Budapest Challenger (May)

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.

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

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2005   Răzvan Sabău   Jean-Claude Scherrer 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2004   Novak Djokovic   Daniele Bracciali 6–1, 6–2
2003   Johan Settergren   Boris Pašanski 7–5, 6–4
2002   Mariano Delfino   Quino Muñoz 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2001   Giorgio Galimberti   Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2000   Edwin Kempes   Jérôme Golmard 6–4 retired
1999 Not held
1998   Marcos Ondruska   Davide Sanguinetti 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1997   Steven Randjelovic   Quino Muñoz 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1996   Hernán Gumy   Karim Alami 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995   Jiří Novák   Félix Mantilla Botella 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1994   Hernán Gumy   Francisco Montana 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

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

See also

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References

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  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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