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2001 ATP Challenger Series

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2001 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration1 January 2001 – 9 December 2001
Edition24th
Tournaments137
Achievements (singles)
2000
2002

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

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January

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.01.  Brazil Aberto de São Paulo $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Flávio Saretta Israel Noam Okun
Brazil André Sá
22.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) France Michaël Llodra Netherlands Sander Groen
United States Jack Waite
 United States Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Andy Roddick United States Paul Goldstein
United States Jim Thomas
29.01.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) France Michaël Llodra Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta

February

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.02.  Poland KGHM Polish Indoors $ 125,000 Hard (i) Germany Axel Pretzsch Zimbabwe Wayne Black
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
 United States Challenger of Dallas $ 050,000 Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov United States Gavin Sontag
Canada Jerry Turek
12.02.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Austria Zbynek Mlynarik Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
 India Mumbai Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Italy Federico Luzzi Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
19.02.  France Challenger 42 $ 050,000 Hard (i) Serbia Nenad Zimonjić France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
 Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Czech Republic Petr Kralert Japan Takao Suzuki
United States Eric Taino
 India The IndianOil Servo ATP Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
 Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Michael Kohlmann Germany Michael Kohlmann
France Michaël Llodra
 Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Finland Jarkko Nieminen Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Sweden Fredrik Lovén
26.02.  Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Czech Republic Ota Fukárek Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher
 France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 037.500 Hard (i) Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta

March

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.03.  Japan Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands John van Lottum Israel Noam Behr
Israel Noam Okun
12.03.  Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Axel Pretzsch Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
 Australia Perth Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Greece Vasilis Mazarakis Australia Stephen Huss
Australia Lee Pearson
 Ecuador Abierto Internacional de Salinas $ 025,000 Hard Argentina David Nalbandian Peru Luis Horna
Argentina David Nalbandian
19.03.  Portugal Espinho Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Félix Mantilla Belgium Wim Neefs
Netherlands Djalmar Sistermans
 New Zealand Hamilton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Sweden Björn Rehnquist Israel Noam Behr
Israel Noam Okun
26.03.  Italy Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Félix Mantilla Spain Germán Puentes
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.04.  United States USTA Challenger of Calabasas $ 025,000 Hard Brazil André Sá Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
Germany Ivo Heuberger
09.04.  Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Martín Rodríguez Argentina Edgardo Massa
Argentina Sergio Roitman
16.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Argentina José Acasuso United States Paul Goldstein
United States Andy Roddick

May

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.05.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze United States James Blake
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Israel Noam Okun France Jonathan Erlich
France Michaël Llodra
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Switzerland Ivo Heuberger South Africa Rik de Voest
Russia Igor Kunitsyn
14.05.  United States Belmont Farms USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Jan Vacek The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
 Croatia Zagreb Open $ 050,000 Clay Spain Jacobo Díaz Argentina Enzo Artoni
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Belgium Antwerp Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Belgium Dick Norman Spain Juan Giner
Canada Jerry Turek
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Denmark Kristian Pless Italy Filippo Messori
Spain Salvador Navarro
 Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Ctislav Doseděl Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Czech Republic Michal Navrátil
21.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Italy Giorgio Galimberti Brazil Daniel Melo
Argentina Sergio Roitman
28.05.  Romania Compaq Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze The Bahamas Mark Merklein
South Africa Paul Rosner
 Brazil Aberto da Costa do Sauípe $ 025,000 Hard Brazil André Sá Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Brazil Daniel Melo

June

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.06.  Czech Republic Unicredit Czech Open $ 100,000 Clay Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Netherlands Sander Groen
 Germany Quelle Cup $ 050,000 Clay Spain Germán Puentes United States Hugo Armando
Russia Andrei Stoliarov
 Great Britain Surbiton Trophy $ 050,000 Grass United States Taylor Dent South Africa David Adams
Australia Ben Ellwood
 United States Tallahassee Tennis Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Paraguay Ramón Delgado Australia Matthew Breen
Australia Lee Pearson
11.06.  Italy Top Wool Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Romania Adrian Voinea Italy Enzo Artoni
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Germany ATU Cup $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Spain Julián Alonso
United States Hugo Armando
18.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
  Switzerland Challenger Lugano $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Australia Steven Randjelovic
Hungary Attila Sávolt
25.06.  Andorra Open Internacional d’Andorra $ 025,000 Hard (i) Israel Noam Okun Russia Denis Golovanov
Finland Tuomas Ketola
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Switzerland Yves Allegro
Romania Gabriel Trifu
 Italy Memorial Savigni $ 025,000 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt Spain Didac Pérez
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler

July

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.07.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Belgium Christophe Rochus The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
 Germany Müller Cup $ 050,000 Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Brazil Intelig Tennis Cup $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Ricardo Mello Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Brazil André Sá
 France Open de Montauban $ 025,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Argentina Diego del Río
Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
09.07.  Netherlands Samsung Open $ 075,000 Clay Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Australia Jordan Kerr
Australia Grant Silcock
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger Trophy $ 050,000 Grass United Kingdom Jamie Delgado South Africa Wesley Moodie
South Africa Shaun Rudman
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Germany Axel Pretzsch Canada Bobby Kokavec
United States Jeff Morrison
 Brazil Tess Tennis Classic $ 025,000 Clay Italy Alessio di Mauro Argentina Edgardo Massa
Argentina Leonardo Olguín
 Italy Challenger Canottieri Mincio $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Diego Hipperdinger Italy Stefano Galvani
Spain Salvador Navarro
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Slovakia Karol Beck
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč
16.07.  United States USTA Seascape Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Jeff Salzenstein United States Brandon Hawk
United States Robert Kendrick
 Great Britain Manchester Trophy $ 050,000 Grass France Jean-François Bachelot Australia Ben Ellwood
Sweden Fredrik Lovén
23.07.  Brazil Credicard Mastercard Tennis Cup $ 075,000 Hard Paraguay Ramón Delgado Australia Dejan Petrović
Israel Andy Ram
 Finland Amer-Wilson Tampere ATP Tournament $ 050,000 Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen Australia Stephen Huss
Australia Lee Pearson
 Hungary Stella Artois Clay Court Championships $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Czech Republic Petr Dezort
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
30.07.  San Marino San Marino CEPU Open $ 100,000 Clay Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela South Africa Wesley Moodie
South Africa Shaun Rudman
 United States Fifth Third Bank Tennis Classic $ 050,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
South Africa Robbie Koenig
 Brazil BH Tennis Open International Cup $ 025,000 Hard United States Eric Taino Australia Dejan Petrović
Israel Andy Ram
 Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Germany Michael Kohlmann Belgium Gilles Elseneer
Germany Alexander Popp

August

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.08.  Spain Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco $ 075,000 Hard Finland Jarkko Nieminen Australia Jordan Kerr
Australia Grant Silcock
 United States Time Warner USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard France Cedric Kauffmann Canada Bobby Kokavec
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
 Austria Skandia Open $ 050,000 Clay Czech Republic Jan Vacek North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Australia Todd Perry
 Brazil Gramado Open de Tênis $ 025,000 Hard United Kingdom Barry Cowan Australia Dejan Petrović
Israel Andy Ram
 Italy ATP Challenger Riviera delle Palme $ 025,000 Clay Italy Marzio Martelli Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Italy Stefano Galvani
 Russia Togliatti Cup $ 025,000 Hard Austria Alexander Peya Slovakia Karol Beck
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
13.08.  United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Germany Björn Phau United States Kelly Gullett
Canada Bobby Kokavec
 Austria CA Challenge $ 050,000 Hard Austria Julian Knowle Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Todd Perry
 Poland Sopot Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Spain David Ferrer Poland Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Poland Marcin Matkowski
 Brazil Brasília Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Leonardo Olguín
 Italy Bressanone Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Renzo Furlan Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi
 Germany Volvo Sylt Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Salvador Navarro Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen
Netherlands Bobbie Altelaar
20.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Argentina Diego del Río
Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
 Brazil Ribeirão Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Brazil Antonio Prieto
 Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt Hungary Attila Sávolt
Austria Thomas Strengberger
 Germany BMW Challenger Open $ 025,000 Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer Germany Jens Knippschild
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
27.08.  Brazil Telesp Celular Open $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina Edgardo Massa
Brazil Flávio Saretta
 Germany Black Forest Open $ 037.500 Clay Spain Albert Montañés Germany Franz Stauder
Germany Alexander Waske
 Italy Brindisi Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Federico Luzzi Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti

September

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.09.  Ukraine Kiew Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Spain David Sánchez Australia Jordan Kerr
Australia Grant Silcock
 Brazil Curitiba Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Germany Simon Greul North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Italy Stefano Galvani Israel Amir Hadad
Croatia Lovro Zovko
10.09.  United States Tarzana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Levar Harper-Griffith United States Zack Fleishman
United States Michael Joyce
 Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Spain Didac Pérez Austria Oliver Marach
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Greece Vasilis Mazarakis Italy Igor Gaudi
Italy Stefano Galvani
 Poland Compaq Cup $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Ota Fukárek Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
17.09.  Poland Stettin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
 Turkey TED Open $ 075,000 Hard Russia Nikolay Davydenko Israel Jonathan Erlich
France Michaël Llodra
 Brazil Florianópolis Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Edgardo Massa Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 037.500 Clay Italy Stefano Galvani Italy Stefano Galvani
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
24.09.  Portugal Maia Open $ 125,000 Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Netherlands Djalmar Sistermans
 Slovenia Kamnik Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Croatia Željko Krajan Czech Republic Igor Brukner
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov Russia Denis Golovanov
Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
 Brazil São Paulo Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Edgardo Massa Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Argentina Edgardo Massa

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.10.  Italy Cagliari Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Spain Fernando Vicente Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Álex López Morón
 France Grenoble Challenger $ 075,000 Hard (i) Sweden Johan Settergren Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
 Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martin Rodriguez
 United States Tulsa Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Czech Republic Jan Hernych United States Mardy Fish
United States Jeff Morrison
 Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Netherlands John van Lottum Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
08.10.  Peru Lima Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Italy Enzo Artoni
Brazil Daniel Melo
 Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Greece Konstantinos Economidis Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Álex López Morón
 United States Kerrville Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Alex Kim United States Brandon Hawk
United States Robert Kendrick
15.10.  Finland Helsinki Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland George Bastl Australia Tim Crichton
United States Jim Thomas
 Brazil Brasília Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Argentina Luis Lobo
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 025,000 Clay United States Hugo Armando Brazil Ricardo Schlachter
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
22.10.  Brazil São Paulo Challenger II $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Argentina Agustín Calleri
Argentina Edgardo Massa
 South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 050,000 Hard South Korea Lee Hyung-taik Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
 United States Houston Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Vince Spadea South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Paul Rosner
29.10.  Chile Santiago Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Chile Marcelo Ríos Brazil André Sá
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
 Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Germany Alexander Popp Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
 Great Britain Bolton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Belgium Olivier Rochus Belgium Gilles Elseneer
Belgium Wim Neefs
 United States Burbank Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Kevin Kim United States Scott Humphries
United States Chris Woodruff
 Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Japan Takao Suzuki Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Mitsuru Takada

November

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.11.  Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 100,000 Clay (i) Slovakia Karol Kučera Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
 Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Argentina David Nalbandian Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
 United States UT Tyler Patriot Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Israel Noam Okun Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Paul Rosner
 Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Alexander Popp Switzerland George Bastl
South Africa Neville Godwin
12.11.  Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Argentina Federico Browne
Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
 United States Knoxville Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States James Blake United States Mardy Fish
United States Jeff Morrison
19.11.  Venezuela Caracas Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Austria Julian Knowle Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Ota Fukárek Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic David Miketa
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Mexico Miguel Gallardo Valles Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
26.11.  Costa Rica Copa Ericsson Costa Rica $ 075,000 Hard Germany Michael Kohlmann Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
 Italy Mailand Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland Marc Rosset Italy Nicola Bruno
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
 United States Urbana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Croatia Ivo Karlović United States Mardy Fish
United States Jeff Morrison

December

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.12.  Brazil Rio de Janeiro Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Denmark Kristian Pless United States Justin Gimelstob
Australia David Macpherson
 Thailand Bangkok Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

References

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