Tennis tour
1997 ATP Challenger Series Duration 6 January 1997 – 14 December 1997 Edition 20th Tournaments 107
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1997 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 107 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 03.06. Czech Republic Prostějov Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Bohdan Ulihrach Jiří Novák David Rikl Germany Quelle Cup $ 0 50,000 Clay Davide Sanguinetti Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner 09.06. Germany ATU Cup $ 0 25,000 Clay Dirk Dier Geoff Grant Mark Merklein 16.06. Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Alberto Berasategui David Roditi Tomáš Anzari Germany Wartburg Open $ 0 25,000 Clay Tomas Nydahl Geoff Grant Mark Merklein 23.06. Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Francisco Roig Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner 30.06. Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Julián Alonso Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri United States Flushing Meadow Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Gianluca Pozzi Geoff Grant Mark Merklein Germany Müller Cup $ 0 50,000 Clay Dinu Pescariu Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt France Montauban Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Olivier Mutis Gabrio Castrichella Daniele Musa
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 07.07. Romania Brașov Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Ionuț Moldovan George Cosac Miles Maclagan Great Britain Bristol Challenger $ 0 50,000 Grass Stefano Pescosolido Not completed Canada Granby Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Wayne Black Grant Doyle Mark Merklein Colombia Cali Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Ramón Delgado Eduardo Medica Mariano Puerta Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 0 25,000 Clay Davide Sanguinetti Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas 14.07. France Contrexéville Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Julián Alonso Petr Luxa David Škoch United States Aptos Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Jan-Michael Gambill Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 0 50,000 Grass Óscar Burrieza Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Mariano Puerta Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Ionuț Moldovan Álex Calatrava Tom Vanhoudt Austria Pörtschach Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Christophe Van Garsse Jaymon Crabb Mikael Stadling 21.07. Belgium Ostend Challenger $ 0 75,000 Clay Jordi Burillo Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt Great Britain Newcastle Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Fabrice Santoro Óscar Burrieza Filippo Veglio Finland Tampere Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Cyril Buscaglione Régis Lavergne United States Winnetka Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Gianluca Pozzi Michael Sell Myles Wakefield 28.07. Poland Poznań Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Jeff Tarango David Rikl Tomáš Anzari Italy Merano Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Jean-Philippe Fleurian João Cunha e Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian United States Lexington Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Wayne Black Wayne Black Brian MacPhie
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 04.08. Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Jordi Burillo João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques United States Binghamton Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard David Witt Brian MacPhie Jeff Salzenstein Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Roberto Jabali Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner Czech Republic Pilzen Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Vincenzo Santopadre Petr Luxa Borut Urh 11.08. Austria Graz Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Radomír Vašek Lucas Arnold Ker Tom Vanhoudt United States Bronx Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Michael Sell Nelson Aerts André Sá Italy Olbia Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Diego Nargiso Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah 18.08. Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Diego del Río Mariano Puerta Austria Nettingsdorf Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Radomír Vašek Björn Jacob Michael Kohlmann 25.08. Germany Alpirsbach Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Fabio Maggi Mathias Huning Grant Silcock Bolivia Santa Cruz Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Guillermo Cañas Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
September [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 01.09. Portugal Azores Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Cristiano Caratti Andrei Cherkasov Gastón Etlis Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Dinu Pescariu Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle Mexico Guadalajara Challenger I $ 0 25,000 Clay Alejandro Hernández Nelson Aerts André Sá 08.09. Portugal Espinho Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Marat Safin Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 0 50,000 Clay Jan Frode Andersen Nebojša Đorđević Dušan Vemić 15.09. Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Richard Fromberg Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic United States Urbana Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Andrew Richardson Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett 22.09. Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Nelson Aerts Bernardo Martínez United States Delray Beach Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Todd Martin Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett Spain Copa Sevilla $ 0 25,000 Clay Álex Calatrava Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann North Macedonia Skopje Challenger $ 0 25,000 Clay Dušan Vemić Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger 29.09. Chile Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Guillermo Cañas Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins Spain Mallorca Challenger $ 0 50,000 Clay Álex López Morón Massimo Ardinghi Guillaume Marx United States San Antonio Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Daniel Nestor Doug Flach Jeff Salzenstein
October [ edit ] November [ edit ] Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions 03.11. Germany Neumünster Challenger $ 0 25,000 Carpet (i) Dick Norman John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Luis Herrera Tamer El-Sawy Maurice Ruah 10.11. Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Gianluca Pozzi Nicolas Escudé Jérôme Golmard Puerto Rico Río Grande Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Franco Squillari Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic United States Las Vegas Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Christian Vinck David DiLucia Michael Sell 17.11. Mexico Guadalajara Challenger II $ 100,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Nelson Aerts André Sá United States Amarillo Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard (i) Peter Tramacchi Geoff Grant Mark Merklein Slovenia Portorož Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard (i) Orlin Stanoytchev Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson 24.11. Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Franco Squillari Diego del Río Daniel Orsanic United States Burbank Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Andre Agassi Doug Flach Brian MacPhie Réunion Réunion Challenger $ 0 50,000 Hard Jan Apell Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink India Mumbai Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva Mexico Ixtapa Challenger $ 0 25,000 Hard Steve Campbell Chris Haggard Maurice Ruah
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