Tennis tour
2001 ATP Challenger Series Duration 1 January 2001 – 9 December 2001 Edition 24th Tournaments 137
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2001 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[1] [2]
Schedule [ edit ] January [ edit ] February [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 05.02. Poland KGHM Polish Indoors $ 125,000 Hard (i) Axel Pretzsch Wayne Black Jason Weir-Smith United States Challenger of Dallas $ 0 50,000 Hard Dmitry Tursunov Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek 12.02. Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Zbynek Mlynarik Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta India Mumbai Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Federico Luzzi František Čermák Ota Fukárek 19.02. France Challenger 42 $ 0 50,000 Hard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Petr Kralert Takao Suzuki Eric Taino India The IndianOil Servo ATP Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Dennis van Scheppingen František Čermák Radek Štěpánek Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann Michaël Llodra Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Jarkko Nieminen Robert Lindstedt Fredrik Lovén 26.02. Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Ota Fukárek Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 0 37.500 Hard (i) Orlin Stanoytchev Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 07.05. United States Birmingham Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Irakli Labadze James Blake Mark Merklein Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Noam Okun Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Ivo Heuberger Rik de Voest Igor Kunitsyn 14.05. United States Belmont Farms USTA Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Jan Vacek Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer Croatia Zagreb Open $ 0 50,000 Clay Jacobo Díaz Enzo Artoni Andrés Schneiter Belgium Antwerp Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Dick Norman Juan Giner Jerry Turek Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Kristian Pless Filippo Messori Salvador Navarro Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 0 25,000 Clay Ctislav Doseděl Jaroslav Levinský Michal Navrátil 21.05. Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 0 25,000 Clay Giorgio Galimberti Daniel Melo Sergio Roitman 28.05. Romania Compaq Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Irakli Labadze Mark Merklein Paul Rosner Brazil Aberto da Costa do Sauípe $ 0 25,000 Hard André Sá Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 04.06. Czech Republic Unicredit Czech Open $ 100,000 Clay Bohdan Ulihrach Andrea Gaudenzi Sander Groen Germany Quelle Cup $ 0 50,000 Clay Germán Puentes Hugo Armando Andrei Stoliarov Great Britain Surbiton Trophy $ 0 50,000 Grass Taylor Dent David Adams Ben Ellwood United States Tallahassee Tennis Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Ramón Delgado Matthew Breen Lee Pearson 11.06. Italy Top Wool Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Adrian Voinea Enzo Artoni Andrés Schneiter Germany ATU Cup $ 0 50,000 Clay Jiří Vaněk Julián Alonso Hugo Armando 18.06. Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild Switzerland Challenger Lugano $ 0 50,000 Clay Jiří Vaněk Steven Randjelovic Attila Sávolt 25.06. Andorra Open Internacional d’Andorra $ 0 25,000 Hard (i) Noam Okun Denis Golovanov Tuomas Ketola Germany Wartburg Open $ 0 25,000 Clay Oliver Gross Yves Allegro Gabriel Trifu Italy Memorial Savigni $ 0 25,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Didac Pérez Gabriel Trujillo Soler
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 02.07. Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Christophe Rochus Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer Germany Müller Cup $ 0 50,000 Clay Nikolay Davydenko František Čermák David Škoch Brazil Intelig Tennis Cup $ 0 25,000 Hard Ricardo Mello Alejandro Hernández André Sá France Open de Montauban $ 0 25,000 Clay Oliver Gross Diego del Río Vadim Kutsenko 09.07. Netherlands Samsung Open $ 0 75,000 Clay Raemon Sluiter Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock Great Britain Bristol Challenger Trophy $ 0 50,000 Grass Jamie Delgado Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman Canada Granby Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Axel Pretzsch Bobby Kokavec Jeff Morrison Brazil Tess Tennis Classic $ 0 25,000 Clay Alessio di Mauro Edgardo Massa Leonardo Olguín Italy Challenger Canottieri Mincio $ 0 25,000 Clay Diego Hipperdinger Stefano Galvani Salvador Navarro Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 0 25,000 Clay Oliver Gross Karol Beck Branislav Sekáč 16.07. United States USTA Seascape Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Jeff Salzenstein Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick Great Britain Manchester Trophy $ 0 50,000 Grass Jean-François Bachelot Ben Ellwood Fredrik Lovén 23.07. Brazil Credicard Mastercard Tennis Cup $ 0 75,000 Hard Ramón Delgado Dejan Petrović Andy Ram Finland Amer-Wilson Tampere ATP Tournament $ 0 50,000 Clay Jarkko Nieminen Stephen Huss Lee Pearson Hungary Stella Artois Clay Court Championships $ 0 25,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek 30.07. San Marino San Marino CEPU Open $ 100,000 Clay Juan Antonio Marín František Čermák David Škoch Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Juan Ignacio Chela Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman United States Fifth Third Bank Tennis Classic $ 0 50,000 Hard Paul Goldstein John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig Brazil BH Tennis Open International Cup $ 0 25,000 Hard Eric Taino Dejan Petrović Andy Ram Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Michael Kohlmann Gilles Elseneer Alexander Popp
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 06.08. Spain Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco $ 0 75,000 Hard Jarkko Nieminen Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock United States Time Warner USTA Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Cedric Kauffmann Bobby Kokavec Frédéric Niemeyer Austria Skandia Open $ 0 50,000 Clay Jan Vacek Aleksandar Kitinov Todd Perry Brazil Gramado Open de Tênis $ 0 25,000 Hard Barry Cowan Dejan Petrović Andy Ram Italy ATP Challenger Riviera delle Palme $ 0 25,000 Clay Marzio Martelli Leonardo Azzaro Stefano Galvani Russia Togliatti Cup $ 0 25,000 Hard Alexander Peya Karol Beck Igor Zelenay 13.08. United States Bronx Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Björn Phau Kelly Gullett Bobby Kokavec Austria CA Challenge $ 0 50,000 Hard Julian Knowle Tim Crichton Todd Perry Poland Sopot Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay David Ferrer Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Marcin Matkowski Brazil Brasília Challenger I $ 0 25,000 Clay Gastón Etlis Gastón Etlis Leonardo Olguín Italy Bressanone Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Renzo Furlan Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi Germany Volvo Sylt Open $ 0 25,000 Clay Salvador Navarro Dennis van Scheppingen Bobbie Altelaar 20.08. Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Dennis van Scheppingen Diego del Río Orlin Stanoytchev Brazil Ribeirão Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Adriano Ferreira Antonio Prieto Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Attila Sávolt Thomas Strengberger Germany BMW Challenger Open $ 0 25,000 Clay Jürgen Melzer Jens Knippschild Jairo Velasco Jr. 27.08. Brazil Telesp Celular Open $ 0 50,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Edgardo Massa Flávio Saretta Germany Black Forest Open $ 0 37.500 Clay Albert Montañés Franz Stauder Alexander Waske Italy Brindisi Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Federico Luzzi Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
September [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 03.09. Ukraine Kiew Challenger $ 125,000 Clay David Sánchez Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock Brazil Curitiba Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Flávio Saretta Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 0 37.500 Clay Simon Greul Aleksandar Kitinov Dušan Vemić Romania Brașov Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Stefano Galvani Amir Hadad Lovro Zovko 10.09. United States Tarzana Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Levar Harper-Griffith Zack Fleishman Michael Joyce Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 0 25,000 Clay Didac Pérez Oliver Marach Jarkko Nieminen Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Vasilis Mazarakis Igor Gaudi Stefano Galvani Poland Compaq Cup $ 0 25,000 Clay Ota Fukárek Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann 17.09. Poland Stettin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski Turkey TED Open $ 0 75,000 Hard Nikolay Davydenko Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra Brazil Florianópolis Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Edgardo Massa Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez Spain Copa Sevilla $ 0 37.500 Clay Stefano Galvani Stefano Galvani Vincenzo Santopadre 24.09. Portugal Maia Open $ 125,000 Clay Jarkko Nieminen Juan Ignacio Carrasco Djalmar Sistermans Slovenia Kamnik Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Željko Krajan Igor Brukner Jaroslav Levinský Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Oleg Ogorodov Denis Golovanov Vadim Kutsenko Brazil São Paulo Challenger I $ 0 25,000 Clay Edgardo Massa Adriano Ferreira Edgardo Massa
October [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 01.10. Italy Cagliari Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Fernando Vicente Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón France Grenoble Challenger $ 0 75,000 Hard (i) Johan Settergren Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Gastón Etlis Martin Rodriguez United States Tulsa Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Jan Hernych Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard John van Lottum Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rogier Wassen 08.10. Peru Lima Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Enzo Artoni Daniel Melo Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Konstantinos Economidis Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón United States Kerrville Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Alex Kim Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick 15.10. Finland Helsinki Challenger $ 0 50,000 Carpet (i) George Bastl Tim Crichton Jim Thomas Brazil Brasília Challenger II $ 0 25,000 Clay Sebastián Prieto Luis Lobo Daniel Orsanic Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Hugo Armando Ricardo Schlachter Rogier Wassen 22.10. Brazil São Paulo Challenger II $ 0 75,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri Edgardo Massa South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Lee Hyung-taik František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský United States Houston Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Vince Spadea Jeff Coetzee Paul Rosner 29.10. Chile Santiago Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Marcelo Ríos André Sá Alexandre Simoni Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 0 50,000 Carpet (i) Alexander Popp Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann Great Britain Bolton Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard (i) Olivier Rochus Gilles Elseneer Wim Neefs United States Burbank Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Kevin Kim Scott Humphries Chris Woodruff Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki Mitsuru Takada
November [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 05.11. Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 100,000 Clay (i) Karol Kučera Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay David Nalbandian Diego del Río Martín Vassallo Argüello United States UT Tyler Patriot Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Noam Okun Stephen Huss Paul Rosner Germany Okal Cup $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Alexander Popp George Bastl Neville Godwin 12.11. Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Federico Browne Ignacio Hirigoyen United States Knoxville Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard (i) James Blake Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison 19.11. Venezuela Caracas Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Julian Knowle Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann Czech Republic Prague Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard (i) Ota Fukárek Lukáš Dlouhý David Miketa Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Miguel Gallardo Valles Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 26.11. Costa Rica Copa Ericsson Costa Rica $ 0 75,000 Hard Michael Kohlmann Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram Italy Mailand Challenger $ 0 50,000 Carpet (i) Marc Rosset Nicola Bruno Gianluca Pozzi United States Urbana Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard (i) Ivo Karlović Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison
December [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Europe
Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Lithuania Luxembourg Ireland Italy
Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Africa
Egypt Morocco Rwanda South Africa Tunisia
Asia
China Hong Kong India Israel Japan Kazakhstan Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
North America
Bermuda Canada Mexico United States
Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Panama
South America
Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
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