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1996 ATP Challenger Series

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1996 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration22 January 1996 – 15 December 1996
Edition19th
Tournaments98
Achievements (singles)
1995
1997

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[1][2]

Schedule

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January

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
22.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) United States Chris Woodruff Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
29.01.  Germany Lippstadt Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Hendrik Dreekmann United States T. J. Middleton
United States Chris Woodruff

February

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.02.  Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Italy Gianluca Pozzi Germany Dirk Dier
Germany Arne Thoms
12.02.  Germany Hambühren Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Jens Knippschild United States Jim Pugh
Netherlands Joost Winnink
19.02.  France Cherbourg Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Sweden Magnus Gustafsson South Africa Marius Barnard
United States Bill Behrens
 Uruguay Punta del Este Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Félix Mantilla Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Brazil Jaime Oncins
26.02.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 125,000 Carpet (i) Denmark Kenneth Carlsen Czech Republic Tomáš Krupa
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
 Ecuador Salinas Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Spain Óscar Martínez Venezuela Juan Carlos Bianchi
Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran

March

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.03.  United States Indian Wells Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Australia Jason Stoltenberg United States Brett Hansen-Dent
United States Brian MacPhie
 Sweden Bromma Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Belgium Johan Van Herck United Kingdom Andrew Foster
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford
18.03.  Morocco Agadir Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Norway Christian Ruud United States Jared Palmer
South Africa Christo van Rensburg

April

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.04.  United States West Bloomfield Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) South Africa Grant Stafford Sweden Rikard Bergh
United States Shelby Cannon
 Mexico Puerto Vallarta Challenger $ 025,000 Hard United States Geoff Grant United States Francisco Montana
United States Jack Waite
08.04.  Italy Napoli Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Spain Félix Mantilla Italy Omar Camporese
Italy Diego Nargiso
 Japan Nagoya Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Takao Suzuki
15.04.  Malta Malta Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Morocco Hicham Arazi Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Mexico Óscar Ortiz
22.04.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Mariano Zabaleta Argentina Javier Frana
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard France Stéphane Simian India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Galo Blanco United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
29.04.  Uzbekistan Andijan Challenger $ 025,000 Hard South Africa Grant Stafford United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah

May

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.05.  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Morocco Hicham Arazi Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 050,000 Hard South Africa Grant Stafford India Neville Godwin
India Leander Paes
 Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Czech Republic David Škoch Argentina Marcelo Charpentier
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
13.05.  Germany Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup $ 050,000 Clay Sweden Patrik Fredriksson Sweden Ola Kristiansson
Sweden Mårten Renström
20.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 075,000 Clay Argentina Hernán Gumy Portugal Nuno Marques
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
27.05.  Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
Netherlands Fernon Wibier

June

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.06.  Germany Quelle Cup $ 100,000 Clay Morocco Hicham Arazi Australia Joshua Eagle
Netherlands Tom Kempers
 Germany Annenheim Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Germany Alex Rădulescu Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Michael Tebbutt
 Colombia Medellín Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Colombia Mauricio Hadad Ecuador Pablo Campana
Egypt Tamer El-Sawy
10.06.  Colombia Cali Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Colombia Mauricio Hadad United States Brett Hansen-Dent
United States T. J. Middleton
 Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Armenia Sargis Sargsian United States Donald Johnson
United States Jack Waite
 Germany ATU Cup $ 025,000 Clay Sweden Tomas Nydahl United States Jon Leach
Italy Mosé Navarra
17.06.  Slovakia Košice Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Spain Marcos Górriz France Olivier Delaître
United States Jeff Tarango
 Colombia Bogotá Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Brazil Roberto Jabali United States Brett Hansen-Dent
United States T. J. Middleton
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
24.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild

July

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.07.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Alberto Berasategui Italy Federico Mordegan
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
 Germany Müller Cup $ 050,000 Clay Belgium Kris Goossens Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
 France Montauban Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Romania Andrei Pavel France Gilles Bastié
Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran
08.07.  Belgium Ostend Challenger $ 075,000 Clay France Thierry Champion Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Australia Ben Ellwood Czech Republic Petr Pála
United Kingdom Andrew Richardson
 Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Brazil Roberto Jabali Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Mexico Òscar Ortiz
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay Germany Jens Knippschild Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
15.07.  Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 050,000 Grass Australia Ben Ellwood Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Lior Mor
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Ecuador Pablo Campana Ecuador Pablo Campana
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen United States Brandon Coupe
South Africa Paul Rosner
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
22.07.  United States Aptos Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Canada Albert Chang Canada Sébastien Leblanc
Canada Jocelyn Robichaud
29.07.  Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Spain Ignacio Truyol United Kingdom Mark Petchey
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford
 Italy Merano Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Portugal João Cunha e Silva
Portugal Nuno Marques
 United States Lexington Challenger $ 050,000 Hard United States Steve Bryan United States Geoff Grant
South Africa Grant Stafford

August

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.08.  Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard France Jérôme Golmard Spain Jordi Burillo
Spain Emilio Sánchez
 United States Binghamton Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Italy Vincenzo Santopadre United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Jeff Salzenstein
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Brazil Jaime Oncins Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
 Czech Republic Pilzen Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Czech Republic Jan Kodeš Jr.
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
12.08.  Poland Poznań Challenger $ 100,000 Clay France Thierry Champion Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
 United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Egypt Tamer El-Sawy United States David DiLucia
United States Scott Humphries
 Spain Alicante Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Spain José Antonio Conde
Portugal Nuno Marques
19.08.  Austria Graz Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca Argentina Pablo Albano
Hungary László Markovits
  Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Argentina Marcelo Charpentier Germany Patrick Baur
Germany Jens Knippschild
26.08.  Germany Alpirsbach Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Sweden Magnus Norman Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Spain Juan Antonio Marín Puerto Rico José Frontera
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov

September

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.09.  Aruba Aruba Challenger $ 125,000 Hard United States Vince Spadea India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
 Uzbekistan Tashkent Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Spain Félix Mantilla Argentina Marcelo Charpentier
Spain Albert Portas
 Czech Republic Prostějov Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Russia Andrei Cherkasov Germany Mathias Huning
United States Jack Waite
 Portugal Azores Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Portugal Nuno Marques Netherlands Marcus Hilpert
Germany Christian Saceanu
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Romania Dinu Pescariu Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu
09.09.  Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 050,000 Clay Romania Răzvan Sabău Hungary László Markovits
Hungary Attila Sávolt
 Italy Olbia Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Italy Omar Camporese Italy Nicola Bruno
France Stéphane Simian
 India Chennai Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
16.09.  Yugoslavia Budva Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
 Portugal Oporto Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Australia Richard Fromberg Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Nuno Marques
 Germany Bad Saarow Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Sweden Magnus Norman Germany Jens Knippschild
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
23.09.  United States Urbana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) United States Justin Gimelstob United States David DiLucia
United States Scott Humphries
 China Beijing Challenger $ 025,000 Hard South Korea Yoon Yong-il India Mahesh Bhupathi
Australia Peter Tramacchi
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 025,000 Clay Spain Francisco Roig Sweden Ola Kristiansson
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 North Macedonia Skopje Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Sweden Lars Jönsson Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
30.09.  Mexico Monterrey Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Armenia Sargis Sargsian
United States Michael Sell

October

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Uruguay Marcelo Filippini Not completed
14.10.  Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Brazil Fernando Meligeni Spain Alberto Berasategui
Spain Germán Puentes
 Spain Mallorca Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
 Japan Tanagura Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Sweden Patrik Fredriksson United States Brian MacPhie
The Bahamas Roger Smith
21.10.  France Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) France Guillaume Raoux United States Donald Johnson
United States Mark Keil
 South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Brazil Jaime Oncins South Korea Lee Hyung-taik
South Korea Yoon Yong-il
28.10.  Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Hard (i) Russia Alexander Volkov South Africa Robbie Koenig
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
 India Ahmedabad Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Portugal Nuno Marques India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes

November

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.11.  Germany Neumünster Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Germany Arne Thoms Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
11.11.  Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) United States Justin Gimelstob Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
 Brazil Campinas Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
 Réunion Réunion Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Sweden Patrik Fredriksson Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
France Fabrice Santoro
18.11.  United States Austin Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Armenia Sargis Sargsian Armenia Sargis Sargsian
United States Michael Sell
 Mauritius Mauritius Challenger $ 025,000 Grass Italy Leander Paes Germany Patrick Baur
Netherlands Joost Winnink
 Slovenia Portorož Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Italy Gianluca Pozzi Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Mexico Alejandro Hernández Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
25.11.  United States Amarillo Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Armenia Sargis Sargsian Belarus Max Mirnyi
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

December

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Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.12.  United States Daytona Beach Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Russia Andrei Cherkasov United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Jeff Salzenstein
 Chile Santiago Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Cañas Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
09.12.  Australia Perth Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Australia Richard Fromberg Australia Jamie Holmes
Australia Andrew Painter

References

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  1. ^ "Results Archive". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "ITF Men's World Tour Calendar". www.itftennis.com.