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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.

Schedule

January

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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