Geneva Open Challenger

The Geneva Open Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Geneva, Switzerland since 1988. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour. Previously played on outdoor clay courts, it has been played indoors on hard GreenSet courts since 2011, at Sport Center of the Queue d'Arve. Originally, it was held at the Drizia-Miremont Tennis Club. Two-time Swiss champion Stanislas Wawrinka would later enter the world top 10 in the ATP rankings in 2008.

Geneva Open Challenger
2014 Geneva Open Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
LocationGeneva, Switzerland
VenueSport Center of the Queue d'Arve
CategoryATP Challenger Series
SurfaceHard / GreenSet / Indoors
Draw32S/16Q/16D
Prize money€100,000
WebsiteWebsite

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) awarded the Jim McManus Challenger Award to the tournament in 2013. This award honors the best challenger tournament in the world.[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2014 Márcos Baghdatís Michał Przysiężny6-1, 4-6, 6-3
2013 Malek Jaziri Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 6–3
2012 Marc Gicquel Matthias Bachinger3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011 Malek Jaziri Mischa Zverev4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2010 Grigor Dimitrov Pablo Andújar6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2009 Dominik Meffert Benjamin Balleret6–3, 6–1
2008 Kristof Vliegen Yuri Schukin6–2, 6–1
2007 Yuri Schukin Jesse Huta Galung6–3, 6–2
2006 Jérôme Haehnel Chris Guccione7–6, 4–6, 6–3
2005 Werner Eschauer Damián Patriarca6–3, 6–1
2004 Stanislas Wawrinka Christophe Rochus4–6, 6–4, RET.
2003 Stanislas Wawrinka Emilio Benfele Álvarez6–1, 7–5
2002 Kristof Vliegen Galo Blanco6–2, 6–2
2001 Dennis van Scheppingen Željko Krajan6–3, 6–2
2000 Nicolas Thomann Álex Calatrava6–4, 6–7, 6–1
1999 Michel Kratochvil Orlin Stanoytchev6–0, 6–1
1998 Joan Albert Viloca Younes El Aynaoui6–3, 6–4
1997 Andrea Gaudenzi Alberto Martín6–2, 6–1
1996 Marcelo Charpentier Oliver Gross6–2, 3–1, RET.
1995 Younes El Aynaoui Karim Alami6–1, 6–4
1994 José Francisco Altur Martín Rodríguez7–6, 6–4
1993 Gabriel Markus Karol Kučera3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1992 Sergio Cortes Filip Dewulf6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1991 Marcos Aurelio Górriz Dinu Pescariu6–3, 6–2
1990 Roberto Argüello Daniel Orsanic6–3, 6–0
1989 Gilad Bloom Arnaud Boetsch6–4, 6–1
1988 Gustavo Giussani Simone Colombo6–4, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2014 Johan Brunström
Nicholas Monroe
Olivier Marach
Philipp Oswald
5-7, 7-5, 10-6
2013 Olivier Marach
Florin Mergea
Frantisek Cermak
Philipp Oswald
6-4, 6-3
2012 Johan Brunström
Raven Klaasen
Philipp Marx
Florin Mergea
7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
2011 Igor Andreev
Evgeny Donskoy
James Cerretani
Adil Shamasdin
7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
2010 Gero Kretschmer
Alex Satschko
Philipp Oswald
Martin Slanar
6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
2009 Diego Álvarez
Juan-Martín Aranguren
Henri Laaksonen
Philipp Oswald
6–4, 4–6, [10–2]
2008 Daniel Köllerer
Frank Moser
Rameez Junaid
Philipp Marx
7–6, 3–6, [10–8]
2007 Sebastián Decoud
Yuri Schukin
James Cerretani
Olivier Charroin
6–3, 6–7, [10–4]
2006 Michal Navrátil
Yuri Schukin
Konstantinos Economidis
Lovro Zovko
1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2005 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Santiago Ventura
Stéphane Bohli
Roman Valent
6–3, 7–5
2004 Tomáš Cibulec
David Škoch
Werner Eschauer
Herbert Wiltschnig
6–2, 6–4
2003 Álex López Morón
Andrés Schneiter
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Philipp Petzschner
6–4, 5–7, 7–6
2002 Victor Hănescu
Leonardo Olguín
Andrés Schneiter
Orlin Stanoytchev
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001 Diego del Río
Orlin Stanoytchev
Feliciano López
Francisco Roig
2–6, 7–6, 7–6
2000 Diego del Río
Edgardo Massa
Yves Allegro
Julien Cuaz
7–5, 7–6
1999 Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Álex López Morón
Paul Hanley
Nathan Healey
7–5, 6–3
1998 Rikard Bergh
Jens Knippschild
Michal Tabara
Radomír Vašek
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1997 Diego del Río
Mariano Puerta
Guillaume Marx
Olivier Morel
6–3, 6–4
1996 Patrick Baur
Jens Knippschild
George Bastl
Michel Kratochvil
6–1, 6–1
1995 Clinton Ferreira
Gábor Köves
Stéphane Manai
Patrick Mohr
6–4, 6–2
1994 Luis Lobo
Daniel Orsanic
Brett Dickinson
Glenn Wilson
1–6, 7–6, 6–4
1993 Jan Apell
Nicklas Utgren
Claudio Mezzadri
Christian Miniussi
6–4, 6–2
1992 Filip Dewulf
Tom Vanhoudt
Alfonso González-Mora
Marcelo Rebolledo
6–3, 6–2
1991 Vladimer Gabrichidze
Martin Střelba
Roberto Argüello
Christian Miniussi
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990 Henrik Holm
Nils Holm
Branislav Stanković
Richard Vogel
3–6, 7–5, 7–6
1989 Peter Ballauff
Ugo Pigato
Arnaud Boetsch
Slava Doseděl
6–4, 6–3
1988 Nevio Devide
Stefano Mezzadri
Mihnea-Ion Năstase
Srinivasan Vasudevan
7–6, 4–6, 6–4

References

  1. Arnaud Cerutti, « Le Geneva Open honoré », La Tribune de Genève, 20 March 2014
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