BSI Challenger Lugano

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The BSI Challenger Lugano was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It has been part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually in June at the Tennis Club Lido Lugano in Lugano, Switzerland, from 1999 until 2010.[1]

BSI Challenger Lugano
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1999
Editions12 (2010)
LocationLugano, Switzerland
VenueTennis Club Lido Lugano
CategoryATP Challenger Tour,
Tretorn SERIE+
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/32Q/16Q
Top tenner Stanislas Wawrinka was the first Swiss to win the singles in 2009

In 2004 it was voted by ATP and players as the best tournament of its category, receiving the World Best Challenger Award.

Past finals edit

Singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1999   Michal Tabara   Ronald Agénor 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–2
2000   David Sánchez   Attila Sávolt 6–3, 6–2
2001   Jiří Vaněk   Juan Antonio Marín 6–2, 6–3
2002   Guillermo Coria   Giorgio Galimberti 6–3, 6–0
2003   Diego Moyano   Álex Calatrava 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(4)
2004   Álex Calatrava   Jérôme Haehnel 6–2, 6–3
2005   Albert Montañés   Flávio Saretta 7–5, 6–7(4), 7–6(5)
2006   Olivier Patience   Guillermo García López 6–4, 6–1
2007   Werner Eschauer   Jiří Vaněk 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(2)
2008   Luis Horna   Nicolas Devilder 7–6(1), 6–1
2009   Stanislas Wawrinka (1)   Potito Starace 7–5, 6–3
2010   Stanislas Wawrinka (2)   Potito Starace 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–1

Doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1999   Michal Tabara
  Radomír Vašek
  Daniel Melo
  Antonio Prieto
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2000   Vadim Kutsenko
  Oleg Ogorodov
  Francisco Costa
  Tobias Hildebrand
4–6, 7–6(3), 6–0
2001   Steven Randjelovic
  Attila Sávolt
  Bobbie Altelaar
  Shaun Rudman
6–2, 7–6(4)
2002   Emilio Benfele Álvarez (1)
  Giorgio Galimberti (1)
  Cristian Kordasz
  Kim Tiilikainen
4–6, 7–6(5), 6–2
2003   Joan Balcells
  Juan Albert Viloca
  Álex López Morón
  Andrés Schneiter
6–4, 6–4
2004   Emilio Benfele Álvarez (2)
  Giorgio Galimberti (2)
  Enzo Artoni
  Ignacio González King
6–4, 6–3
2005   Enzo Artoni
  Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2006   Giorgio Galimberti (3)
  Oliver Marach
  Leonardo Azzaro
  Sergio Roitman
7–5, 6–3
2007   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Jean-Claude Scherrer
  Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–4
2008   Rameez Junaid
  Philipp Marx
  Mariano Hood
  Eduardo Schwank
7–6(7), 4–6, [10–7]
2009   Johan Brunström
  Jean-Julien Rojer
  Pablo Cuevas
  Sergio Roitman
walkover
2010   Frederico Gil
  Christophe Rochus
  Santiago González
  Travis Rettenmaier
7–5, 7–6(3)

References edit

  1. ^ "Sparisce il torneo di Lugano". February 16, 2011.

External links edit