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ATP tennis tournament moves to Chennai as the Gold Flake Open

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India's only ATP Tour event moved from New Delhi to Chennai, where it was held every January until 2017 before shifting to Pune.

India's ATP Tour tournament was first held in New Delhi in 1996 and moved to Chennai for its second edition in 1997. It was known as the Gold Flake Open from 1997 to 2001, the Tata Open from 2002 to 2004 and then the Chennai Open. Held at the start of each season, its champions included Patrick Rafter, and Stan Wawrinka won the title four times. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the doubles title four times between 1997 and 2002. After the 2017 edition the tournament moved to Pune as the Maharashtra Open.

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