SDAT Tennis Stadium, sometimes also called Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium, is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and plays host for the Chennai Open ATP Tennis championships held in the first week of January every year. The stadium was built in the year 1995 by the Government of Tamil Nadu on the occasion of South Asian Federation Games held in Chennai that year. The stadium has been the venue for Indian Open tennis tournament annually since 1997. The stadium witnessed some dramatic scenes in 1998 when legends like Boris Becker and Patrick Rafter took part in the then named Goldflake Open. Rafter went on to win the tournament.

The stadium also witnessed the birth of the celebrated Indian doubles pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi who won the first three editions of the Goldflake Open. The complex has five hard courts including the floodlit centre court which has a seating capacity of about 5800.


SDAT Tennis Stadium of Chennai remains the host of the annual Chennai Open ATP Tennis championships that takes place in the first week of January. The stadium was the venue for the South Asian Federation Games of 1995. The 1997 Indian Open tennis tournament was also played here. The 'Goldflake Open' game between Patrick Rafter and Boris Becker was held at this stadium in 1998 in which the former emerged victorious. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, India's doubles pair won the Goldflake

The December-January (2008-09) Chennai Open will be played here. In the 2007 event, Xavier Malisse emerged as the winner of the singles title and doubles with partner Dick Norman. Some of the nearby attractions are:

National Art Gallery

Fort St. George

Valluvar Kottam

Birla Planetarium

War Memorial

Stadium Museum

Chennai Museum

Music Academy

Moore Market

China Bazaar

Spencer Plaza

Guindy National Park

Panagal Park

SDAT Tennis Stadium,

Lake Area, Nungambakkam
Chennai: 600 034