Budapest Challenger (May)

This article is about ATP event. For the historical tournament, see Hungarian Tennis Championships. For the Challenger in September, see Budapest Challenger (September).
Budapest Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ATP Challenger Series
Founded 1994
Abolished 2005
Location Budapest, Hungary
Venue Római Teniszakadémia
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay (Red)
Draw 32S/32Q/16D
Prize money $25,000+H
Current (2013)World No. 2 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
2005 Romania Răzvan Sabău Switzerland Jean-Claude Scherrer 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2004 Serbia and Montenegro Novak Djokovic Italy Daniele Bracciali 6–1, 6–2
2003 Serbia and Montenegro Boris Pašanski Sweden Johan Settergren 7–5, 6–4
2002 Argentina Mariano Delfino Spain Quino Munoz 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2001 Italy Giorgio Galimberti Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2000 Netherlands Edwin Kempes France Jérôme Golmard 6–4 retired
1999 Not held
1998 South Africa Marcos Ondruska Italy Davide Sanguinetti 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1997 Australia Steven Randjelovic Spain Quino Munoz 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1996 Argentina Hernán Gumy Morocco Karim Alami 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995 Czech Republic Jiří Novák Spain Félix Mantilla Botella 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1994 Argentina Hernán Gumy United States Francisco Montana 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

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

Title sponsors

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. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. "Szabad hétvége" [Free weekend]. magyarszo.com (in Hungarian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Magyar Szó. 18 September 2004. 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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