The reigning US Open champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury will headline the star-studded doubles area on the fifth version of Tata Open Maharashtra together with 4 Indians, together with the defending champions Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan.
The ATP 250 occasion will happen on the Balewadi Stadium in Pune from December 31 to January 7.
The three-time Grand Slam champion American-British duo of Ram and Salisbury loved an extremely profitable 2022 season, successful the US Open title for the second time in a row and in addition gained two ATP Masters 1000 titles earlier than capping off the yr by clinching the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin.
Among different notable international stars to obtain direct entries are: American duo Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, who gained their first ATP Tour doubles title collectively on the 2022 Southern California Open in San Diego, and French duo of Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul. The former World No. 24 Sander Gille and former World No. 28 Joran Vliegen additionally made the lower with a mixed rating of 121.
Bopanna and Ramkumar, who clinched the title final yr, will play together with totally different companions this time. The two-time champion Bopanna, who can be the top-ranked Indian doubles participant on the earth at 19, will staff up with Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp. Ramanathan, then again, will be a part of forces with Mexico’s Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela.
Saketh Myneni and Yuki Bhambri are the opposite two Indians to characteristic within the doubles essential draw. Playing collectively, Myneni and Bhambri have gained six titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2022.
The 16-team draw may have two wild card entries, that are but to be introduced.
Doubles Acceptance List
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TEAM RANK |
| Rajeev Ram | USA | Joe Salisbury | Great Britain | 7 |
| Rohan Bopanna | India | Botic van de Zandschulp | Netherlands | 54 |
| Nathaniel Lammons | USA | Jackson Withrow | USA | 95 |
| Sadio Doumbia | France | Fabien Reboul | France | 112 |
| Diego Hidalgo | Ecuador | Emil Ruusuvuori | Finland | 120 |
| Laslo Djere | Serbia | Alex Molcan | Slovakia | 120 |
| Pedro Martinez | Spain | Jaume Munar | Spain | 120 |
| Sander Gille | Belgium | Joran Vliegen | Belgium | 121 |
| Ramkumar Ramanathan | India | Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela | Mexico | 134 |
| Julian Cash | Great Britain | Henry Patten | Great Britain | 139 |
| Sebastian Baez | Argentina | Luis David Martinez | Venezuela | 143 |
| Roberto Carballes Baena | Spain | Bernabe Zapata Miralles | Spain | 146 |
| Yuki Bhambri | India | Saketh Myneni | India | 180 |
| Ivan Sabanov | Serbia | Matej Sabanov | Serbia | 181 |
“We look forward to welcoming the reigning US Open champions Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury to Tata Open Maharashtra. It’s a strong field which also has four Indians including Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who won the title together last year. It’s always great to watch our players dominating at the tournament in front of home fans and we expect similar gameplay in the upcoming edition as well,” mentioned Prashant Sutar, Tournament Director.
“I’m delighted to see four Indians in the main draw along with top stars from the tennis world, including champion duo, Ram and Salisbury. It’s going to be exciting. We have seen what Indians are capable of last year and I hope the upcoming edition will also give our players an edge, playing in front of home fans. Indians doing well at the big events like this has always been pleasing for us,” mentioned Sunder Iyer, the Joint Secretary of All India Tennis Association and Secretary of MSLTA.
The former US Open champion Marin Cilic and the final version’s runner-up Emil Ruusuvuori will lead a powerful area within the singles essential draw, which additionally contains 17 Top-100 gamers.
The qualifying occasion will start on December 31 whereas the primary draw will likely be performed from January 2-7.