Sanremo Challenger

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The Sanremo Challenger, previously known as Sanremo Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Sanremo in Sanremo, Italy, since 2002. After a hiatus of 10 years, it came back in 2022 with a new edition.[1][2][3]

Sanremo Challenger
2022 Sanremo Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameSanremo
LocationSanremo, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Sanremo
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money€45,000 (2022)
Websitetennissanremo.it/
Current champions (2022)
SinglesDenmark Holger Rune
DoublesFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
Eventual 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took the singles title in 2005, competing for Serbia and Montenegro
Potito Starace was the first Italian player to clinch the singles title in 2004

Daniele Bracciali has won most titles, 3 times, in doubles.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2023 Luca Van Assche Juan Pablo Varillas6–1, 6–3
2022 Holger Rune Francesco Passaro6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011–2021Not held
2010 Gastón Gaudio Martín Vassallo Argüello7–5,6–0
2009 Kevin Anderson Blaž Kavčič2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2008 Diego Junqueira Máximo González6–2, 6–4
2007 Francesco Aldi Fabio Fognini7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
2006 Olivier Patience Stefano Galvani6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8)
2005 Novak Djokovic Francesco Aldi6–3, 7–6(4)
2004 Potito Starace Peter Wessels6–4, 6–4
2003 Tomas Behrend Werner Eschauer6–4, 6–2
2002 Oliver Gross Renzo Furlan6–4, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2023 Victor Vlad Cornea
Franko Škugor
Nikola Ćaćić
Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
2022 Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Alexandre Müller
Flavio Cobolli
Matteo Gigante
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021Not held
2010 Diego Junqueira
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Carlos Berlocq
Sebastián Decoud
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009 Yuri Schukin
Dmitri Sitak
Daniele Bracciali
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–4, 7–6(4)
2008 Harel Levy
Jim Thomas
Matthias Bachinger
Daniel Brands
6–4, 6–4
2007 Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
Steve Darcis
Stefan Wauters
7–6(3), 6–3
2006 Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut
Flavio Cipolla
Francesco Piccari
6–4, 7–6(6)
2005 Francesco Aldi
Tomas Tenconi
Manuel Jorquera
Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–3
2004 Daniele Bracciali (3)
Giorgio Galimberti (2)
Manuel Jorquera
Diego Moyano
4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
2003 Daniele Bracciali (2)
Amir Hadad
Juan Balcells
Juan Albert Viloca
6–2, 6–4
2002 Daniele Bracciali (1)
Giorgio Galimberti (1)
Cristian Brandi
Renzo Furlan
6–3, 6–4

References