2002 ATP Challenger Series

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]

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

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   Frédéric Niemeyer   Brandon Coupe
  Frédéric Niemeyer
21.01.   Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i)   Alexander Popp   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Johan Landsberg
  United States Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   James Blake   Gabriel Trifu
  Glenn Weiner
28.01.   France Internationaux de Tennis de Brest $ 100,000 Hard (i)   Irakli Labadze   Ben Ellwood
  Stephen Huss
  United States Challenger of Dallas $ 050,000 Hard (i)   Jeff Morrison   Giorgio Galimberti
  Frédéric Niemeyer
  Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Raemon Sluiter   Grégory Carraz
  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)   Davide Sanguinetti   Ben Ellwood
  Stephen Huss
  United States Joplin Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i)   Jack Brasington   Justin Gimelstob
  Scott Humphries
  Serbia Belgrade Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Mario Ančić   Dušan Vemić
  Lovro Zovko
  Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Jakub Herm-Záhlava   Jan Hernych
  Shaun Rudman
18.02.   France Challenger 42 $ 075,000 Hard (i)   Julian Knowle   Julian Knowle
  Jürgen Melzer
  Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Denis Golovanov   Michael Kohlmann
  Michaël Llodra
25.02.   Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Takao Suzuki   Amir Hadad
  Alexander Peya
  France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 037.500 Hard (i)   Lionel Roux   Noam Behr
  Jonathan Erlich
  Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Raemon Sluiter   Mark Merklein
  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)   Takao Suzuki   Tuomas Ketola
  Alexander Waske
  Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Dick Norman   Franz Stauder
  Orest Tereshchuk
11.03.   United States North Miami Beach Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Vince Spadea   Eric Nunez
  Graydon Oliver
  Australia Gosford Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Louis Vosloo   Yves Allegro
  Justin Bower
  Japan Osaka Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Takao Suzuki   Karol Beck
  Cedric Kauffmann
  Ecuador Abierto Internacional de Salinas $ 025,000 Hard   Iván Miranda   Brandon Coupe
  Jeff Salzenstein
18.03.   New Zealand Hamilton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Brian Vahaly   Jaymon Crabb
  Peter Luczak
  Italy Olbia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Didac Pérez   Filippo Messori
  Vincenzo Santopadre
25.03.   Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Dick Norman   Dick Norman
  Orlin Stanoytchev
  Italy Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open $ 025,000 Clay   Sergi Bruguera   Massimo Bertolini
  Cristian Brandi

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.04.   Tunisia TCT Open $ 075,000 Clay   Raemon Sluiter   Álex López Morón
  Andrés Schneiter
  United States Tarzana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Eric Taino   George Bastl
  Neville Godwin
  Mexico León Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Alexander Waske   Noam Behr
  Ota Fukárek
08.04.   United States USTA Challenger of Calabasas $ 050,000 Hard   Michael Chang   Paul Rosner
  Glenn Weiner
  Italy San Remo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Oliver Gross   Daniele Bracciali
  Giorgio Galimberti
15.04.   Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay   Flávio Saretta   George Bastl
  Neville Godwin
22.04.   Italy Naples Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   David Ferrer   Gabriel Trifu
  Vladimir Voltchkov
29.04.   Italy Rome Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Martín Vassallo Argüello   Gabriel Trifu
  Vladimir Voltchkov
Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.05.   United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Alex Kim   Mardy Fish
  Jeff Morrison
  Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Alexandre Simoni   Jeff Coetzee
  Myles Wakefield
  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Arnaud Di Pasquale   Mariano Hood
  Edgardo Massa
13.05.   Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 050,000 Clay   Olivier Patience   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek
  Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Luis Horna   Dick Norman
  Tom Vanhoudt
  Spain Valencia Challenger $ 037.500 Clay   David Ferrer   Tim Crichton
  Todd Perry
  Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Jimmy Wang   Rik de Voest
  Dirk Stegmann
  United States Rocky Mount Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Robby Ginepri   Mark Merklein
  Eric Taino
20.05.   Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay   Mariano Delfino   Karol Beck
  Jaroslav Levinský
27.05.   Italy Turin Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Martin Verkerk   Victor Hănescu
  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   Guillermo Coria   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek
  Germany Schickedanz Open $ 050,000 Clay   Luis Horna   Salvador Navarro
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
  United States Surbiton Trophy $ 050,000 Grass   Jeff Morrison   André Sá
  Jim Thomas
  United States Tallahassee Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Brian Vahaly   Levar Harper-Griffith
  Jeff Williams
10.06.   Italy Biella Challenger $ 100,000 Clay   Dominik Hrbatý   Giorgio Galimberti
  Dominik Hrbatý
  Germany ATU Cup $ 050,000 Clay   Luis Horna   Jens Knippschild
  Dušan Vemić
17.06.   Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay   David Sánchez   Mariano Hood
  Luis Horna
   Switzerland Lugano Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Guillermo Coria   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Giorgio Galimberti
24.06.   Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i)   Dick Norman   Wesley Moodie
  Shaun Rudman
  Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay   Tomáš Zíb   Edwin Kempes
  Martin Verkerk
  Italy Sassuolo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   David Ferrer   Leonardo Azzaro
  Potito Starace

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.10.   Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Mariano Hood
  Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Dick Norman   Hugo Armando
  Kepler Orellana
14.10.   Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 050,000 Clay   Stefano Galvani   Karsten Braasch
  Tomas Behrend
  Canada Burbank Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Robby Ginepri   Björn Rehnquist
  Louis Vosloo
21.10.   South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Werner Eschauer   Jaymon Crabb
  Mark Nielsen
  United States San Antonio Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Mardy Fish   Diego Ayala
  Robert Kendrick
28.10.   Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Franco Squillari   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto
  Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Carpet (i)   Vladimir Voltchkov   Jim Thomas
  Tom Vanhoudt
  United States Azalea Orthopedic Challenger $ 050,000 Hard   Paul Goldstein   Peter Luczak
  Dmitry Tursunov
  Great Britain Nottingham Challenger $ 025,000 Clay   Gilles Elseneer   Ashley Fisher
  Stephen Huss
  Réunion Réunion Challenger $ 025,000 Hard   Federico Browne   Federico Browne
  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)   Antony Dupuis   Scott Humphries
  Mark Merklein
  Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Lars Burgsmüller   Yves Allegro
  Lovro Zovko
11.11.   Finland Helsinki Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i)   Jarkko Nieminen   Mario Ančić
  Lovro Zovko
  United States Knoxville Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i)   Netherlands Martin Verkerk   Dmitry Tursunov
  Martin Verkerk
18.11.   United States Champaign Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i)   Robby Ginepri   Gabriel Trifu
  Glenn Weiner
  Czech Republic Prague Challenger II $ 025,000 Carpet (i)   Mario Ančić   Karol Beck
  Jaroslav Levinský
  Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i)   Alex Bogomolov Jr.   Miguel Gallardo Valles
  Alejandro González
25.11.   Italy Milan Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i)   Mario Ančić   Massimo Bertolini
  Giorgio Galimberti
  Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet   Lee Hyung-taik   Lu Yen-hsun
  Danai Udomchoke

December

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

References

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