2008 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series was, in 2008, the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The series included tournaments with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.January
February
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July
Week of | Tournament | Winner | Runner-up | Semi finalists | Quarter finalist |
Jul 7 2008 | Seguros Bolivar Open Bogotá, Colombia Clay $125,000+H | Mariano Puerta 7–6, 7–5 | Ricardo Hocevar | André Miele Caio Zampieri | Alejandro Falla Ricardo Mello Carlos Salamanca Damián Patriarca |
Jul 7 2008 | Seguros Bolivar Open Bogotá, Colombia Clay $125,000+H | Malisse Salamanca 6–1, 6–4 | Cabal Quintero | André Miele Caio Zampieri | Alejandro Falla Ricardo Mello Carlos Salamanca Damián Patriarca |
Jul 7 2008 | Granby Challenger Granby, Canada Hard $50,000+H | Alex Bogdanovic 7–6, 3–6, 7–6 | Danai Udomchoke | Todd Widom Frédéric Niemeyer | Lester Cook Gary Lugassy Milan Pokrajac Michael Yani |
Jul 7 2008 | Granby Challenger Granby, Canada Hard $50,000+H | Bester Polansky 2–6, 6–1, 10–5 | A Francis Monroe | Todd Widom Frédéric Niemeyer | Lester Cook Gary Lugassy Milan Pokrajac Michael Yani |
Jul 7 2008 | Israel Open Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard $50,000 | Marsel İlhan 6–4, 6–4 | Ivo Klec | Michail Elgin Colin Ebelthite | Harel Levy Miles Armstrong Amir Weintraub Alexander Slabinsky |
Jul 7 2008 | Israel Open Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard $50,000 | Erlich Ram 6–3, 7–6 | Elgin Bubka | Michail Elgin Colin Ebelthite | Harel Levy Miles Armstrong Amir Weintraub Alexander Slabinsky |
Jul 7 2008 | Carisap Tennis Cup San Benedetto, Italy Clay €30,000+H | Máximo González 6–4, 7–6 | Diego Junqueira | Alexandre Sidorenko Stefano Galvani | Pere Riba Francesco Aldi Alessio di Mauro José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna |
Jul 7 2008 | Carisap Tennis Cup San Benedetto, Italy Clay €30,000+H | Lorenzi Silva 6–3, 7–5 | Gârd Raditschnigg | Alexandre Sidorenko Stefano Galvani | Pere Riba Francesco Aldi Alessio di Mauro José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna |
Jul 7 2008 | Siemens Open Scheveningen, The Netherlands Clay €85,000+H | Jesse Huta Galung 6–3, 6–4 | Diego Hartfield | Thiemo de Bakker Thierry Ascione | Marco Crugnola Irakli Labadze Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Adrian Ungur |
Jul 7 2008 | Siemens Open Scheveningen, The Netherlands Clay €85,000+H | Junaid Marx 5–7, 6–2, 10–6 | Middelkoop Van Gemerden | Thiemo de Bakker Thierry Ascione | Marco Crugnola Irakli Labadze Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Adrian Ungur |
Jul 14 2008 | Comerica Bank Challenger Aptos, United States Hard $75,000 | Kevin Kim 7–5, 6–1 | Andrea Stoppini | Scoville Jenkins Carsten Ball | Prakash Amritraj Todd Widom Michael Yani Simon Stadler |
Jul 14 2008 | Comerica Bank Challenger Aptos, United States Hard $75,000 | Okun Weintraub 6–2, 6–1 | Widom Yani | Scoville Jenkins Carsten Ball | Prakash Amritraj Todd Widom Michael Yani Simon Stadler |
Jul 14 2008 | Manchester Trophy Manchester, Great Britain Grass €30,000+H | Björn Rehnquist 7–6, 0–6, 6–3 | Richard Bloomfield | Karol Beck Pavel Šnobel | Robert Smeets Joshua Goodall Gouichi Motomura Samuel Groth |
Jul 14 2008 | Manchester Trophy Manchester, Great Britain Grass €30,000+H | Feeney Smeets 6–3, 6–7, 10–6 | Mankad Singh | Karol Beck Pavel Šnobel | Robert Smeets Joshua Goodall Gouichi Motomura Samuel Groth |
Jul 14 2008 | Trofeo Manta Open Manta, Ecuador Hard $35,000+H | Giovanni Lapentti 6–2, 6–4 | Ricardo Mello | Eric Nunez Guillermo Alcaide | Thiago Alves Daniel Dutra da Silva João Souza Fernando Vicente |
Jul 14 2008 | Trofeo Manta Open Manta, Ecuador Hard $35,000+H | González Struvay 7–5, 3–6, 10–7 | Estrella Fabbri | Eric Nunez Guillermo Alcaide | Thiago Alves Daniel Dutra da Silva João Souza Fernando Vicente |
Jul 14 2008 | Moncton Men's Challenger Moncton, Canada Hard $35,000+H | Xavier Malisse 6–4, 6–4 | Danai Udomchoke | Gastão Elias Érik Chvojka | Im Kyu-tae Nick Monroe Toshihide Matsui Tatsuma Ito |
Jul 14 2008 | Moncton Men's Challenger Moncton, Canada Hard $35,000+H | An Kondo 6–2, 2–6, 12–10 | D Chu Shamasdin | Gastão Elias Érik Chvojka | Im Kyu-tae Nick Monroe Toshihide Matsui Tatsuma Ito |
Jul 14 2008 | Oberstaufen Cup Oberstaufen, Germany Clay €30,000+H | Łukasz Kubot 6–3, 6–4 | Juan Pablo Brzezicki | Jaroslav Pospíšil André Ghem | Marcel Zimmermann Marc Sieber Victor Crivoi Nicolas Coutelot |
Jul 14 2008 | Oberstaufen Cup Oberstaufen, Germany Clay €30,000+H | Karol Pospíšil 6–7, 6–1, 10–6 | Ghem B Westerhof | Jaroslav Pospíšil André Ghem | Marcel Zimmermann Marc Sieber Victor Crivoi Nicolas Coutelot |
Jul 14 2008 | Rimini Challenger Rimini, Italy Clay €42,500+H | Diego Junqueira 6–4, 6–3 | Walter Trusendi | Cristian Villagrán Alessio di Mauro | Matwe Middelkoop Ilija Bozoljac Stefano Galvani Marco Crugnola |
Jul 14 2008 | Rimini Challenger Rimini, Italy Clay €42,500+H | Azzaro Crugnola 6–1, 6–1 | Gârd Middelkoop | Cristian Villagrán Alessio di Mauro | Matwe Middelkoop Ilija Bozoljac Stefano Galvani Marco Crugnola |
Jul 21 2008 | Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships Lexington, USA Hard $50,000 | Somdev Devvarman 6–3, 6–3 | Robert Kendrick | Dudi Sela Xavier Malisse | Amer Delic Ryler DeHeart Víctor Estrella Andrea Stoppini |
Jul 21 2008 | Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships Lexington, USA Hard $50,000 | da Col Stoppini 6–2, 2–6, 10–8 | O Charroin É Chvojka | Dudi Sela Xavier Malisse | Amer Delic Ryler DeHeart Víctor Estrella Andrea Stoppini |
Jul 21 2008 | Medjugorje Open Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard €30,000+H | Iván Navarro 6–0, 6–2 | Pere Riba | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martin Slanar | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras Rui Machado Pablo Santos Laurent Recouderc |
Jul 21 2008 | Medjugorje Open Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hard €30,000+H | Minář Slanar 7–5, 6–3 | Riba Santos | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martin Slanar | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras Rui Machado Pablo Santos Laurent Recouderc |
Jul 21 2008 | Penza Cup Penza, Russia Hard $50,000 | Benedikt Dorsch 1–6, 6–4, 7–6 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Matthew Ebden Mikhail Kukushkin | Boy Westerhof Evgeny Kirillov Michail Elgin Pavel Chekhov |
Jul 21 2008 | Penza Cup Penza, Russia Hard $50,000 | Istomin Kirillov 6–2, 3–6, 10–6 | Ghem Westerhof | Matthew Ebden Mikhail Kukushkin | Boy Westerhof Evgeny Kirillov Michail Elgin Pavel Chekhov |
Jul 21 2008 | Porsche Open Poznań, Poland Clay €85,000+H | Nicolas Devilder 7–5, 6–0 | Björn Phau | Boris Pašanski Alberto Martín | Grzegorz Panfil Frederico Gil Yuri Schukin Michał Przysiężny |
Jul 21 2008 | Porsche Open Poznań, Poland Clay €85,000+H | Brunström Rojer 4–6, 6–0, 10–6 | Giraldo Martín | Boris Pašanski Alberto Martín | Grzegorz Panfil Frederico Gil Yuri Schukin Michał Przysiężny |
Jul 21 2008 | San Marino CEPU Open San Marino Clay €85,000+H | Filippo Volandri 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 | Potito Starace | Flavio Cipolla Viktor Troicki | Carlos Berlocq Ilija Bozoljac Teymuraz Gabashvili Albert Montañés |
Jul 21 2008 | San Marino CEPU Open San Marino Clay €85,000+H | Allegro Tecău 7–5, 7–5 | Colangelo Marx | Flavio Cipolla Viktor Troicki | Carlos Berlocq Ilija Bozoljac Teymuraz Gabashvili Albert Montañés |
Jul 28 2008 | BH Tenis Open International Cup Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard $35,000+H | Santiago González 6–4, 6–3 | Nicolás Massú | Leonardo Mayer Caio Zampieri | Carlos Salamanca Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi André Miele Juan Sebastián Cabal |
Jul 28 2008 | BH Tenis Open International Cup Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard $35,000+H | González Qureshi 6–3, 7–6 | Silva Zampieri | Leonardo Mayer Caio Zampieri | Carlos Salamanca Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi André Miele Juan Sebastián Cabal |
Jul 28 2008 | Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup Cordenons, Italy Clay €85,000+H | Filippo Volandri 6–3, 7–5 | Óscar Hernández | Thiago Alves Daniel Gimeno-Traver | Santiago Giraldo Teymuraz Gabashvili Martín Vassallo Argüello Pere Riba |
Jul 28 2008 | Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup Cordenons, Italy Clay €85,000+H | Crugnola di Mauro 1–6, 6–4, 10–6 | García Prieto | Thiago Alves Daniel Gimeno-Traver | Santiago Giraldo Teymuraz Gabashvili Martín Vassallo Argüello Pere Riba |
Jul 28 2008 | s Tennis Masters Challenger Graz, Austria Clay €30,000+H | Jérémy Chardy 6–2, 6–1 | Sergio Roitman | Simon Greul Jiří Vaněk | Rui Machado Pablo Andújar Sébastien de Chaunac Christophe Rochus |
Jul 28 2008 | s Tennis Masters Challenger Graz, Austria Clay €30,000+H | G. Melzer J. Melzer 1–6, 7–6, 10–4 | Jeanpierre Renavand | Simon Greul Jiří Vaněk | Rui Machado Pablo Andújar Sébastien de Chaunac Christophe Rochus |
Jul 28 2008 | Mordovia Cup Saransk, Russia Clay $50,000 | Michail Elgin 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 | Denis Istomin | André Ghem Artur Chernov | Mikhail Kukushkin Andrey Kuznetsov Pavel Chekhov Miles Armstrong |
Jul 28 2008 | Mordovia Cup Saransk, Russia Clay $50,000 | Istomin Kirillov 6–2, 7–6 | Krasnoroutskiy Matsukevich | André Ghem Artur Chernov | Mikhail Kukushkin Andrey Kuznetsov Pavel Chekhov Miles Armstrong |
Jul 28 2008 | Tampere Open Tampere, Finland Clay €42,500 | Mathieu Montcourt 6–2, 6–2 | Flavio Cipolla | Laurent Recouderc Boris Pašanski | Jan Hernych Łukasz Kubot Éric Prodon Carlos Berlocq |
Jul 28 2008 | Tampere Open Tampere, Finland Clay €42,500 | Eleskovic Ryderstedt 6–3, 6–4 | Heliövaara Kontinen | Laurent Recouderc Boris Pašanski | Jan Hernych Łukasz Kubot Éric Prodon Carlos Berlocq |
Jul 28 2008 | Timișoara Challenger Timișoara, Romania Clay €30,000+H | Daniel Brands 6–4, 7–6 | Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava | Victor Crivoi Florin Mergea | Nicolás Todero Juan Pablo Brzezicki Guillermo Alcaide Malek Jaziri |
Jul 28 2008 | Timișoara Challenger Timișoara, Romania Clay €30,000+H | Muñoz-de la Nava Ramírez Hidalgo 3–6, 6–4, 11–9 | Cruciat Mergea | Victor Crivoi Florin Mergea | Nicolás Todero Juan Pablo Brzezicki Guillermo Alcaide Malek Jaziri |
Jul 28 2008 | Odlum Brown Vancouver Open Vancouver, Canada Hard $100,000 | Dudi Sela 6–3, 6–0 | Kevin Kim | Go Soeda Bobby Reynolds | Somdev Devvarman Alex Bogdanovic Peter Polansky Alex Bogomolov, Jr. |
Jul 28 2008 | Odlum Brown Vancouver Open Vancouver, Canada Hard $100,000 | Butorac Parrott 6–4, 7–6 | de Voest Fisher | Go Soeda Bobby Reynolds | Somdev Devvarman Alex Bogdanovic Peter Polansky Alex Bogomolov, Jr. |
August
September
October
November
+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prizemoney level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies
shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.
Statistical Information
List of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically:- Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago, Florianópolis, Rabat, Tunis
- Teymuraz Gabashvili – Telde, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons
- Go Soeda – Kyoto, Busan, New Delhi, Toyota City
- Kristof Vliegen – Wrocław, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Grenoble
- Marcos Daniel – Bogotá, Cali, Bogotá
- Nicolas Devilder – Braunschweig, Constanţa, Poznań
- Diego Junqueira – Sanremo, Rimini, Como
- Yen-Hsun Lu – Waikoloa, New Delhi, Tashkent
- Iván Navarro – Meknes, Córdoba, Medjugorje
- Bobby Reynolds – Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Knoxville
- Eduardo Schwank – Cremona, Rome, Bordeaux
- Martín Vassallo Argüello – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Lima
- Pablo Andújar – Vigo, San Sebastian
- Andreas Beck – Sarajevo, Dresden
- Ilija Bozoljac – Ljubljana, Banja Luka
- Paul Capdeville – Binghamton, Aracaju
- Brian Dabul – San Luis Potosí, Campos do Jordão
- Amer Delic – Dallas, Carson
- Michail Elgin – Saransk, Samarkand
- Fabio Fognini – Turin, Genova
- Frederico Gil – Sassuolo, Istanbul
- Daniel Gimeno-Traver – Aarhus, Brașov
- Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn, Astana
- Simon Greul – Freudenstadt, Alphen
- Jan Hernych – Prague, Bratislava
- Denis Istomin – Bukhara, Karshi
- Roko Karanušić – Belgrade, Kolding
- Robert Kendrick – Louisville, Nashville
- Kevin Kim – Aptos, Tulsa
- Daniel Köllerer – Fürth, Cali
- Giovanni Lapentti – Manta, Quito
- Hyung-Taik Lee – Seoul, Yokohama
- Alberto Martín – Trnava, Tarragona
- Nicolás Massú – Rijeka, Florianópolis
- Iván Miranda – Salinas, Tunica
- Mathieu Montcourt – Reggio Emilia, Tampere
- Gilles Müller – Humacao, Izmir
- Björn Rehnquist – Guangzhou, Manchester
- Christophe Rochus – St. Brieuc, Zagreb
- Vincent Spadea – Waco, Calabasas
- Tomas Tenconi – Todi, Napoli
- Filippo Volandri – San Marino, Cordenons
- Thiago Alves – São Paulo
- Kevin Anderson – Champaign
- Thierry Ascione – Cherbourg
- Younes El Aynaoui – Chiasso
- Alex Bogdanovic – Granby
- Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote
- Daniel Brands – Timișoara
- Agustín Calleri – Prostějov
- Jérémy Chardy – Graz
- Flavio Cipolla – Nouméa
- Victor Crivoi – Manerbio
- Frank Dancevic – Surbiton
- Sebastián Decoud – Almaty
- Somdev Devvarman – Lexington
- Lukáš Dlouhý – Bronx
- Benedikt Dorsch – Penza
- Bruno Echagaray – Leon
- Marc Gicquel – Besançon
- Máximo González – San Benedetto
- Santiago González – Belo Horizonte
- Marcel Granollers – Tanger
- Denis Gremelmayr – Eckental
- Robin Haase – Sunrise
- Luis Horna – Lugano
- Jesse Huta Galung – Scheveningen
- Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon
- John Isner – Lubbock
- Dieter Kindlmann – New Delhi
- Evgeny Korolev – Aachen
- Łukasz Kubot – Oberstaufen
- Mikhail Kukushkin – Barletta
- Igor Kunitsyn – Donetsk
- Michael Lammer – Puebla
- Jesse Levine – Bradenton
- Ivan Ljubičić – East London
- Paolo Lorenzi – Alessandria
- Peter Luczak – Montevideo
- Nicolas Mahut – Orléans
- Xavier Malisse – Moncton
- Adrian Mannarino – Jersey
- Leonardo Mayer – Medellín
- Ivo Minář – Busan
- Gaël Monfils – Marrakech
- Albert Montañés – Monza
- Conor Niland – New Delhi
- Kei Nishikori – Bermuda
- Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City
- Josselin Ouanna – Rennes
- Olivier Patience – Cherkassy
- Éric Prodon – Miami
- Mariano Puerta – Bogotá
- Rajeev Ram – Winnetka
- Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo – La Serena
- Laurent Recouderc – Bytom
- Pere Riba – Seville
- Sergio Roitman – Guayaquil
- Lukáš Rosol – Košice
- Fabrice Santoro – Dnipropetrovsk
- Dudi Sela – Vancouver
- Andreas Seppi – Bergamo
- Florent Serra – Szczecin
- Robert Smeets – Dublin
- Pavel Šnobel – Fergana
- Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg
- Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia
- Potito Starace – Napoli
- Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski
- Dmitry Tursunov – Helsinki
- Adrian Ungur – Sofia
- Jiří Vaněk – Ostrava
- Santiago Ventura – Bucharest
- Martin Verkerk – Athens
- Michael Yani – Yuba City
- Donald Young – Sacramento
- Horacio Zeballos – Recanati
- Grega Žemlja – Cancún
- Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago
- Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote
- Daniel Brands – Timișoara
- Victor Crivoi – Manerbio
- Somdev Devvarman – Lexington
- Bruno Echagaray – Leon
- Fabio Fognini – Turin
- Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn
- Santiago González – Belo Horizonte
- Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon
- Adrian Mannarino – Jersey
- Conor Niland – New Delhi
- Kei Nishikori – Bermuda
- Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City
- Josselin Ouanna – Rennes
- Rajeev Ram – Winnetka
- Laurent Recouderc – Bytom
- Pere Riba – Seville
- Lukáš Rosol – Košice
- Andreas Seppi – Bergamo
- Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg
- Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia
- Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski
- Adrian Ungur – Sofia
- Michael Yani – Yuba City
- Horacio Zeballos – Recanati
- Grega Žemlja – Cancún
- Argentina 18
- France 17
- 17
- Spain 14
- Russia 11
- Italy 10
- Brazil 8
- Germany 8
- Belgium 7
- Czech Republic 6
- Japan 5
- Chile 4
- Chinese Taipei 3
- Croatia 3
- Netherlands 3
- Peru 3
- Australia 2
- Austria 2
- Ecuador 2
- Ireland 2
- Luxembourg 2
- Mexico 2
- Poland 2
- Portugal 2
- Romania 2
- Serbia 2
- South Korea 2
- Sweden 2
- Switzerland 2
- Uzbekistan 2
- Canada 1
- Great Britain 1
- India 1
- Israel 1
- Kazakhstan 1
- Morocco 1
- Slovenia 1
- South Africa 1
- Turkey 1
- Ukraine 1