The Milan Indoor, also known under various sponsored names, was a men's professional tennis tournament founded in 1973 as the ATP Milano Indoors an indoor carpet court event, that was the successor event the Milano International Indoors (1933-38, 1957-63) an indoor wood court tournament. In 1978 the event was revived as the Milan Indoor and held until 2005 when it was branded as the International of Lombardy or Internazionali di Lombardia. It took place 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. 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.

History The first four editions of the tournament, from 1978 until 1982, were part of the World Championship Tennis Series of tournaments, 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. 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.

Past finals

Men Singles LocationYearChampionRunner-upScore Milan 1978 Björn Borg Vitas Gerulaitis 6–3, 6–3 1979 John McEnroe John Alexander 6–4, 6–3 1980 John McEnroe Vijay Amitraj 6–1, 6–4 1981 John McEnroe Björn Borg 7–6(7–2), 6–4 1982 Guillermo Vilas Jimmy Connors 6–3, 6–3 1983 Ivan Lendl Kevin Curren 5–7, 6–3, 7–6 1984 Stefan Edberg Mats Wilander 6–4, 6–2 1985 John McEnroe Anders Järryd 6–4, 6–1 1986 Ivan Lendl Joakim Nyström 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 1987 Boris Becker Miloslav Mečíř 6–4, 6–3 1988 Yannick Noah Jimmy Connors 4–4 retired 1989 Boris Becker Alexander Volkov 6–1, 6–2 1990 Ivan Lendl Tim Mayotte 6–3, 6–2 1991 Alexander Volkov Cristiano Caratti 6–1, 7–5 1992 Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1993 Boris Becker Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 6–3 1994 Boris Becker Petr Korda 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 1995 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Boris Becker 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6) 1996 Goran Ivanišević Marc Rosset 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 1997 Goran Ivanišević Sergi Bruguera 6–2, 6–2 London 1998 Yevgeny Kafelnikov Cédric Pioline 7–5, 6–4 1999 Richard Krajicek Greg Rusedski 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 7–5 2000 Marc Rosset Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–4 Milan 2001 Roger Federer Julien Boutter 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 2002 Davide Sanguinetti Roger Federer 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1 2003 Martin Verkerk Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 2004 Antony Dupuis Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–7(12–14), 7–6(7–5) 2005 Robin Söderling Radek Štěpánek 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5) replaced by Zagreb Indoors

Doubles LocationYearChampionRunners-upScore Milan 1978 José Higueras Víctor 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

Women Singles LocationYearChampionRunner-upScore Milan 1991 Monica Seles Martina Navratilova 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles LocationYearChampionRunners-upScore Milan 1991 Sandy Collins Lori McNeil Sabine Appelmans Raffaella Reggi 7–6(7–0), 6–3

Event names Official ATP Milano Indoors (1973) Milan Indoor (1978-1984) Italian Indoor (1985) Milan Indoor (1986-1989) Italian Indoor (1990) Milan Indoor (1991-1995) Italian Indoors (1996-1997) London Indoor (1998-2000) Milan Indoor (2001-2002) Milano Indoor (2003) ATP Milan Indoor (2004) International of Lombardy (2005) Sponsored Ramazzotti Cup (1979-1980) Cuore Cup (1981) Fila Trophy Italian Indoor (1985) Fila Trophy Milan (1987) Stella Artois Milan Indoor (1988) Stella Artois Italian Indoor (1990) Muratti Time Indoor (1991-1995) Guardian Direct Cup (1998-1999) AXA Cup (2000) Breil Milano Indoor (2003) Indesit ATP Milan Indoor (2004)

See also Internazionali di Tennis di Bergamo

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