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Atlanta Tennis Championships
ATP World Tour
Location	Atlanta, Georgia  United States
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series (2010)
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$ 531,000
Website	Official Website

The Atlanta Tennis Championships is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Atlanta as part of the ATP Tour. It will be held for one week in July in 2010. The tournament was held for the first time in 1988 in Indianapolis, Indiana as the U.S. Men's Hard Court Championships. It was created after the Indianapolis Tennis Center decided to resurface its 18 clay courts with Deco-Turf II, the same surface as the US Open. As a consequence, the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was moved from Indianapolis to Charleston, South Carolina.

The tournament's change in surface and name came with a change of date to be closer to the start of the US Open. The event gained the attention of the world's best players and became a premier warm-up stop for the US Open. In 2009 the Association of Tennis Professionals purchased the licence for the tournament in Indianapolis owing to the lack of a title sponsor for 2007 and 2008 and a subsequent struggle to attract top players, leading in turn to lower ticket sales¹. In December 2009 it was announced that the ATP had sold the licence to a group in Atlanta, Georgia¹.

Prior to 2010 Atlanta had previously held a tennis tournament known as the Verizon Tennis Challenge from 1992 to 2001. The tournament, held at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, included Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe among its past champions.

Past Finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Atlanta	2010	TBD	TBD
Indianapolis	2009	Robby Ginepri	Sam Querrey	6–2, 6–4
	2008	Gilles Simon	Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–4
	2007	Dmitry Tursunov	Frank Dancevic	6–4, 7–5
	2006	James Blake	Andy Roddick	4–6, 6–4, 7–6 (7–5)
	2005	Robby Ginepri	Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–0, 3–0 (retired)
	2004	Andy Roddick	Nicolas Kiefer	6–2, 6–3
	2003	Andy Roddick	Paradorn Srichaphan	7–6 (7–2), 6–4
	2002	Greg Rusedski	Félix Mantilla	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
	2001	Patrick Rafter	Gustavo Kuerten	4–2 (retired)
	2000	Gustavo Kuerten	Marat Safin	3–6, 7–6 (7–2), 7–6 (7–2)
	1999	Nicolás Lapentti	Vincent Spadea	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
	1998	Àlex Corretja	Andre Agassi	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
	1997	Jonas Björkman	Carlos Moyà	6–3, 7–6
	1996	Pete Sampras	Goran Ivanišević	7–6, 7–5
	1995	Thomas Enqvist	Bernd Karbacher	6–4, 6–3
	1994	Wayne Ferreira	Olivier Delaître	6–2, 6–1
	1993	Jim Courier	Boris Becker	7–5, 6–3
	1992	Pete Sampras	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–4
	1991	Pete Sampras	Boris Becker	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
	1990	Boris Becker	Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–4
	1989	John McEnroe	Jay Berger	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
	1988	Boris Becker	John McEnroe	6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Atlanta	2010	TBD	TBD
Indianapolis	2009	Ernests Gulbis Dmitry Tursunov	Ashley Fisher Jordan Kerr	6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
	2008	Ashley Fisher Tripp Ph illips	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
	2007	Juan Martín del Potro Travis Parrott	Teimuraz Gabashvili Ivo Karlović	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
	2006	Bobby Reynolds Andy Roddick	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–4, 6–4
	2005	Paul Hanley Graydon Oliver	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 3–1 (retired)
	2004	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–7 (5–7), 7–6 (7–3), 6–3
	2003	Mario Ančić Andy Ram	Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri	2–6, 7–6 (7–3), 7–5
	2002	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
	2001	Mark Knowles Brian MacPhie	Mahesh Bhupathi Sébastien Lareau	7–6, 6–3
	2000	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
	1999	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	Olivier Delaître Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
	1998	Jiří Novák David Rikl	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
	1997	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7–6, 7–5
	1996	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	6–0, 7–5
	1995	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–3, 7–5
	1994	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–2
	1993	Scott Davis Todd Martin	Ken Flach Rick Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
	1992	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
	1991	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	6–4, 6–3
	1990	Scott Davis David Pate	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
	1989	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–5, 7–6
	1988	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

References

External links

• Official Website