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1997 ATP Challenger Series

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1997 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration6 January 1997 – 14 December 1997
Edition20th
Tournaments107
Achievements (singles)
1996
1998

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.[1][2]

Schedule

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January

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

February

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

March

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

April

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

May

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

June

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

July

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

August

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

September

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

October

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

November

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

December

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

References

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