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1998 ATP Challenger Series

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1998 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration26 January 1998 – 4 January 1999
Edition21st
Tournaments114
Achievements (singles)
1997
1999

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1998 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 114 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[1][2]

Schedule

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January

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
26.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Germany Martin Sinner United States Geoff Grant
United States Mark Merklein

February

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.02.  South Africa West Bloomfield Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Alex O'Brien United States Jim Thomas
Italy Laurence Tieleman
 Germany Lippstadt Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Dirk Dier United Kingdom Andrew Richardson
South Africa Myles Wakefield
09.02.  Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Ivo Heuberger Russia Marat Safin
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
16.02.  Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Spain Fernando Vicente United States Jim Thomas
Italy Laurence Tieleman
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Peter Wessels Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
United Kingdom Andrew Richardson
23.02.  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Brazil André Sá India Mahesh Bhupathi
Australia Peter Tramacchi
 France Cherbourg Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) France Jérôme Golmard Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Italy Massimo Bertolini

March

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.03.  Thailand Bangkok Challenger $ 050,000 Hard India Leander Paes Australia Peter Tramacchi
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
 Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Lars Burgsmüller Israel Eyal Erlich
Italy Mosé Navarra
09.03.  Ecuador Salinas Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Brazil André Sá United States David DiLucia
United States Michael Sell
 Japan Kyoto Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Michael Kohlmann Japan Takao Suzuki
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
30.03.  Italy Barletta Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Francisco Cabello Spain Joan Balcells
Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Hernán Gumy United States Doug Flach
United States Richey Reneberg
 Italy Napoli Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Italy Davide Sanguinetti Italy Massimo Bertolini
United States Devin Bowen
 Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Ecuador Luis Morejón Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Peter Wessels
13.04.  France Nice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta United States Devin Bowen
Argentina Mariano Hood
 United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Norway Christian Ruud United States Doug Flach
United States David Witt
 India Vadodara Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Australia Peter Tramacchi South Africa Myles Wakefield
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
 Mexico Puerto Vallarta Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) United States Geoff Grant Mexico Luis Herrera
Romania Gabriel Trifu
20.04.  Portugal Espinho Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas Germany Jens Knippschild
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Spain Joan Balcells
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić

May

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.05.  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Romania Dinu Pescariu South Africa Marius Barnard
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 050,000 Hard South Africa Neville Godwin Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Erlich
11.05.  Czech Republic Košice Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
 Germany Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup $ 050,000 Clay Germany Dirk Dier Argentina Pablo Albano
Netherlands Sander Groen
18.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 050,000 Clay South Africa Marcos Ondruska South Africa Chris Haggard
South Africa Paul Rosner
25.05.  Ukraine Kyiv Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić Austria Thomas Buchmayer
Austria Thomas Strengberger
 Colombia Medellín Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Brazil Adriano Ferreira Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Brazil Cristiano Testa

June

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.06.  Czech Republic Prostějov Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Australia Richard Fromberg Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Peter Wessels
 Germany Quelle Cup $ 050,000 Clay Norway Christian Ruud Spain Álex López Morón
Spain Albert Portas
 Great Britain Surbiton Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Italy Gianluca Pozzi Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Peter Tramacchi
08.06.  Croatia Split Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev United States Geoff Grant
Hungary Attila Sávolt
 Germany ATU Cup $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Portugal Nuno Marques
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
15.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Franco Squillari Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
 Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Czech Republic Jiří Novák Spain Julián Alonso
Argentina Mariano Puerta
22.06.  Italy Biella Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Australia Andrew Ilie Argentina Diego del Río
United States Eric Taino
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Edwin Kempes Brazil Jaime Oncins
Brazil Cristiano Testa
 Czech Republic Příbram Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Arnaud Di Pasquale Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
Austria Udo Plamberger
29.06.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Romania Adrian Voinea Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
 United States Denver Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki Australia Michael Hill
United States Glenn Weiner
 Germany Müller Cup $ 050,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Brazil Márcio Carlsson
Brazil Jaime Oncins
 France Montauban Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Edwin Kempes Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes

July

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.07.  Belgium Ostend Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Australia Andrew Ilie Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Belgium Denis van Uffelen Belarus Max Mirnyi
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki Japan Gouichi Motomura
Japan Takao Suzuki
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay Austria Wolfgang Schranz Portugal Nuno Marques
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
13.07.  Italy Merano Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Czech Republic Ctislav Doseděl Argentina Pablo Albano
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
 United States Aptos Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Cecil Mamiit United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 France Contrexéville Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 050,000 Grass United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson Italy Mosé Navarra
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
20.07.  Great Britain Newcastle Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Netherlands Edwin Kempes
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb Sweden Tobias Hildebrand
Sweden Fredrik Lovén
27.07.  Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Israel Eyal Ran
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Argentina Agustín Calleri
Sweden Tobias Hildebrand
 United States Winnetka Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Geoff Grant Australia Grant Silcock
South Africa Myles Wakefield

August

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.08.  Poland Poznań Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Norway Christian Ruud Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb
 United States Lexington Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein Australia Ben Ellwood
Australia Lleyton Hewitt
 Brazil Gramado Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil André Sá South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Damien Roberts
 Mexico Tijuana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Australia Michael Hill Australia Michael Hill
United States Scott Humphries
10.08.  United States Binghamton Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki South Africa Myles Wakefield
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Francisco Costa Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Thomas Shimada
 Austria Nettingsdorf Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Austria Markus Hipfl Czech Republic Tomáš Krupa
Slovenia Borut Urh
 Poland Sopot Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Poland Michał Chmela New Zealand James Greenhalgh
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
17.08.  Austria Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Carlos Costa Romania Dinu Pescariu
Spain Albert Portas
 United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United Kingdom Miles Maclagan United States Jared Palmer
Japan Takao Suzuki
 Poland Warsaw Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk New Zealand James Greenhalgh
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
24.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Sweden Rikard Bergh
Germany Jens Knippschild
31.08.  Austria Alpirsbach Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Austria Stefan Koubek Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
 Serbia Belgrade Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić
 Bolivia Santa Cruz Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio Argentina Marcelo Charpentier
Argentina Andrés Schneiter

September

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.09.  Romania Brașov Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Romania Dinu Pescariu Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Sweden Tomas Nydahl Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Peter Wessels
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Chile Nicolás Massú Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Mexico Óscar Ortiz
 Yugoslavia Budva Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Tomas Behrend Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes
14.09.  Brazil Florianópolis Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas Brazil Jaime Oncins
Brazil André Sá
 Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 050,000 Clay Italy Renzo Furlan Hungary Gábor Köves
Austria Thomas Strengberger
 North Macedonia Skopje Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Jordi Mas Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes
21.09.  Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
 United States Urbana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Canada Daniel Nestor United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 025,000 Clay Spain Alberto Martín Spain Alberto Martín
Spain Salvador Navarro
28.09.  Portugal Oporto Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
 Venezuela Caracas Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Brazil Adriano Ferreira United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
 United States Dallas Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Canada Daniel Nestor United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
 Italy Olbia Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali Australia Todd Larkham
United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.10.  Chile Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
Hungary Attila Sávolt
 United States San Antonio Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Geoff Grant United States David DiLucia
United States Michael Sell
 Israel Tel Aviv Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Italy Gianluca Pozzi Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
12.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Fernando Vicente Spain José Antonio Conde
Spain Javier Sánchez
 Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Brazil Fernando Meligeni Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 United States San Diego Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Finland Ville Liukko United States Paul Goldstein
United States Adam Peterson
19.10.  Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Albert Portas
Spain Álex López Morón
 Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Eduardo Medica Argentina Francisco Cabello
Argentina Agustín Calleri
 Hong Kong Hongkong Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Not completed
 Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i) United States Jared Palmer Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Netherlands Raemon Sluiter
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Sweden Fredrik Jonsson Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
26.10.  France Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) France Jérôme Golmard South Africa Neville Godwin
South Africa Marcos Ondruska

November

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.11.  Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Hard (i) Germany Hendrik Dreekmann Netherlands Menno Oosting
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
09.11.  United States Las Vegas Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Cecil Mamiit South Africa Marcos Ondruska
South Africa Byron Talbot
16.11.  Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) United States Justin Gimelstob United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Jack Waite
 Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Argentina Martín García
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Mexico Alejandro González
Mexico Mariano Sánchez
 United States Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Norway Christian Ruud Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Peter Tramacchi
23.11.  Peru Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Austria Stefan Koubek Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Martin Rodriguez
 United States Burbank Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Cecil Mamiit United States Mike Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 Slovenia Portorož Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Germany Rainer Schüttler Belarus Max Mirnyi
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
 Mexico Toluca Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Rogier Wassen Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Mexico Mariano Sánchez
30.11.  Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Austria Markus Hipfl Netherlands Sander Groen
Lebanon Ali Hamadeh
 Germany Nümbrecht Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Germany Christian Vinck Belarus Max Mirnyi
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy

December

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.12.  Australia Perth Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Australia Lleyton Hewitt Australia Lleyton Hewitt
Australia Paul Kilderry
 Chile Cerveza Cristal $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio Italy Enzo Artoni
Argentina Federico Browne
21.12.  India Ahmedabad Challenger $ 025,000 Hard France Antony Dupuis Israel Noam Okun
Israel Nir Welgreen
28.12.  India Mumbai Challenger $ 025,000 Hard France Antony Dupuis Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran

References

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