Milan Indoor

Milan Indoor
Defunct tennis tournament
Created	1978 (1978)
Ended	2005
Event name	London (1998–2000) Milan (1978–97/2001–05)
Location	London, UK (1998–2000) Milan, Italy (1978–97/2001–05)
Tour	ATP Tour (1990–2005) Grand Prix circuit (1981–89) WCT circuit (1978–80)
Surface	Hard (i) (2000) Carpet (i) (1978–99/2001–05)

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-

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Björn Borg was the first player to win the singles at the Milan event -within the 1978 WCT circuit-

The Milan Indoor (also known during its run as the 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) is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts and indoor hard courts. It was part of the World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit, of the Grand Prix circuit, and of the ATP World Series, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP International Series Gold and the ATP International Series of Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. It was held annually in Milan, Italy from 1978 to 1997, in London, United Kingdom from 1998 to 2000,^[1] and again in Milan, Italy from 2001 to 2005.^[2]

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Milan	2005	Robin Söderling	Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 6–7(2), 7–6(5)
	2004	Antony Dupuis	Mario Ančić	6–4, 6–7(12), 7–6(5)
	2003	Martin Verkerk	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
	2002	Davide Sanguinetti	Roger Federer	7–6(2), 4–6, 6–1
	2001	Roger Federer	Julien Boutter	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–4
London	2000	Marc Rosset	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–4
	1999	Richard Krajicek	Greg Rusedski	7–6(6), 6–7(5), 7–5
	1998	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cédric Pioline	7–5, 6–4
Milan	1997	Goran Ivanišević	Sergi Bruguera	6–2, 6–2
	1996	Goran Ivanišević	Marc Rosset	6–3, 7–6(3)
	1995	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Boris Becker	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(6)
	1994	Boris Becker	Petr Korda	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	1993	Boris Becker	Sergi Bruguera	6–3, 6–3
	1992	Omar Camporese	Goran Ivanišević	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1991	Alexander Volkov	Cristiano Caratti	6–1, 7–5
	1990	Ivan Lendl	Tim Mayotte	6–3, 6–2
	1989	Boris Becker	Alexander Volkov	6–1, 6–2
	1988	Yannick Noah	Jimmy Connors	4–4 retired
	1987	Boris Becker	Miloslav Mečíř	6–4, 6–3
	1986	Ivan Lendl	Joakim Nyström	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
	1985	John McEnroe	Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–1
	1984	Stefan Edberg	Mats Wilander	6–4, 6–2
	1983	Ivan Lendl	Kevin Curren	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
	1982	Guillermo Vilas	Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
	1981	John McEnroe	Björn Borg	7–6, 6–4
	1980	John McEnroe	Vijay Amitraj	6–1, 6–4
	1979	John McEnroe	John Alexander	6–4, 6–3
	1978	Björn Borg	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3, 6–3

Doubles

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

See also

• Internazionali di Tennis di Bergamo

References

1. ^ "Battersea power showtime". Independent. 22 February 1998. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis-battersea-power-showtime-1146302.html. 
2. ^ "London loses event to Milan". Independent. 17 October 2000. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/london-loses-atp-tour-event-to-milan-637139.html. Retrieved 28 August 2010.