1997 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1997 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 107 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

1997 ATP Challenger Series

Details
Duration	6 January 1997 – 14 December 1997
Edition	20th
Tournaments	107
Achievements (singles)
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Schedule

January

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.01.	Singapore	Singapore Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Andrei Cherkasov	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
20.01.	Germany	Heilbronn Open	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Henrik Holm	Olivier Delaître Stéphane Simian
27.01.	Germany	Lippstadt Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Arne Thoms	Henrik Holm Nils Holm

February

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.02.	Germany	Volkswagen Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jens Knippschild	Nicola Bruno Laurence Tieleman
10.02.	Germany	Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Geoff Grant	Mathias Huning Joost Winnink
17.02.	France	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Frederik Fetterlein	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett
	Japan	Kyoto Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Carsten Arriens	Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black
	Uruguay	Punta del Este Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Marco Meneschincheri	Daniel Orsanic Martín Rodríguez
24.02.	Ecuador	Salinas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Oliver Gross	Fernando Meligeni André Sá
	Germany	Residenza Open Magdeburg	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Petr Luxa	Trey Phillips Chris Wilkinson

March

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.03.	United States	Indian Wells Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jiří Novák	Nicklas Kulti Michael Tebbutt
31.03.	Italy	Barletta Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Carlos Costa	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
	Mexico	Puerto Vallarta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Andrei Merinov	Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz

April

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.04.	Bermuda	XL Bermuda Open	$ 125,000	Clay	Johan Van Herck	Javier Frana Mark Knowles
	Italy	Napoli Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	Aleksandar Kitinov Tom Vanhoudt
14.04.	United States	Birmingham Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Johan Van Herck	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
	Croatia	Split Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	Devin Bowen Dinu Pescariu
21.04.	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Albert Portas	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes

May

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.05.	Slovenia	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Brett Steven	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic
	Slovakia	Bratislava Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Sébastien Grosjean	Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg
	Israel	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
12.05.	Slovakia	Košice Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Pat Cash Andrew Kratzmann
	Brazil	Curitiba Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Glenn Weiner Herbert Wiltschnig
	Germany	Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Dick Norman	Mark Merklein Jeff Salzenstein
19.05.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger I	$ 050,000	Clay	Steven Randjelovic	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt

June

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.06.	Czech Republic	Prostějov Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	Jiří Novák David Rikl
	Germany	Quelle Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Davide Sanguinetti	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner
09.06.	Germany	ATU Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Dirk Dier	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
16.06.	Croatia	Zagreb Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	David Roditi Tomáš Anzari
	Germany	Wartburg Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
23.06.	Germany	Nord/LB Open	$ 125,000	Clay	Francisco Roig	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner
30.06.	Italy	Venice Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Julián Alonso	Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri
	United States	Flushing Meadow Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
	Germany	Müller Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt
	France	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Olivier Mutis	Gabrio Castrichella Daniele Musa

July

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.07.	Romania	Brașov Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	George Cosac Miles Maclagan
	Great Britain	Bristol Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Stefano Pescosolido	Not completed
	Canada	Granby Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Wayne Black	Grant Doyle Mark Merklein
	Colombia	Cali Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Ramón Delgado	Eduardo Medica Mariano Puerta
	Germany	Oberstaufen Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Davide Sanguinetti	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas
14.07.	France	Contrexéville Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Julián Alonso	Petr Luxa David Škoch
	United States	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud
	Great Britain	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Óscar Burrieza	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford
	Ecuador	Quito Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio
	Netherlands	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Ionuț Moldovan	Álex Calatrava Tom Vanhoudt
	Austria	Pörtschach Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Christophe Van Garsse	Jaymon Crabb Mikael Stadling
21.07.	Belgium	Ostend Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Jordi Burillo	Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt
	Great Britain	Newcastle Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Óscar Burrieza Filippo Veglio
	Finland	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Cyril Buscaglione Régis Lavergne
	United States	Winnetka Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	Michael Sell Myles Wakefield
28.07.	Poland	Poznań Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Jeff Tarango	David Rikl Tomáš Anzari
	Italy	Merano Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
	Turkey	Istanbul Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	João Cunha e Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian
	United States	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Wayne Black	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie

August

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.08.	Spain	Open Castilla y León	$ 100,000	Hard	Jordi Burillo	João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques
	United States	Binghamton Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	David Witt	Brian MacPhie Jeff Salzenstein
	Brazil	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Roberto Jabali	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner
	Czech Republic	Pilzen Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Vincenzo Santopadre	Petr Luxa Borut Urh
11.08.	Austria	Graz Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Radomír Vašek	Lucas Arnold Ker Tom Vanhoudt
	United States	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Michael Sell	Nelson Aerts André Sá
	Italy	Olbia Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Diego Nargiso	Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah
18.08.	Switzerland	Geneva Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta
	Austria	Nettingsdorf Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Radomír Vašek	Björn Jacob Michael Kohlmann
25.08.	Germany	Alpirsbach Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Fabio Maggi	Mathias Huning Grant Silcock
	Bolivia	Santa Cruz Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto

September

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.09.	Portugal	Azores Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Cristiano Caratti	Andrei Cherkasov Gastón Etlis
	Great Britain	Edinburgh Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle
	Mexico	Guadalajara Challenger I	$ 025,000	Clay	Alejandro Hernández	Nelson Aerts André Sá
08.09.	Portugal	Espinho Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Marat Safin	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón
	Hungary	Budapest Challenger II	$ 050,000	Clay	Jan Frode Andersen	Nebojša Đorđević Dušan Vemić
15.09.	Poland	Szczecin Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Richard Fromberg	Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic
	United States	Urbana Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Andrew Richardson	Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett
22.09.	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Nelson Aerts Bernardo Martínez
	United States	Delray Beach Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Todd Martin	Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett
	Spain	Copa Sevilla	$ 025,000	Clay	Álex Calatrava	Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann
	North Macedonia	Skopje Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Dušan Vemić	Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger
29.09.	Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins
	Spain	Mallorca Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Álex López Morón	Massimo Ardinghi Guillaume Marx
	United States	San Antonio Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Doug Flach Jeff Salzenstein

October

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.10.	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Carlos Costa	Tamer El-Sawy Nuno Marques
	Peru	Lima Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
	United States	Sedona Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Michael Sell	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig
13.10.	Egypt	Cairo Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
	Ecuador	Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil	$ 100,000	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Gábor Köves Tomas Nydahl
20.10.	France	Brest Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Johan Van Herck	Dave Randall Jack Waite
	South Korea	Seoul Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Peter Tramacchi	Edwin Kempes Gouichi Motomura
	Germany	Okal Cup	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Rainer Schüttler	Lars Rehmann Rainer Schüttler
27.10.	Germany	Lambertz Open by STAWAG	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Hendrik Dreekmann	John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard

November

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.11.	Germany	Neumünster Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Dick Norman	John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard
	Mexico	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Luis Herrera	Tamer El-Sawy Maurice Ruah
10.11.	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Gianluca Pozzi	Nicolas Escudé Jérôme Golmard
	Puerto Rico	Río Grande Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Franco Squillari	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic
	United States	Las Vegas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Christian Vinck	David DiLucia Michael Sell
17.11.	Mexico	Guadalajara Challenger II	$ 100,000	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	Nelson Aerts André Sá
	United States	Amarillo Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Peter Tramacchi	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
	Slovenia	Portorož Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Orlin Stanoytchev	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson
24.11.	Argentina	Buenos Aires Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Franco Squillari	Diego del Río Daniel Orsanic
	United States	Burbank Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Andre Agassi	Doug Flach Brian MacPhie
	Réunion	Réunion Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jan Apell	Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink
	India	Mumbai Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva
	Mexico	Ixtapa Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Steve Campbell	Chris Haggard Maurice Ruah

December

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.12.	Germany	Bad Lippspringe Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann
	India	Ahmedabad Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Vadim Kutsenko	Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva
08.12.	Israel	Eilat Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Tuomas Ketola	Patrick Baur Andrei Cherkasov
	Australia	Perth Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Wayne Arthurs	Jamie Holmes Paul Kilderry
	Chile	Cerveza Cristal Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Oliver Gross	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
	Germany	Wismar Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Christian Vinck	Lars Burgsmüller Michael Kohlmann