The Salinas Challenger, previously known as Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso, is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It has been part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Salinas, Ecuador from 1996 to 2014. After a hiatus, it came back in 2021, and it was played on hard court instead of red clay.

Salinas Challenger
Current event 2022 Salinas Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameChallenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso (1996- 2014)
Challenger de Salinas (2021- current)
LocationSalinas, Ecuador
VenueSalinas Golf y Tenis Club
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceHard (1996–2010)
Clay (2011–2014)
Hard (2021–present)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money$ 53,120 (2022)
Websitechallengersalinas.com/
Current champions (2022)
SinglesEcuador Emilio Gómez
DoublesIndia Yuki Bhambri
India Saketh Myneni
Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, took the title over American Michael Russell in 2009
Argentine David Nalbandian, like and Brzezicki, won both the singles and the doubles titles (partnering Peruvian Luis Horna), in 2001

David Nalbandian was the only one to have won both singles and doubles titles in the same year

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023   Illya Marchenko   Matija Pecotić 6–4, 6–4
2022   Emilio Gómez (2)   Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
2021 (2)   Emilio Gómez (1)   Nicolás Jarry 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2021 (1)   Nicolás Jarry   Nicolás Mejía 7–6(9–7), 6–1
2015–2020 Not Held
2014   Víctor Estrella   Andrea Collarini 6–3, 6–4
2013   Alejandro González   Renzo Olivo 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
2012   Guido Pella   Paolo Lorenzi 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
2011   Andrés Molteni   Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2010   Brian Dabul   Nicolás Massú 6–3, 6–2
2009   Santiago Giraldo   Michael Russell 6–3, 6–2
2008   Iván Miranda (2)   Diego Junqueira 6–2, 6–2
2007   Juan Pablo Brzezicki   Marcos Daniel 6–4, 6–4
2006   Benjamin Becker   Jesse Witten 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2005   Dennis van Scheppingen   Franco Ferreiro 6–2, 6–4
2004   Alejandro Falla   Gilles Müller 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–2
2003   Giovanni Lapentti   Iván Miranda 6–3, 6–4
2002   Iván Miranda (1)   Ricardo Mello 6–3, 6–4
2001   David Nalbandian   Ronald Agénor 6–4, 6–2
2000   Davide Sanguinetti   Luis Horna 6–2, 6–2
1999   Juan Ignacio Chela   Hernán Gumy 6–4, 7–6
1998   André Sá   Guillermo Cañas 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
1997   Oliver Gross   Gilbert Schaller 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1996   Óscar Martínez   Luis Morejón 6–2, 6–7, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023   Vasil Kirkov
  Alfredo Perez
  Ángel Díaz Jalil
  Álvaro Guillén Meza
7–5, 7–5
2022   Yuki Bhambri
  Saketh Myneni
  JC Aragone
  Roberto Quiroz
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
2021 (2)   Nicolás Barrientos
  Sergio Galdós (2)
  Antonio Cayetano March
  Thiago Agustín Tirante
Walkover
2021 (1)   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
  Fernando Romboli (2)
  Diego Hidalgo
  Skander Mansouri
7–5, 4–6, [10–2]
2015–2020 Not Held
2014   Roberto Maytín
  Fernando Romboli (1)
  Hugo Dellien
  Eduardo Schwank
6–3, 6–4
2013   Sergio Galdós (1)
  Marco Trungelliti
  Jean Andersen
  Izak van der Merwe
6–4, 6–4
2012   Martín Alund
  Horacio Zeballos
  Ariel Behar
  Carlos Salamanca
6–3, 6–3
2011   Facundo Bagnis
  Federico Delbonis
  Rogério Dutra da Silva
  João Souza
6–2, 6–1
2010   Jonathan Marray
  Jamie Murray
  Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 6–4
2009   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Iván Miranda
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
2008   Júlio Silva (1)
  Caio Zampieri
  Sebastián Decoud
  Dick Norman
7–6(8–6), 6–2
2007   Scott Lipsky
  David Martin
  Thiago Alves
  Franco Ferreiro
7–5, 7–6(11–9)
2006   Thiago Alves
  Júlio Silva (1)
  André Ghem
  Alexandre Simoni
3–6, 6–4, 10–4
2005   Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Cristian Villagrán
  Juan Pablo Guzmán
  Sergio Roitman
6–2, 6–4
2004   Federico Browne
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
  José de Armas
  Eric Nunez
6–3, 6–3
2003   Martín García
  Sebastián Prieto (2)
  Michael Kohlmann
  Harel Levy
walkover
2002   Brandon Coupe
  Jeff Salzenstein
  Martín Rodríguez
  Diego Veronelli
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2001   Luis Horna
  David Nalbandian
  Daniel Melo
  Flávio Saretta
6–4, 0–6, 6–1
2000   Juan Balcells
  Mauricio Hadad
  Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Álex Calatrava
walkover
1999   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto (1)
  Lucas Arnold Ker
  Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 7–6
1998   David DiLucia
  Michael Sell
  Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto
7–6, 6–4
1997   Fernando Meligeni
  André Sá
  Donald Johnson
  Francisco Montana
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1996   Juan Carlos Bianchi
  Claude N'Goran
  Daniel Orsanic
  Laurence Tieleman
7–5, 6–4

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