Sanremo Challenger

Tennis tournament
Sanremo Challenger
2022 Sanremo Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameSanremo
LocationSanremo, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Sanremo
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money€45,000 (2022)
Websitetennissanremo.it/
Current champions (2022)
SinglesDenmark Holger Rune
DoublesFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
Eventual 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took the singles title in 2005, competing for Serbia and Montenegro
Potito Starace was the first Italian player to clinch the singles title in 2004

The Sanremo Challenger, previously known as Sanremo Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Sanremo in Sanremo, Italy, since 2002. After a hiatus of 10 years, it came back in 2022 with a new edition.[1][2][3]

Daniele Bracciali has won most titles, 3 times, in doubles.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023 France Luca Van Assche Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 6–1, 6–3
2022 Denmark Holger Rune Italy Francesco Passaro 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011–2021 Not held
2010 Argentina Gastón Gaudio Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello 7–5,6–0
2009 South Africa Kevin Anderson Slovenia Blaž Kavčič 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2008 Argentina Diego Junqueira Argentina Máximo González 6–2, 6–4
2007 Italy Francesco Aldi Italy Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
2006 France Olivier Patience Italy Stefano Galvani 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8)
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Novak Djokovic Italy Francesco Aldi 6–3, 7–6(4)
2004 Italy Potito Starace Netherlands Peter Wessels 6–4, 6–4
2003 Germany Tomas Behrend Austria Werner Eschauer 6–4, 6–2
2002 Germany Oliver Gross Italy Renzo Furlan 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023 Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Croatia Franko Škugor
Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
2022 France Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
Italy Flavio Cobolli
Italy Matteo Gigante
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021 Not held
2010 Argentina Diego Junqueira
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Argentina Sebastián Decoud
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009 Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
Russia Dmitri Sitak
Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–4, 7–6(4)
2008 Israel Harel Levy
United States Jim Thomas
Germany Matthias Bachinger
Germany Daniel Brands
6–4, 6–4
2007 Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
Belgium Steve Darcis
Belgium Stefan Wauters
7–6(3), 6–3
2006 France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Francesco Piccari
6–4, 7–6(6)
2005 Italy Francesco Aldi
Italy Tomas Tenconi
Italy Manuel Jorquera
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–3
2004 Italy Daniele Bracciali (3)
Italy Giorgio Galimberti (2)
Italy Manuel Jorquera
Argentina Diego Moyano
4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
2003 Italy Daniele Bracciali (2)
Israel Amir Hadad
Spain Juan Balcells
Spain Juan Albert Viloca
6–2, 6–4
2002 Italy Daniele Bracciali (1)
Italy Giorgio Galimberti (1)
Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Renzo Furlan
6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "Dal 3 al 9 Aprile il grande tennis in Liguria con il torneo ATP Challenger Sanremo". Federtennis. 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sanremo, il torneo Atp Challenger torna nella città dei fiori dopo tredici anni di stop". Il Secolo XIX. 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ "ATP Challenger Sanremo torna dopo 10 anni". primalariviera.it. 29 March 2022.

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