Sanremo Challenger

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The Sanremo Challenger, previously known as Sanremo Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Sanremo in Sanremo, Italy, since 2002. After a hiatus of 10 years, it came back in 2022 with a new edition.[1][2][3]

Sanremo Challenger
2022 Sanremo Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameSanremo
LocationSanremo, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Sanremo
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money€45,000 (2022)
Websitetennissanremo.it/
Current champions (2022)
SinglesDenmark Holger Rune
DoublesFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
Eventual 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took the singles title in 2005, competing for Serbia and Montenegro
Potito Starace was the first Italian player to clinch the singles title in 2004

Daniele Bracciali has won most titles, 3 times, in doubles.

Past finals edit

Singles edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023   Luca Van Assche   Juan Pablo Varillas 6–1, 6–3
2022   Holger Rune   Francesco Passaro 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011–2021 Not held
2010   Gastón Gaudio   Martín Vassallo Argüello 7–5,6–0
2009   Kevin Anderson   Blaž Kavčič 2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2008   Diego Junqueira   Máximo González 6–2, 6–4
2007   Francesco Aldi   Fabio Fognini 7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
2006   Olivier Patience   Stefano Galvani 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8)
2005   Novak Djokovic   Francesco Aldi 6–3, 7–6(4)
2004   Potito Starace   Peter Wessels 6–4, 6–4
2003   Tomas Behrend   Werner Eschauer 6–4, 6–2
2002   Oliver Gross   Renzo Furlan 6–4, 6–3

Doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023   Victor Vlad Cornea
  Franko Škugor
  Nikola Ćaćić
  Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
2022   Geoffrey Blancaneaux
  Alexandre Müller
  Flavio Cobolli
  Matteo Gigante
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021 Not held
2010   Diego Junqueira
  Martín Vassallo Argüello
  Carlos Berlocq
  Sebastián Decoud
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009   Yuri Schukin
  Dmitri Sitak
  Daniele Bracciali
  Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–4, 7–6(4)
2008   Harel Levy
  Jim Thomas
  Matthias Bachinger
  Daniel Brands
6–4, 6–4
2007   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
  Steve Darcis
  Stefan Wauters
7–6(3), 6–3
2006   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
  Flavio Cipolla
  Francesco Piccari
6–4, 7–6(6)
2005   Francesco Aldi
  Tomas Tenconi
  Manuel Jorquera
  Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–3
2004   Daniele Bracciali (3)
  Giorgio Galimberti (2)
  Manuel Jorquera
  Diego Moyano
4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
2003   Daniele Bracciali (2)
  Amir Hadad
  Juan Balcells
  Juan Albert Viloca
6–2, 6–4
2002   Daniele Bracciali (1)
  Giorgio Galimberti (1)
  Cristian Brandi
  Renzo Furlan
6–3, 6–4

References edit

  1. ^ "Dal 3 al 9 Aprile il grande tennis in Liguria con il torneo ATP Challenger Sanremo". Federtennis. 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Sanremo, il torneo Atp Challenger torna nella città dei fiori dopo tredici anni di stop". Il Secolo XIX. 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ "ATP Challenger Sanremo torna dopo 10 anni". primalariviera.it. 29 March 2022.

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