2008 ATP Challenger Series

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The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Challenger Series includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

Contents 1 Schedule 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.

[edit] January

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
Dec 31 2007	Internationaux de Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard $75,000+H	Flavio Cipolla 6-4, 7-5	Stéphane Bohli	David Guez Jean-René Lisnard	Denis Istomin Josselyn Ouanna Augustin Gensse Kevin Anderson
		Cipolla / Vagnozzi 6-4 6-4	Mertl / Slanar
Dec 31 2007	Aberto de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil Hard $100,000+H	Thiago Alves 6-4 3-6 7-5	Carlos Berlocq	Marcos Daniel Juan Pablo Brzezicki	Thomaz Bellucci Vasilis Mazarakis Eric Gomes Franco Ferreiro
		Delgado / Soares 6-1 6-3	Dabul / Zeballos
Jan 14 2008	ATP Challenger La Serena La Serena, Chile Clay $50,000	Rubén Ramírez-Hidalgo 6-3 6-1	David Marrero	Eduardo Schwank Vasilis Mazarakis	Juan M. Aranguren Gabriel Trujillo J. A. Sánchez de Luna Nicolás Lapentti
		Lapentti / Schwank 6-4 6-0	Decoud / Villagrán
Jan 14 2008	ITG Miami challenger Miami, USA Green Clay $50,000+H	Eric Prodon 6-4 6-4	Adrian Menéndez	Ricardo Mello Kei Nishikori	Pablo Anúujar Leonardo Mayer Carlos Salamanca Ramón Delgado
		Bozoljac / Vemic 7-5 6-4	Rojer / Torres
Jan 21 2008	Intersport Heilbronn Open Heilbronn, Germany Hard (Indoor) $100,000+H	Andrey Golubev 2-6 6-1 3-1 ret.	Philipp Petzschner	Stefano Galvani Andreas Beck	Roko Karanusic Frederic Niemeyer Dominik Meffert Rik de Voest
		Voest / Reynolds 7-6(2) 6-7(5) (10-4)	Kunitsyn / Qureshi
Jan 21 2008	Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger Waikoloa, USA Hard $35,000+H	Yen-Hsun Lu 6-2 6-0	Vince Spadea	Stephane Bohli Leonardo Mayer	Go Soeda Kevin Kim Scoville Jenkins Denis Gremelmayr
		Lipsky / Martin 6-4 5-7 (10-7)	Iwabuchi / Soeda
Jan 28 2008	AT&T Challenger of Dallas Dallas, USA Hard (Indoor) $50,000	Amer Delic 6-4 7-5	Stephane Bohli	Robert Kendrick Brendan Evans	Rajeev Ram Kevin Kim Leonardo Mayer Ryan Sweeting
		Dorsch / Phau 6-4 6-4	Lipsky / Martin
Jan 28 2008	2008 China TCL Challenger Guangzhou, China Hard $50,000	Bjorn Rehnquist 2-6 7-6(4) 6-2	Danai Udomchoke	Chris Guccione David Guez	Ti Chen Philipp Oswald Laurent Recouderc Jean-Rene Lisnard
		Yu / Zeng 1-6 6-3 (10-5)	King / Udomchoke
Jan 28 2008	KGHM Dialog Polish Indoors Wroclaw, Poland Hard (Indoor) $106,500+H	Kristof Vliegen 6-4 3-6 6-3	Jurgen Melzer	Rainer Schuettler Simone Bolelli	Radek Stepanek Karol Beck Guillermo Garcia-Lopez Sergiy Stakhovsky
		Cerretani / Rosol 6-7(7) 6-3 (10-7)	Eschauer / Melzer

[edit] February

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
Feb 2 2008	Internazionali Di Tennis Di Bergamo Bergamo, Italy Hard (Indoor) $125,000+H	Andreas Seppi 2-6 6-2 7-5	Julien Benneteau	Fabrice Santoro Nicolas Mahut	Igor Kunitsyn Thierry Ascione Jeremy Chardy Edouard Roger-Vasselin
		Bolleli / Seppi 6-3 6-0	Cerretani / Zelenay
Feb 11 2008	Sony Ericcson Open 2008 Belgrade, Serbia Carpet (Indoor) €106,500+H	Roko Karanusic 5-7 6-1 7-6(5)	Philipp Petzschner	Viktor Troicki Karol Beck	Ilija Bozoljac Robert Smeets Federico Luzzi Dusan Vemic
		Cipolla / Economidis 4-6 6-2 (10-8)	Motti / Polasek
Feb 11 2008	South African Airways Open East London, South Africa Hard $125,000+H	Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(2) 6-4	Stefan Koubek	Thomas Johansson Frederico Gil	Rik De Voest Josselyn Ouanna Gary Lugassy Jeremy Chardy
		Bjorkman / Ullyett 6-2 6-2	Johansson / Koubek
Feb 18 2008	Internationaux du Doubs - Open de Franche Comte Besancon, France Hard (Indoor) €85,000+H	Marc Gicquel 7-6(2) 6-4	Alexander Peya	Karol Beck Kevin Kim	Denis Istomin Philipp Petzschner Alexandre Koudriavtsev Adrian Mannarino
		Petzschner / Peya 6-3 6-1	Allegro / Tecau
Feb 25 2008	Challenger DCNS de Cherbourg Cherbourg, France Carpet (Indoor) €42,500+H	Thierry Ascione 7-5 7-6(5)	Kristian Pless	Adrian Mannarino Alex Bogdanovic	Lukas Dlouhy David Guez Lukas Lacko Kevin Kim
		Mergea / Tecau 7-5 7-5	Scherrer / Torres
Feb 25 2008	Challenger Providencia - Copa Kia Santiago, Chile Clay $35,000 +H	Thomaz Bellucci 6-4 7-6(3)	Eduardo Schwank	Joao Souza Diego Junqueira	Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo Simone Vagnozzi Sebastian Decoud Peter Polansky
		Hood / Schwank 6-3 6-3	Dabul / Rojer
Feb 25 2008	Volkswagen Challenger Wolfsburg, Germany Clay (Indoor) $30,000 +H	Louk Sorensen 7-6(7) 4-6 6-4	Farrukh Dustov	Mikhail Kukushkin Daniel Brands	Jesse Huta Galung Andreas Beck Mikhail Ledovskikh Simon Stadler
		Ball / Merwe 7-6(5) 6-3	Bloomfield / Skupski

[edit] March

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semi finalists	Quarter finalists
Mar 3 2008	Bancolombia Open Bogota, Colombia Clay $125,000+H	Marcos Daniel 6-3 1-6 6-3	Ivan Navarro-Pastor	Martin Vassallo-Arguello Daniel Koellerer	Diego Hartfield Robert Kendrick Juan Sebastian Cabal Fernando Vicente
		Dabul / Delgado 7-6 6-4	Belucci / Soares
Mar 3 2008	Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships Kyoto, Japan Carpet $35,000+H	Go Soeda 7-6 2-6 6-4	Matthias Bachinger	Yen-Hsun Lu Martin Slanar	Daniel Brands Richard Bloomfield Brendan Evans Robert Smeets
		Kindlmann / Slanar 6-1 7-5	Kondo / Soeda
Mar 10 2008	Abierto Internacional de Salinas Salinas, Ecuador Hard $35,000+H	Ivan Miranda 6-2 6-2	Diego Junqueira	Ramon Delgado Paolo Lorenzi	Brian Dabul Jesse Witten Hugo Armando Eduardo Schwank
		Silva / Zampieri 7-6 6-2	Decoud / Norman
Mar 10 2008	Morocco Tennis Tour - Tanger Tanger, Morocco Clay €30,000+H	Marcel Granollers 6-4 6-4	Daniel Gimeno	Christophe Rochus Rainer Eitzinger	Denis Istomin Alberto Martin Jan Minar Mounir El Aarej
		Lopez / Trujillo	Jaen / Navarro-Pastor
Mar 17 2008	Morocco Tennis Tour - Meknes Meknes, Morocco Clay €30,000+H	Ivan Navarro-Pastor 6-4 6-4	Jiri Vanek	Thierry Ascione Alberto Martin	Denis Istomin Christophe Rochus Marc Lopez Jeremy Chardy
		Martin / Nava	Elgin / Schukin

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[edit] November

+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

[edit] See also

• 2008 in tennis
• 2008 WTA Tour
• ATP International Series Gold
• ATP International Series
• 2008 ATP Tour

[edit] External links

• Official ATP Tour website

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