In 2012, a tournament, classified as a WTA Challenger Series tournament, made its debut in Pune, India.[3] The Challenger tournament has since been relocated to Mumbai.
India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,[4] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune.[citation needed]
In 2012, the tournament was featured as a WTA Challenger event, and named the Royal Indian Open. Pune is the fourth city in the history of India to host a WTA event, after Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kolkata (Sunfeast Open). Later, Mumbai became the fifth city to do the same.[citation needed]
India's renewed participation through this Challenger event was originally supposed to be held in Delhi,[5] but on 17 October 2012, just a few weeks before the tournament's first edition, it was announced the event had been shifted to Pune, to be held at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.[citation needed]