Volkswagen Challenger

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 name	Volkswagen Challenger
Founded	1993
Abolished	2012
Editions	19
Location	Wolfsburg, Germany
Venue	Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Carpet (indoor)
Draw	32S/29Q/16D
Website	Official 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

Singles

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

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

External links

• Official website