A unique stadium court with sharply angled steps made for an up-close-and-personal feel. The club also featured 34 tennis courts, eight of which were indoors and were used for the International Food Court, Mall of Tennis, a seond player lounge and a practice court. The facility also included six 36' USTA 10 and Under Tennis courts and many with blended line for 78' plays. The club also has two platform tennis courts.

 

2010

The inagural Atlanta Tennis Championships were played at the Atlanta Athletic Club, 1930 Bobby Jones Drive, Johns Creek, Ga. 30097 July 19-25, 2010. Mardy Fish defeated John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) to win the singles title. Americans Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram defeated Rohan Bopanna (IND) and Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-3, 6-7(4), [12-10] to win the doubles crown.

Olympus US Open Series

The Olympus US Open Series has established itself as a true regular season of hard court tennis, linking 10 summer tournaments to the US Open. Fans follow the action throughout the summer through national television coverage, culminating each week with back-to-back men’s and women’s finals every Sunday afternoon. Players battle for $40 million, including a chance for bonus prize money at the US Open. In 2008, Olympus became the first title sponsor of the Series. The Olympus US Open Series is also supported by sponsors American Express and Evian. Andy Murray won the 2010 Olympus US Open Series men’s title and Caroline Wozniacki won the women’s title. In 2007, Roger Federer collected the biggest paycheck in tennis history -- $2.4 million -- for winning the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series. In 2005, Kim Clijsters also captured both the US Open and the Series, winning $2.2 million -- the largest purse in women’s sports history.

Atlanta ATP Tournament
The original Atlanta ATP tournament began in 1985, however it only stayed for one more season after it moved to Orlando, FL. The tournament then returned to Atlanta from 1992-2001 and was played at the Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga., in late April. From 1992 to 1999, it was called the AT&T Tennis Challenge. In 2000, it was named the Galleryfurniture.com Tennis Challenge and, in 2001, it was called the Verizon Tennis Challenge. Singles champions include former No. 1 players Andy Roddick (2001), Pete Sampras (1998) Andre Agassi (1989, 1991 and 1992) and John McEnroe (1985).

In 2001, the tournament drew 75,097 fans, had a $400,000 purse and was telecast by FOX Sports Net to 114 countries.

The 1996 Olympics

The 1996 Olympics were played in Stone Mountain, east of the city. Singles gold medalists were Americans Agassi and Lindsay Davenport. Doubles gold medalists were Americans Mary Joe and Gigi Fernandez (unrelated) and Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

Other Atlanta Tournaments

The Atlanta WCT was played as a part of the World Championship Tennis Tour in Atlanta from 1973-1976. It was played on outdoor clay courts in 1973-74 and on indoor carpet courts in 1975-1976. Singles champions were Ilie Nastase (1976), Mark Cox (1975), Dick Stockton (1974) and Stan Smith (1973). Doubles champions included Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Robert Lutz and Smith.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour played a one-year tournament in 1997 at Stone Mountain. Davenport won the singles crown.

Indianapolis Tournament
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships traces its roots back to 1921, when the Western Open Championships were held for the first time at the famed Woodstock Country Club. As the sport’s popularity rose with the dawning of the Open Era in 1968, Indianapolis became home to the nationally-recognized US Men’s Clay Court Championships.

By 1974, the sport was attracting such booming crowds that Indianapolis required a new venue to host the tournament – the Indianapolis Racquet Club – featuring eight newly constructed outdoor clay courts, which at the time made it the second-largest indoor facility in the country. The dream of bringing Indianapolis to the forefront of the international tennis landscape became reality in 1979, when the Indianapolis Sports Center — later to be known as the Indianapolis Tennis Center, site of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships — was constructed.

The Indianapolis Sports Center hosted the U.S. Open Clay Court Championships until 1987, when the complex became a self-supporting, year-round tennis facility. Fourteen of 18 clay courts were resurfaced with DecoTurf II, the same surface used at the US Open. With the change in the surface came a change in the tournament’s name and date. The event became known as the U.S. Men’s Hardcourt Championships and gained the attention of the world’s best players as a premier warm-up stop on the road to the US Open. Stars like Sampras, McEnroe, Agassi, Roddick, Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Goran Ivanisevic, Carlos Moya, Patrick Rafter and Gustavo Kuerten flocked to Indianapolis over the years to tune up their game before American’s Grand Slam.

The tournament morphed once again in 1992 as its growing popularity led Thomson Consumer Electronics to become the new title sponsor through its RCA brand. Thomson/RCA supported the Indianapolis Tennis Championships through 2006. RCA was the longest running title sponsor of a men’s professional tennis tournament in North America. In 2007, the tournament changed its name once again. RCA ended its run as the title sponsor and the tournament became known as the Indianapolis Tennis Championships.

Men's singles champions and finalists in Atlanta