The US $380,000 ATP Tour event will be held at the newly-laid synthetic courts of the CCI in Mumbai, in September.
The unseeded Croatian will contest his first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon against either second seed Andy Roddick or number 12 Sjeng Schalken.
Former world number seven Mario Ancic has retired at the age of 26 to become a lawyer after years battling illness and injury.
The Indo-Croatian pair defeated Kristian Pless of Denmark and Danai Udomchoke of Thailand in straight sets in the semi-finals.
Seventh seed Nieminen needed 10 match points and almost three hours to subdue sixth-seeded Belgian Olivier Rochus and make the final of the Auckland Open.
The Indian ace and his Croatian partner rallied from a set down to stun third seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Thomas Johansson and enter the second round.
The 17-year-old beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4 for her third career title
Croatia's Mario Ancic beat teenager Andy Murray 6-3, 7-6 at the Auckland Open
Roger Federer is unlikely to make the same mistake as in 2002, when he was stunned in Wimbledon's first round after taking lofty Croat Mario Ancic for granted.
Mario Ancic, on a comeback trail after dropping out of top 100, knocked out sixth seed Marcos Baghdatis 6-4, 6-2.
The two players were fined after they pushed and shoved each other after their match.
Mario Ancic beat holder Thomas Johansson 7-5, 7-6 in the St Petersburg Open final to clinch his second title of the year.
The Indo-Croatian pair beat the third seeded American duo of Eric Butorac and Travis Parrott at the China Open.
Croatia's Mario Ancic beat defending champion Michael Llodra 7-5, 6-4 to win the Ordina Open.
Tommy Robredo came from a set down to beat Mario Ancic and give Spain
Mario Ancic's defeat left only two players, American James Blake and German Tommy Haas, in contention for the last remaining slot at the season-ending Masters Cup.
Both players were taken to three sets by lesser-fancied opponents in the semi-finals.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko tumbled out of the St Petersburg Open in the second round, going down to Croatian qualifier Marin Cilic.
Big Croatian Mario Ancic dispatched ninth seed Fernando Verdasco 7-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Queen's Club ATP tournament.
Former world number one Marat Safin of Russia has been granted a wildcard for the Monte Carlo Masters.
Mario Ancic came from two sets down to beat Fernando Verdasco 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11 to set up a quarter-final against Roger Federer.
They routed Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark on Sunday.
Mario Ancic beat Spain's Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the China Open.
Rublev dug deep in the third set and was a break ahead but Fonseca showed incredible poise and maturity at critical moments to set up another tiebreaker.
Wimbledon was hit by some high-profile withdrawals on the eve of the draw, tournament organisers said on Thursday.
The world No 8 said he hopes to continue teaming with the Indian ace even after the Mumbai Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi won his first doubles title in 2006 when he claimed the China Open on Sunday with Mario Ancic.
The Indo-Croatian pair lost to John Stephens and Wesley Moodie in the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open.
The dou beat Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee and Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Taiwan in straight sets.
Mario Ancic beat Slovakia's Michal Mertinak to claim a 3-2 victory for Croatia in the Davis Cup final.
Novak Djokovic looked to have regained his confidence and form just in time for a concerted Wimbledon assault as he carved out an emphatic win over Gael Monfils in the Aegon International grasscourt final at Eastbourne on Saturday.
The Australian Open runner-up was beaten by Croatian wild card entrant Mario Ancic at the Marseille Open.
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