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2003 ATP Challenger Series

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2003 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration30 December 2002 – 11 January 2004
Edition26th
Tournaments135
Achievements (singles)
2002
2004

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2003 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.[1][2]

Schedule

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January

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
30.12.
2002
 Brazil Aberto de São Paulo $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Flávio Saretta Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
20.01  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Slovakia Karol Beck Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Johan Landsberg
 United States Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger $ 037.500 Hard United States Robby Ginepri United States Diego Ayala
United States Robert Kendrick
20.01  United States Challenger of Dallas $ 050,000 Hard (i) Germany Simon Greul United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Croatia Mario Ančić North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Magnus Larsson

February

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.02.  Poland KGHM Polish Indoors $ 150,000 Hard (i) Slovakia Karol Kučera Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic David Škoch
 United States Joplin Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Bob Bryan Argentina Martín García
United States Graydon Oliver
 Yugoslavia Belgrad Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Serbia and Montenegro Ilija Bozoljac
Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić
10.02.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Alexander Waske Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
Australia Jordan Kerr
17.02.  France Challenger 42 $ 100,000 Hard (i) France Thierry Ascione Czech Republic David Škoch
Croatia Lovro Zovko
 Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Axel Pretzsch Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Axel Pretzsch
24.02.  France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 050,000 Hard (i) Argentina Sergio Roitman France Benjamin Cassaigne
South Africa Rik de Voest
 Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 025,000 Hard South Africa Wesley Moodie Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Federico Luzzi

March

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.03.  France Besançon Challenger $ 037.500 Hard (i) France Cyril Saulnier Israel Jonathan Erlich
Austria Julian Knowle
 Japan Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Czech Republic Michal Tabara Israel Amir Hadad
Israel Andy Ram
10.03.  Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Israel Amir Hadad South Africa Rik de Voest
South Africa Wesley Moodie
 Ecuador Abierto Internacional de Salinas $ 025,000 Hard Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
 Slovakia Sarajevo Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) France Richard Gasquet Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
 Australia Hobart Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
17.03.  Italy Cagliari Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Filippo Volandri Spain Álex López Morón
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
24.03.  Italy Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Rafael Nadal Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Sergio Roitman

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.04.  United States Calabasas Challenger $ 050,000 Hard France Jérôme Golmard United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
 Italy Sanremo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Tomas Behrend Italy Daniele Bracciali
Israel Amir Hadad
14.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta United States Robert Kendrick
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
 Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Belgium Dick Norman United States Alex Bogomolov Jr.
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
21.04.  India Indian Oil Servo ATP Challenger Bangalore $ 025,000 Hard France Grégory Carraz France Rodolphe Cadart
France Grégory Carraz
 Mexico León Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
Australia Jordan Kerr
 Italy Naples Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Richard Gasquet Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
28.04.  France Aix-en-Provence Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield
 India Indian Oil Servo ATP Challenger New Delhi $ 025,000 Hard Switzerland Ivo Heuberger Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
 Italy Rome Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti Israel Amir Hadad
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello

May

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.05.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Spain Óscar Hernández Brazil Josh Goffi
United States Travis Parrott
12.05.  United States Forest Hills Challenger $ 050,000 Clay United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
 Croatia Zagreb Open $ 050,000 Clay Belgium Kristof Vliegen Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Finland Tuomas Ketola South Africa Justin Bower
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 Slovakia Košice Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield
19.05.  Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 100,000 Clay Netherlands Sjeng Schalken Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
Czech Republic Michal Navrátil
 Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Sweden Johan Settergren Argentina Ignacio González King
Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
26.05.  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
 Italy Turin Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Óscar Serrano Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler

June

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.06.  Czech Republic Unicredit Czech Open $ 125,000 Clay Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Germany Schickedanz Open $ 050,000 Clay Norway Jan Frode Andersen Germany Denis Gremelmayr
Germany Simon Greul
 Great Britain Surbiton Trophy $ 050,000 Grass South Africa Wesley Moodie Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
 United States Tallahassee Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein Not completed
 Italy Sassuolo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Mariano Albert-Ferrando Australia Paul Baccanello
Italy Stefano Galvani
09.06.  Italy Biella Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Italy Filippo Volandri Italy Stefano Galvani
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
 Germany ATU Cup $ 050,000 Clay Germany Tomas Behrend Argentina Mariano Delfino
Argentina Patricio Rudi
 United States Atlantic City Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Sweden Björn Rehnquist United States Tripp Phillips
United States Ryan Sachire
 South Korea Busan Challenger $ 025,000 Hard South Korea Kim Young-jun Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Michihisa Onoda
16.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Austria Werner Eschauer Argentina Sebastián Prieto
United States Jim Thomas
  Switzerland Lugano Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Diego Moyano Spain Joan Balcells
Spain Juan Albert Viloca
23.06.  Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) France Grégory Carraz South Africa Rik de Voest
Finland Tuomas Ketola
 Italy Reggio Emilia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Richard Gasquet Australia Joseph Sirianni
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
30.06.  Slovakia Košice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Myles Wakefield
 Spain Pozoblanco Challenger $ 075,000 Hard Italy Stefano Pescosolido United States Brandon Coupe
Israel Noam Okun
 Italy Mantua Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Vincenzo Santopadre Italy Enzo Artoni
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
 France Montauban Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán Netherlands Fred Hemmes
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
 Germany Internationale Badische Meisterschaften um den Techem Cup – Zell $ 025,000 Clay Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Franz Stauder

July

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.07.  Canada Granby Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Canada Frank Dancevic Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Australia Todd Larkham Netherlands Fred Hemmes
Netherlands Edwin Kempes
 Great Britain West of England Challenger $ 025,000 Grass Italy Massimo Dell'Acqua France Jean-François Bachelot
France Nicolas Mahut
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
14.07.  Finland Helsinki Challenger I $ 125,000 Clay (i) Italy Davide Sanguinetti Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Sweden Robin Söderling
 United States Aptos Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Jeff Salzenstein Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Italy Uros Vico
 Hungary Budaörs Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
 Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 025,000 Grass France Nicolas Mahut United Kingdom Martin Lee
United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
 Italy Olbia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Nicolás Almagro Italy Alessio di Mauro
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
 Russia Togliatti Cup $ 025,000 Hard Israel Dudi Sela Japan Jun Kato
Austria Alexander Peya
21.07.  Brazil Campos do Jordão Challenger $ 075,000 Hard Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti South Africa Rik de Voest
Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti
 Netherlands Hilversum Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Netherlands Martin Verkerk Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
 Great Britain Lexington Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Canada Frank Dancevic Israel Jonathan Erlich
Japan Takao Suzuki
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Sweden Robin Söderling Russia Igor Andreev
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
 Spain Valladolid Challenger $ 037.500 Hard Luxembourg Gilles Müller Japan Jun Kato
Poland Łukasz Kubot
 Italy Recanati Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali Italy Manuel Jorquera
Germany Frank Moser
28.07.  Spain Segovia Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Spain Rafael Nadal Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
United States Tripp Phillips
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Chile Julio Peralta Brazil Marcos Daniel
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
 United States Denver Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United Kingdom Arvind Parmar India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 Russia St. Petersburg Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Florian Mayer Russia Mikhail Elgin
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
 Italy Trani Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Argentina Mariano Delfino
Argentina Matias O'Neille

August

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.08.  San Marino San Marino Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Italy Alessio di Mauro Italy Massimo Bertolini
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 United States Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament $ 050,000 Hard Croatia Ivo Karlović Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
 Russia Mordovia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek Hungary Kornél Bardóczky
Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Austria Daniel Köllerer Slovakia Viktor Bruthans
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
11.08.  United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Croatia Ivo Karlović France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
 Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
 Austria Graz Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Israel Noam Behr
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
 Italy Banca Marche Tennis Cup $ 025,000 Clay Switzerland Stan Wawrinka Australia Todd Perry
Japan Thomas Shimada
18.08.  Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 050,000 Clay France Olivier Patience Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
  Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Switzerland Stan Wawrinka Spain Álex López Morón
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Germany BMW Challenger Open $ 025,000 Clay Germany Daniel Elsner Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
25.08.  Italy Brindisi Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Galo Blanco Spain Iván Navarro
Croatia Mario Radić
 Germany Black Forest Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Gorka Fraile Germany Franz Stauder
Germany Alexander Waske

September

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.09.  Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 075,000 Hard Sweden Robin Söderling Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
 Ukraine Kyiv Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Argentina Ignacio González King
Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Dieter Kindlmann Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Franz Stauder
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Daniel Elsner Austria Alexander Peya
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
 Italy Genova Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Óscar Hernández Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
 Brazil Gramado Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Marcos Daniel Brazil Marcos Daniel
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
08.09.  Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Spain Marc López Argentina Ignacio González King
Argentina Juan Pablo Guzmán
 Ukraine Donetsk Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Cakl India Harsh Mankad
United States Jason Marshall
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Stéphane Robert Bulgaria Ilia Kushev
Austria Luben Pampoulov
15.09.  France St. Jean de Luz Challenger $ 125,000 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
 Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Chile Nicolás Massú Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
 South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 075,000 Hard South Korea Lee Hyung-taik United States Alex Kim
South Korea Lee Hyung-taik
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Croatia Mario Radić Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
 United States Mandeville Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov France Sébastien de Chaunac
United States Zack Fleishman
 Mexico Mexiko City Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Chile Adrián García United States Huntley Montgomery
United States Andres Pedroso
 Iran Tehran Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Óscar Hernández Austria Daniel Köllerer
Austria Philipp Müllner
22.09.  France Grenoble Challenger $ 075,000 Hard (i) France Richard Gasquet Australia Paul Baccanello
Israel Harel Levy
 United States San Antonio Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov United States Paul Goldstein
United States Jeff Morrison
29.09.  United States Fresno Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Alex Kim United States Diego Ayala
United States Travis Parrott
 Netherlands Groningen Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Belgium Kristof Vliegen Israel Amir Hadad
Israel Harel Levy
 Spain Seville Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Peru Luis Horna Spain Óscar Hernández
Spain Albert Portas
 India Tumkur Open $ 025,000 Hard Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber India Prakash Amritraj
South Africa Rik de Voest

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Argentina Mariano Delfino
 India Dharwad Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti Brazil Ricardo Mello
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
13.10.  United States Tiburon Challenger $ 037.500 Hard United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. United States Brandon Coupe
United States Justin Gimelstob
 India Belgaum Open $ 025,000 Hard Russia Yuri Schukin Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč
 Réunion La Réunion Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Netherlands Peter Wessels Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
20.10.  United States Torrance Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Serbia Janko Tipsarević Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Brazil André Sá
27.10.  Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Austria Alexander Peya Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
 United States Waco Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti United States Devin Bowen
Australia Ashley Fisher
 Great Britain Nottingham Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Sweden Joachim Johansson Israel Amir Hadad
Israel Harel Levy

November

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.11.  Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Harel Levy
 Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Australia Stephen Huss
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
10.11.  Ukraine Dnipro Challenger $ 125,000 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Harel Levy
 Finland Helsinki Challenger II $ 050,000 Hard (i) Italy Davide Sanguinetti Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Sweden Robin Söderling
 United States Austin Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
United States Jason Marshall
17.11.  France Champaign Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Paul Goldstein United States Travis Parrott
Brazil Bruno Soares
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger II $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Ricardo Mello Mexico Santiago González
Mexico Alejandro González
24.11.  Italy Milan Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Italy Davide Sanguinetti
Japan Takao Suzuki

December

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.12.  Austria Ischgl Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Sweden Joachim Johansson Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Alexander Peya
29.12.  New Caledonia Nouméa Challenger $ 037.500 Hard Argentina Guillermo Cañas Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Stephen Huss

References

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  1. ^ "Results Archive". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "ITF Men's World Tour Calendar". www.itftennis.com.