2002 ATP Challenger Series

2002 ATP Challenger Series

Details
Duration	31 December 2001 – 8 December 2002
Edition	25th
Tournaments	122
Achievements (singles)
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The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2002 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 122 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

Schedule

January

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
31.12. 2001	Brazil	Aberto de São Paulo	$ 025,000	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	Brandon Coupe Frédéric Niemeyer
21.01.	Germany	Heilbronn Open	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Alexander Popp	Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg
	United States	Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	James Blake	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner
28.01.	France	Internationaux de Tennis de Brest	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Irakli Labadze	Ben Ellwood Stephen Huss
	United States	Challenger of Dallas	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Jeff Morrison	Giorgio Galimberti Frédéric Niemeyer
	Germany	Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Raemon Sluiter	Grégory Carraz Nicolas Mahut

February

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.02.	Poland	KGHM Polish Indoors	$ 150,000	Hard (i)	Davide Sanguinetti	Ben Ellwood Stephen Huss
	United States	Joplin Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Jack Brasington	Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries
	Serbia	Belgrade Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Mario Ančić	Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko
	Germany	Volkswagen Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jakub Herm-Záhlava	Jan Hernych Shaun Rudman
18.02.	France	Challenger 42	$ 075,000	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer
	Great Britain	Hull Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Denis Golovanov	Michael Kohlmann Michaël Llodra
25.02.	Vietnam	Heineken Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Amir Hadad Alexander Peya
	France	Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville	$ 037.500	Hard (i)	Lionel Roux	Noam Behr Jonathan Erlich
	Germany	Warsteiner Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Raemon Sluiter	Mark Merklein Paul Rosner

March

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.03.	Japan	Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Takao Suzuki	Tuomas Ketola Alexander Waske
	Germany	Residenza Open Magdeburg	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Dick Norman	Franz Stauder Orest Tereshchuk
11.03.	United States	North Miami Beach Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Vince Spadea	Eric Nunez Graydon Oliver
	Australia	Gosford Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Louis Vosloo	Yves Allegro Justin Bower
	Japan	Osaka Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Karol Beck Cedric Kauffmann
	Ecuador	Abierto Internacional de Salinas	$ 025,000	Hard	Iván Miranda	Brandon Coupe Jeff Salzenstein
18.03.	New Zealand	Hamilton Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Brian Vahaly	Jaymon Crabb Peter Luczak
	Italy	Olbia Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Didac Pérez	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre
25.03.	Mexico	San Luis Potosí Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dick Norman	Dick Norman Orlin Stanoytchev
	Italy	Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi

April

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.04.	Tunisia	TCT Open	$ 075,000	Clay	Raemon Sluiter	Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter
	United States	Tarzana Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Eric Taino	George Bastl Neville Godwin
	Mexico	León Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Alexander Waske	Noam Behr Ota Fukárek
08.04.	United States	USTA Challenger of Calabasas	$ 050,000	Hard	Michael Chang	Paul Rosner Glenn Weiner
	Italy	San Remo Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Oliver Gross	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
15.04.	Bermuda	XL Bermuda Open	$ 100,000	Clay	Flávio Saretta	George Bastl Neville Godwin
22.04.	Italy	Naples Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	David Ferrer	Gabriel Trifu Vladimir Voltchkov
29.04.	Italy	Rome Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	Gabriel Trifu Vladimir Voltchkov

May

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.05.	United States	Birmingham Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Alex Kim	Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison
	Great Britain	Edinburgh Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Alexandre Simoni	Jeff Coetzee Myles Wakefield
	Slovenia	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Arnaud Di Pasquale	Mariano Hood Edgardo Massa
13.05.	Czech Republic	ECM Prague Open	$ 050,000	Clay	Olivier Patience	František Čermák Ota Fukárek
	Croatia	Zagreb Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Luis Horna	Dick Norman Tom Vanhoudt
	Spain	Valencia Challenger	$ 037.500	Clay	David Ferrer	Tim Crichton Todd Perry
	Uzbekistan	Fergana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Jimmy Wang	Rik de Voest Dirk Stegmann
	United States	Rocky Mount Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Robby Ginepri	Mark Merklein Eric Taino
20.05.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger I	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Delfino	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský
27.05.	Italy	Turin Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Martin Verkerk	Victor Hănescu Óscar Hernández

June

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.06.	Czech Republic	Unicredit Czech Open	$ 100,000	Clay	Guillermo Coria	František Čermák Ota Fukárek
	Germany	Schickedanz Open	$ 050,000	Clay	Luis Horna	Salvador Navarro Gabriel Trujillo Soler
	United States	Surbiton Trophy	$ 050,000	Grass	Jeff Morrison	André Sá Jim Thomas
	United States	Tallahassee Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Brian Vahaly	Levar Harper-Griffith Jeff Williams
10.06.	Italy	Biella Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Giorgio Galimberti Dominik Hrbatý
	Germany	ATU Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Luis Horna	Jens Knippschild Dušan Vemić
17.06.	Germany	Nord/LB Open	$ 125,000	Clay	David Sánchez	Mariano Hood Luis Horna
	Switzerland	Lugano Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Guillermo Coria	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Giorgio Galimberti
24.06.	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Dick Norman	Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman
	Germany	Wartburg Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk
	Italy	Sassuolo Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	David Ferrer	Leonardo Azzaro Potito Starace

July

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.07.	Germany	Müller Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Oliver Gross	Leoš Friedl David Škoch
	Italy	Mantova Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti
	France	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Richard Gasquet	Oliver Marach Oleg Ogorodov
08.07.	Great Britain	West of England Tennis	$ 050,000	Grass	Karol Beck	Dejan Petrović Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
	Canada	Granby Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Peter Luczak	Noam Behr Michael Joyce
	Netherlands	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Raemon Sluiter	Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk
	Germany	Oberstaufen Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Nicolas Thomann	Jaime Fillol Jr. Ricardo Schlachter
15.07.	United States	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Brian Vahaly	Amir Hadad Martín Vassallo Argüello
	Great Britain	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Vladimir Voltchkov	Karol Beck Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
	Russia	Togliatti Cup	$ 025,000	Hard	Alexander Peya	Philipp Mukhometov Dmitry Vlasov
22.07.	Brazil	Campos Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Ricardo Mello	Alejandro Hernández Daniel Melo
	Netherlands	Hilversum Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	Stefano Pescosolido Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
	Hungary	Budaors Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Diego Moyano	Hermes Gamonal Adrián García
	Finland	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	Doug Bohaboy Nick Rainey
29.07.	San Marino	San Marino Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	José Acasuso	Leoš Friedl David Škoch
	Spain	Segovia Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Olivier Mutis	Tim Crichton Todd Perry
	United States	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Scott Draper	Jack Brasington Glenn Weiner
	Brazil	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Ricardo Mello	Daniel Melo Marcelo Melo
	Russia	St. Petersburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Sergio Roitman	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský
	Great Britain	Wrexham Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Lars Burgsmüller	Stefano Pescosolido Gianluca Pozzi

August

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.08.	Spain	Córdoba Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Jean-François Bachelot	Ota Fukárek Paul Rosner
	United States	Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament	$ 050,000	Hard	Scott Draper	Paul Goldstein Scott Humphries
	Brazil	Gramado Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Júlio Silva	Alessandro Guevara Dejan Petrović
	Italy	Trani Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Delfino	Mariano Delfino Roberto Álvarez
12.08.	United States	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Mardy Fish	Jamie Delgado Arvind Parmar
	Austria	Graz Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Olivier Mutis	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
19.08.	Switzerland	Geneva Challenger	$ 037.500	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	Victor Hănescu Leonardo Olguín
	Italy	Manerbio Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	David Ferrer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
26.08.	Italy	Brindisi Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Mariano Delfino Sergio Roitman
	Germany	Black Forest Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Diego del Río Leonardo Olguín

September

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.09.	Ukraine	Kyiv Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Irakli Labadze	Federico Browne Fred Hemmes
	Germany	Rhein-Main Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Olivier Mutis	Diego del Río Andrés Schneiter
	Romania	Brașov Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Christopher Kas Herbert Wiltschnig
09.09.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger II	$ 025,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Paul Baccanello Sergio Roitman
	Ukraine	Donetsk Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Federico Browne	Leonardo Azzaro Federico Browne
	Bulgaria	Sofia Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Christopher Kas Oliver Marach
16.09.	Poland	Szczecin Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	José Acasuso Andrés Schneiter
	Turkey	Istanbul Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Petr Luxa	Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko
	United States	Waco Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Hermes Gamonal	Huntley Montgomery Ryan Sachire
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Not completed	Jaroslav Levinský Yuri Schukin
23.09.	United States	Tulsa Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein
	Portugal	Maia Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Victor Hănescu	Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman
	Uzbekistan	Samarkand Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Vasilis Mazarakis	Federico Browne Rogier Wassen
30.09.	United States	Fresno Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Scott Draper	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips
	France	Grenoble Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Todd Larkham Michael Tebbutt
	Spain	Seville Challenger	$ 037.500	Clay	Olivier Mutis	Mariano Hood Luis Horna
	Uzbekistan	Bukhara Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	John van Lottum	Yves Allegro Marco Chiudinelli

October

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.10.	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Mariano Hood
	Ecuador	Quito Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Dick Norman	Hugo Armando Kepler Orellana
14.10.	Egypt	Cairo Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Stefano Galvani	Karsten Braasch Tomas Behrend
	Canada	Burbank Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Robby Ginepri	Björn Rehnquist Louis Vosloo
21.10.	South Korea	Seoul Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Werner Eschauer	Jaymon Crabb Mark Nielsen
	United States	San Antonio Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Mardy Fish	Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick
28.10.	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Franco Squillari	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
	Germany	Lambertz Open by STAWAG	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Vladimir Voltchkov	Jim Thomas Tom Vanhoudt
	United States	Azalea Orthopedic Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Paul Goldstein	Peter Luczak Dmitry Tursunov
	Great Britain	Nottingham Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Gilles Elseneer	Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss
	Réunion	Réunion Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Federico Browne	Federico Browne Jonathan Erlich

November

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.11.	Slovakia	Bratislava Challenger	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Antony Dupuis	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein
	Germany	Okal Cup	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Lars Burgsmüller	Yves Allegro Lovro Zovko
11.11.	Finland	Helsinki Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	Mario Ančić Lovro Zovko
	United States	Knoxville Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Netherlands Martin Verkerk	Dmitry Tursunov Martin Verkerk
18.11.	United States	Champaign Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Robby Ginepri	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner
	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger II	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Mario Ančić	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský
	Mexico	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Miguel Gallardo Valles Alejandro González
25.11.	Italy	Milan Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Mario Ančić	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti
	Japan	Yokohama Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet	Lee Hyung-taik	Lu Yen-hsun Danai Udomchoke

December

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.12.	Thailand	Bangkok Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	John van Lottum	Anthony Ross Grant Silcock