The Play In Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It will be held annually in Lille, France. Its predecessor is the Open du Nord, a tournament that has been part of the ITF Men's Circuit from 2002 until 2017.

Play In Challenger
2024 Play In Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event namePlay In Challenger -Lille
Founded2018
Editions5 (2023)
LocationLille, France
VenueTennis Club Lillois Lille Métropole
CategoryATP Challenger 100
SurfaceHard (Indoor)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money$133,250 +H (2024)
Websiteplayinchallenger.com
Current champions (2024)
SinglesFrance Arthur Rinderknech
DoublesUnited States Christian Harrison
United Kingdom Marcus Willis

Past finals edit

Singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2018   Grégoire Barrère (1)   Tobias Kamke 6–1, 6–4
2019   Grégoire Barrère (2)   Yannick Maden 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in France
2021   Zizou Bergs   Grégoire Barrère 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2022   Quentin Halys   Ričardas Berankis 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
2023   Otto Virtanen   Max Purcell 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2
2024   Arthur Rinderknech   Joris De Loore 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(10–8)

Doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2018   Hugo Nys (1)
  Tim Pütz
  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
  Purav Raja
7–6(7–3), 1–6, [10–7]
2019   Romain Arneodo
  Hugo Nys (2)
  Jonathan Erlich
  Fabrice Martin
7–5, 5–7, [10–8]
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic in France
2021   Benjamin Bonzi
  Antoine Hoang
  Dan Added
  Michael Geerts
6–3, 6–1
2022   Viktor Durasovic
  Patrik Niklas-Salminen
  Jonathan Eysseric
  Quentin Halys
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
2023   Max Purcell
  Jason Taylor
  Dustin Brown
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–3), 6–4
2024   Christian Harrison
  Marcus Willis
  Titouan Droguet
  Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
7–6(8–6), 6–3

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