Budapest Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
TourATP Challenger Series
Founded1994
Abolished2005
LocationBudapest, Hungary
VenueRómai Teniszakadémia
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$25,000+H
Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won the tournament in 2004, which was his first career title[1]
Serbia's Janko Tipsarević reached the semifinals in 2005[2]
Jarkko Nieminen was a runner-up in 2001
Flooded courts in 2006

The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the earlier one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in May. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest, Hungary, from 1994 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the USTA LA Tennis Open.[3] The most successful players were Hernán Gumy with two singles titles and Nuno Marques with three doubles titles.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2005Romania Răzvan SabăuSwitzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2004Serbia and Montenegro Novak DjokovicItaly Daniele Bracciali6–1, 6–2
2003Sweden Johan SettergrenSerbia and Montenegro Boris Pašanski7–5, 6–4
2002Argentina Mariano DelfinoSpain Quino Muñoz6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2001Italy Giorgio GalimbertiFinland Jarkko Nieminen6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2000Netherlands Edwin KempesFrance Jérôme Golmard6–4 retired
1999Not held
1998South Africa Marcos OndruskaItaly Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1997Australia Steven RandjelovicSpain Quino Muñoz4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1996Argentina Hernán GumyMorocco Karim Alami2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995Czech Republic Jiří NovákSpain Félix Mantilla Botella6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1994Argentina Hernán GumyUnited States Francisco Montana6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2005Australia Stephen Huss
Sweden Johan Landsberg
Israel Amir Hadad
Israel Harel Levy
7–6(7–4), 6–1
2004Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Manuel Jorquera
6–4, 6–2
2003Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
United States Thomas Blake
United States Jason Marshall
7–6(7–4), 6–0
2002Slovakia Karol Beck
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2001Brazil Daniel Melo
Argentina Sergio Roitman
Australia Jordan Kerr
South Africa Damien Roberts
6–2, 6–4
2000Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Romania Dinu Pescariu
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1999Not held
1998South Africa Chris Haggard
South Africa Paul Rosner
Argentina Diego del Río
Australia Grant Silcock
6–4, 6–2
1997Portugal Nuno Marques
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
United States Greg Van Emburgh
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1996Portugal Nuno Marques
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
Israel Eyal Ran
Italy Laurence Tieleman
6–4, 6–1
1995Argentina Pablo Albano
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
United States Matt Lucena
Sweden Rikard Bergh
6–4, 6–4
1994Portugal Nuno Marques
Portugal João Cunha e Silva
Hungary Gábor Köves
Hungary László Markovits
6–, 6–4, 7–6

See also

References

  1. Lass, Gábor (2011-06-29). "A magyar tenisz végvára" [Last resort of Hungarian tennis]. demokrata.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Demokrata. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. "Szabad hétvége" [Free weekend]. magyarszo.com (in Hungarian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Magyar Szó. 18 September 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. "Árvíz 2010" [2010 flood]. rta.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Római Teniszakadémia. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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