The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.

Volkswagen Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVolkswagen Challenger
Founded1993
Abolished2012
Editions19
LocationWolfsburg, Germany
VenueTennisclub Grün-Gold
Wolfsburg
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceCarpet (indoor)
Draw32S/29Q/16D
WebsiteOfficial Website
Finn player Jarkko Nieminen took the singles title in 2001
Russian Marat Safin partnered with Dušan Vemić in 1998 to win the doubles
Former World No. 1 in doubles Leander Paes from India won the first edition of the doubles event, alongside Donald Johnson

Many players won two titles, Axel Pretzsch Ruben Bemelmans in singles Robert Lindstedt, Jean-Claude Scherrer and Martin Sinner in doubles. But only Axel Pretzsch won both titles simultaneously.

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2012   Igor Sijsling   Jerzy Janowicz 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
2011   Ruben Bemelmans (2)   Dominik Meffert 6–7(8), 6–4, 6–4
2010 Not held
2009   Ruben Bemelmans (1)   Stefano Galvani 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
2008   Louk Sorensen   Farrukh Dustov 7–6(7), 4–6, 6–4
2007   Robin Haase   Daniel Brands 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
2006   Alexander Waske   Yeu-tzuoo Wang 6–2, 6–4
2005   Dieter Kindlmann   Tobias Summerer 7–5, 4–1 retired
2004   Michal Tabara   Florian Mayer 6–4, 6–3
2003   Axel Pretzsch (2)   Arvind Parmar 6–7(1), 7–6(5), 6–4
2002   Jakub Záhlava   Dick Norman 6–4, 6–2
2001   Jarkko Nieminen   Andy Fahlke 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2000   Andrei Stoliarov   Óscar Burrieza López 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1999   Axel Pretzsch (1)   Diego Nargiso walkover
1998   Ivo Heuberger   Dirk Dier 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1997   Jens Knippschild   Arne Thoms 6–4, 6–3
1996   Gianluca Pozzi   Thomas Johansson 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995   David Prinosil   Martin Sinner 6–4, 7–6
1994   Alexander Mronz   Albert Chang 6–3, 7–5
1993   Cristiano Caratti   Lars Koslowski 6–7, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2012   Laurynas Grigelis
  Uladzimir Ignatik
  Tomasz Bednarek
  Olivier Charroin
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
2011   Matthias Bachinger
  Simon Stadler
  Dominik Meffert
  Frederik Nielsen
3–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]
2010 Not held
2009   Travis Rettenmaier
  Ken Skupski
  Sergey Bubka
  Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–3, 6–4
2008   Carsten Ball
  Izak van der Merwe
  Richard Bloomfield
  Ken Skupski
7–6(5), 6–3
2007   Alexander Peya
  Lars Uebel
  Joshua Goodall
  Jan Mertl
6–4, 6–4
2006   Jean-Claude Scherrer (2)
  Uros Vico
  Frank Moser
  Sebastian Rieschick
7–6(3), 6–7(5), 10–8
2005   Philipp Petzschner
  Alexander Peya
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
  Lovro Zovko
6–2, 6–4
2004   Robert Lindstedt (2)
  Jean-Claude Scherrer (1)
  Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Josh Goffi
6–2, 4–6, 7–6(5)
2003   Karsten Braasch
  Axel Pretzsch
  Alexander Peya
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 6–2
2002   Jan Hernych
  Shaun Rudman
  Filippo Messori
  Gianluca Pozzi
7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–3
2001   Robert Lindstedt (1)
  Fredrik Lovén
  Jan Boruszewski
  Markus Menzler
7–6(5), 6–7(7), 6–4
2000   Jan-Ralph Brandt
  Martin Sinner (2)
  Tomáš Cibulec
  Leoš Friedl
7–5, 3–6, 7–6
1999   Adriano Ferreira
  Maurice Ruah
  Karsten Braasch
  Dirk Dier
walkover
1998   Marat Safin
  Dušan Vemić
  Jan-Ralph Brandt
  Thomas Messmer
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1997   Nicola Bruno
  Laurence Tieleman
  Henrik Holm
  Nils Holm
7–6, 6–4
1996   Dirk Dier
  Arne Thoms
  Jim Pugh
  Joost Winnink
6–4, 6–4
1995   Martin Sinner (1)
  Joost Winnink
  Dirk Dier
  Lars Koslowski
7–5, 6–3
1994   Rich Benson
  Adam Malik
  Wayne Arthurs
  Simon Youl
7–6, 6–4
1993   Donald Johnson
  Leander Paes
  Jan Apell
  Michael Mortensen
7–6, 6–1

References

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