Milan Indoor

The Milan Indoor, also known under various sponsored names, was a men's professional tennis tournament held from 1978 until 2005. It took placed 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.[1] 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.[2]

Milan Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameMilan (1978–97, 2001–05)
London (1998–2000)
TourATP Tour (1990–2005)
Grand Prix circuit (1981–89)
WCT circuit (1978–80)
Founded1978 (1978)
Abolished2005
Editions28
LocationMilan, Italy (1978–97, 2001–05)
London, UK (1998–2000)
VenuePalazzo dello Sport
PalaLido
Palazzo Trussardi
Assago Forum
Battersea Park
London Arena
SurfaceCarpet (i) (1978–99, 2001–05)
Hard (i) (2000)

History

The first four editions of the tournament, from 1978 until 1982, were part of the World Championship Tennis circuit, 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.[3] 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.[4]

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

Singles
Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Milan 1978 Björn Borg Vitas Gerulaitis6–3, 6–3
1979 John McEnroe John Alexander6–4, 6–3
1980 John McEnroe Vijay Amitraj6–1, 6–4
1981 John McEnroe Björn Borg7–6(7–2), 6–4
1982 Guillermo Vilas Jimmy Connors6–3, 6–3
1983 Ivan Lendl Kevin Curren5–7, 6–3, 7–6
1984 Stefan Edberg Mats Wilander6–4, 6–2
1985 John McEnroe Anders Järryd6–4, 6–1
1986 Ivan Lendl Joakim Nyström6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1987 Boris Becker Miloslav Mečíř6–4, 6–3
1988 Yannick Noah Jimmy Connors4–4 retired
1989 Boris Becker Alexander Volkov6–1, 6–2
1990 Ivan Lendl Tim Mayotte6–3, 6–2
1991 Alexander Volkov Cristiano Caratti6–1, 7–5
1992 Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Boris Becker Sergi Bruguera6–3, 6–3
1994 Boris Becker Petr Korda6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Boris Becker7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
1996 Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset6–3, 7–6(7–3)
1997 Goran Ivanišević Sergi Bruguera6–2, 6–2
London 1998 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Cédric Pioline7–5, 6–4
1999 Richard Krajicek Greg Rusedski7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 7–5
2000 Marc Rosset Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–4
Milan 2001 Roger Federer Julien Boutter6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
2002 Davide Sanguinetti Roger Federer7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
2003 Martin Verkerk Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 5–7, 7–5
2004 Antony Dupuis Mario Ančić6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5)
2005 Robin Söderling Radek Štěpánek6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5)
replaced by Zagreb Indoors

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

Singles
Location Year Champion Runner-up Score
Milan 1991 Monica Seles Martina Navratilova6–3, 3–6, 6–4

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

See also

References
  1. Remo Borgatti (18 February 2016). "Tornei scomparsi. Stelle senza polvere all'indoor di Milano". Ubitennis (in Italian).
  2. Christian Turba (16 February 2012). "Milano, quanto ci manchi!". Ubitennis (in Italian).
  3. John Roberts (17 October 2000). "London loses ATP Tour event to Milan". The Independent.
  4. "Battersea power showtime". Independent. 22 February 1998.
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