- On 11 February, India's Sumit Nagal defeated top seed Luca Nardi of Italy to win the Chennai Open ATP Challenger title at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai.
- He became the first Indian to win a men's singles event at the Chennai Open ATP level event.
- Earlier, Leander Paes in 1996, Somdev Devvarman in 2009 and Yuki Bhambri in 2018 had lost in the finals.
- Additionally, Nagal received 100 ATP points and US$18230 (equivalent to Rs 15.13 lakh), taking him into the top 100 ranking in the world.
- Luca Nardi got 10730 US dollars i.e. Rs 8.90 lakh and 60 ATP points.
- This is Nagal's fifth career ATP Challenger singles title and his second title on Indian soil, more than six years after winning the Bengaluru Open Challenger in 2017.
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