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2002 ATP Challenger Series

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2002 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration31 December 2001 – 8 December 2002
Edition25th
Tournaments122
Achievements (singles)
2001
2003

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2002 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 122 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.[1][2]

Schedule

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January

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
31.12.
2001
 Brazil Aberto de São Paulo $ 025,000 Hard Canada Frédéric Niemeyer United States Brandon Coupe
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
21.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Germany Alexander Popp North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden Johan Landsberg
 United States Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States James Blake Romania Gabriel Trifu
United States Glenn Weiner
28.01.  France Internationaux de Tennis de Brest $ 100,000 Hard (i) Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Australia Ben Ellwood
Australia Stephen Huss
 United States Challenger of Dallas $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Jeff Morrison Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Raemon Sluiter France Grégory Carraz
France Nicolas Mahut

February

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.02.  Poland KGHM Polish Indoors $ 150,000 Hard (i) Italy Davide Sanguinetti Australia Ben Ellwood
Australia Stephen Huss
 United States Joplin Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Jack Brasington United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
 Serbia Belgrade Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Croatia Mario Ančić Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
 Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Jakub Herm-Záhlava Czech Republic Jan Hernych
South Africa Shaun Rudman
18.02.  France Challenger 42 $ 075,000 Hard (i) Austria Julian Knowle Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
 Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Russia Denis Golovanov Germany Michael Kohlmann
France Michaël Llodra
25.02.  Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki Israel Amir Hadad
Austria Alexander Peya
 France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 037.500 Hard (i) France Lionel Roux Israel Noam Behr
Israel Jonathan Erlich
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Raemon Sluiter The Bahamas Mark Merklein
South Africa Paul Rosner

March

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.03.  Japan Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Japan Takao Suzuki Finland Tuomas Ketola
Germany Alexander Waske
 Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Belgium Dick Norman Germany Franz Stauder
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
11.03.  United States North Miami Beach Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Vince Spadea United States Eric Nunez
United States Graydon Oliver
 Australia Gosford Challenger $ 025,000 Hard South Africa Louis Vosloo Switzerland Yves Allegro
South Africa Justin Bower
 Japan Osaka Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki Slovakia Karol Beck
France Cedric Kauffmann
 Ecuador Abierto Internacional de Salinas $ 025,000 Hard Peru Iván Miranda United States Brandon Coupe
United States Jeff Salzenstein
18.03.  New Zealand Hamilton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Brian Vahaly Australia Jaymon Crabb
Australia Peter Luczak
 Italy Olbia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Didac Pérez Italy Filippo Messori
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
25.03.  Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Belgium Dick Norman Belgium Dick Norman
Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
 Italy Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open $ 025,000 Clay Spain Sergi Bruguera Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.04.  Tunisia TCT Open $ 075,000 Clay Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Spain Álex López Morón
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 United States Tarzana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Eric Taino Switzerland George Bastl
South Africa Neville Godwin
 Mexico León Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Germany Alexander Waske Israel Noam Behr
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
08.04.  United States USTA Challenger of Calabasas $ 050,000 Hard United States Michael Chang South Africa Paul Rosner
United States Glenn Weiner
 Italy San Remo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
15.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta Switzerland George Bastl
South Africa Neville Godwin
22.04.  Italy Naples Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain David Ferrer Romania Gabriel Trifu
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
29.04.  Italy Rome Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Romania Gabriel Trifu
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov

May

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.05.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay United States Alex Kim United States Mardy Fish
United States Jeff Morrison
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Brazil Alexandre Simoni South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Myles Wakefield
 Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Arnaud Di Pasquale Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Edgardo Massa
13.05.  Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 050,000 Clay France Olivier Patience Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
 Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Peru Luis Horna Belgium Dick Norman
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 Spain Valencia Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Spain David Ferrer Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Todd Perry
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang South Africa Rik de Voest
South Africa Dirk Stegmann
 United States Rocky Mount Challenger $ 025,000 Clay United States Robby Ginepri The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Eric Taino
20.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Delfino Slovakia Karol Beck
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
27.05.  Italy Turin Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Martin Verkerk Romania Victor Hănescu
Spain Óscar Hernández

June

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.06.  Czech Republic Unicredit Czech Open $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
 Germany Schickedanz Open $ 050,000 Clay Peru Luis Horna Spain Salvador Navarro
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler
 United States Surbiton Trophy $ 050,000 Grass United States Jeff Morrison Brazil André Sá
United States Jim Thomas
 United States Tallahassee Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Brian Vahaly United States Levar Harper-Griffith
United States Jeff Williams
10.06.  Italy Biella Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
 Germany ATU Cup $ 050,000 Clay Peru Luis Horna Germany Jens Knippschild
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
17.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Spain David Sánchez Argentina Mariano Hood
Peru Luis Horna
  Switzerland Lugano Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
24.06.  Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Belgium Dick Norman South Africa Wesley Moodie
South Africa Shaun Rudman
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
 Italy Sassuolo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain David Ferrer Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Italy Potito Starace

July

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.07.  Germany Müller Cup $ 050,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Italy Mantova Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
 France Montauban Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Richard Gasquet Austria Oliver Marach
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
08.07.  Great Britain West of England Tennis $ 050,000 Grass Slovakia Karol Beck Australia Dejan Petrović
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Australia Peter Luczak Israel Noam Behr
United States Michael Joyce
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay France Nicolas Thomann Chile Jaime Fillol Jr.
Brazil Ricardo Schlachter
15.07.  United States Aptos Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Brian Vahaly Israel Amir Hadad
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
 Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Slovakia Karol Beck
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 Russia Togliatti Cup $ 025,000 Hard Austria Alexander Peya Russia Philipp Mukhometov
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
22.07.  Brazil Campos Challenger $ 075,000 Hard Brazil Ricardo Mello Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Brazil Daniel Melo
 Netherlands Hilversum Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
 Hungary Budaors Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Diego Moyano Chile Hermes Gamonal
Chile Adrián García
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen United States Doug Bohaboy
United States Nick Rainey
29.07.  San Marino San Marino Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina José Acasuso Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Spain Segovia Challenger $ 100,000 Hard France Olivier Mutis Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Todd Perry
 United States Lexington Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Australia Scott Draper United States Jack Brasington
United States Glenn Weiner
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Ricardo Mello Brazil Daniel Melo
Brazil Marcelo Melo
 Russia St. Petersburg Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman Slovakia František Čermák
Slovakia Jaroslav Levinský
 Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Germany Lars Burgsmüller Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Italy Gianluca Pozzi

August

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.08.  Spain Córdoba Challenger $ 075,000 Hard France Jean-François Bachelot Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
South Africa Paul Rosner
 United States Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament $ 050,000 Hard Australia Scott Draper United States Paul Goldstein
United States Scott Humphries
 Brazil Gramado Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Júlio Silva Brazil Alessandro Guevara
Australia Dejan Petrović
 Italy Trani Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Delfino Argentina Mariano Delfino
Argentina Roberto Álvarez
12.08.  United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Mardy Fish United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
 Austria Graz Challenger $ 050,000 Hard France Olivier Mutis Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
19.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Belgium Kristof Vliegen Romania Victor Hănescu
Argentina Leonardo Olguín
 Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain David Ferrer Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
26.08.  Italy Brindisi Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Puerta Argentina Mariano Delfino
Argentina Sergio Roitman
 Germany Black Forest Open $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Leonardo Olguín

September

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.09.  Ukraine Kyiv Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Fred Hemmes
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 025,000 Clay France Olivier Mutis Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Herbert Wiltschnig
09.09.  Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen Australia Paul Baccanello
Argentina Sergio Roitman
 Ukraine Donetsk Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Federico Browne Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Argentina Federico Browne
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Germany Tomas Behrend Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Oliver Marach
16.09.  Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko Argentina José Acasuso
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 075,000 Hard Czech Republic Petr Luxa North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Croatia Lovro Zovko
 United States Waco Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Chile Hermes Gamonal United States Huntley Montgomery
United States Ryan Sachire
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Not completed Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Russia Yuri Schukin
23.09.  United States Tulsa Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Robert Kendrick United States Scott Humphries
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
 Portugal Maia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Romania Victor Hănescu Argentina Sebastián Prieto
Argentina Sergio Roitman
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Greece Vasilis Mazarakis Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
30.09.  United States Fresno Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Australia Scott Draper United States Huntley Montgomery
United States Tripp Phillips
 France Grenoble Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) France Michaël Llodra Australia Todd Larkham
Australia Michael Tebbutt
 Spain Seville Challenger $ 037.500 Clay France Olivier Mutis Argentina Mariano Hood
Peru Luis Horna
 Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Netherlands John van Lottum Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Mariano Hood
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Belgium Dick Norman United States Hugo Armando
Venezuela Kepler Orellana
14.10.  Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Italy Stefano Galvani Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Tomas Behrend
 Canada Burbank Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Robby Ginepri Sweden Björn Rehnquist
South Africa Louis Vosloo
21.10.  South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Austria Werner Eschauer Australia Jaymon Crabb
New Zealand Mark Nielsen
 United States San Antonio Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Mardy Fish United States Diego Ayala
United States Robert Kendrick
28.10.  Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Franco Squillari Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
 Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov United States Jim Thomas
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 United States Azalea Orthopedic Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein Australia Peter Luczak
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
 Great Britain Nottingham Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Belgium Gilles Elseneer Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Stephen Huss
 Réunion Réunion Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Argentina Federico Browne Argentina Federico Browne
Israel Jonathan Erlich

November

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.11.  Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 100,000 Carpet (i) France Antony Dupuis United States Scott Humphries
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
 Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Lars Burgsmüller Switzerland Yves Allegro
Croatia Lovro Zovko
11.11.  Finland Helsinki Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Finland Jarkko Nieminen Croatia Mario Ančić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
 United States Knoxville Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i)  Netherlands Martin Verkerk Russia Dmitry Tursunov
Netherlands Martin Verkerk
18.11.  United States Champaign Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Robby Ginepri Romania Gabriel Trifu
United States Glenn Weiner
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger II $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Croatia Mario Ančić Slovakia Karol Beck
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. Mexico Miguel Gallardo Valles
Mexico Alejandro González
25.11.  Italy Milan Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Croatia Mario Ančić Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
 Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet South Korea Lee Hyung-taik Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Thailand Danai Udomchoke

December

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.12.  Thailand Bangkok Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Netherlands John van Lottum Australia Anthony Ross
Australia Grant Silcock

References

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