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| Location | Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Owner | Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Capacity | 5,800 (tennis) |
| Surface | Hard, Outdoors |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1995 |
| Tenants | |
| Chennai Open (tennis) (2022–present) Davis Cup (India vsAustralia) (May 2009) (V Chennai Warriors (November/December 2015) | |
Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu Tennis Stadium, commonly known as SDAT Stadium, sometimes also calledNungambakkam Tennis Stadium, is located inNungambakkam,Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India. The stadium was built in 1995 by the Government of Tamil Nadu on the occasion ofSouth Asian Federation Games held in Chennai that year. The stadium was the venue for theChennai OpenATPTennis championships held in the first week of January from 1997 to 2017. The stadium witnessed some dramatic scenes in 1998 when legends likeBoris Becker andPatrick Rafter took part in the then named Goldflake Open. Rafter went on to win the tournament. Since 2022 it has been the host of theChennai Open, also known as the Indian Open, held on theWTA Tour.[1]
The stadium also witnessed the birth of the celebrated Indian doubles pair ofLeander Paes andMahesh Bhupathi who won the first three editions of the Goldflake Open. The complex has five hardcourts including the floodlit centre court which has aseating capacity of about 5,800.
The third roundDavis Cup tie in Asia/Oceania Group I betweenIndia andAustralia took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in May 2009.
The stadium again hosted aDavis Cup tie from 17 to 19 September 2010. TheIndia Davis Cup team defeated theBrazil Davis Cup team in the2010 Davis Cup World Group play-offs to advance to the 2011Davis Cup World Group.
In October 2013, the Tamil Nadu government ordered renovation of the stadium at a cost of₹ 45 million.[2]
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