2001 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2001 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[1][2]

2001 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration1 January 2001 – 9 December 2001
Edition24th
Achievements (singles)
2000
2002

Schedule

January

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.01.  Brazil Aberto de São Paulo $ 025,000 Hard Flávio Saretta Noam Okun
André Sá
22.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Michaël Llodra Sander Groen
Jack Waite
 United States Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Andy Roddick Paul Goldstein
Jim Thomas
29.01.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Michaël Llodra Julian Knowle
Lorenzo Manta

February

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.02.  Poland KGHM Polish Indoors $ 125,000 Hard (i) Axel Pretzsch Wayne Black
Jason Weir-Smith
 United States Challenger of Dallas $ 050,000 Hard Dmitry Tursunov Gavin Sontag
Jerry Turek
12.02.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Zbynek Mlynarik Julian Knowle
Lorenzo Manta
 India Mumbai Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Federico Luzzi František Čermák
Ota Fukárek
19.02.  France Challenger 42 $ 050,000 Hard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut
 Vietnam Heineken Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Petr Kralert Takao Suzuki
Eric Taino
 India The IndianOil Servo ATP Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Dennis van Scheppingen František Čermák
Radek Štěpánek
 Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Michael Kohlmann Michael Kohlmann
Michaël Llodra
 Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Jarkko Nieminen Robert Lindstedt
Fredrik Lovén
26.02.  Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Ota Fukárek Tim Crichton
Ashley Fisher
 France Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville $ 037.500 Hard (i) Orlin Stanoytchev Julian Knowle
Lorenzo Manta

March

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.03.  Japan Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships $ 025,000 Carpet (i) John van Lottum Noam Behr
Noam Okun
12.03.  Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Axel Pretzsch Frédéric Niemeyer
Radek Štěpánek
 Australia Perth Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Vasilis Mazarakis Stephen Huss
Lee Pearson
 Ecuador Abierto Internacional de Salinas $ 025,000 Hard David Nalbandian Luis Horna
David Nalbandian
19.03.  Portugal Espinho Open $ 025,000 Clay Félix Mantilla Wim Neefs
Djalmar Sistermans
 New Zealand Hamilton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Björn Rehnquist Noam Behr
Noam Okun
26.03.  Italy Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open $ 025,000 Clay Félix Mantilla Germán Puentes
Jairo Velasco Jr.

April

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.04.  United States USTA Challenger of Calabasas $ 025,000 Hard André Sá Ota Fukárek
Ivo Heuberger
09.04.  Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Martín Rodríguez Edgardo Massa
Sergio Roitman
16.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay José Acasuso Paul Goldstein
Andy Roddick

May

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.05.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Irakli Labadze James Blake
Mark Merklein
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Noam Okun Jonathan Erlich
Michaël Llodra
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Ivo Heuberger Rik de Voest
Igor Kunitsyn
14.05.  United States Belmont Farms USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Jan Vacek Mark Merklein
Mitch Sprengelmeyer
 Croatia Zagreb Open $ 050,000 Clay Jacobo Díaz Enzo Artoni
Andrés Schneiter
 Belgium Antwerp Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Dick Norman Juan Giner
Jerry Turek
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Kristian Pless Filippo Messori
Salvador Navarro
 Czech Republic ECM Prague Open $ 025,000 Clay Ctislav Doseděl Jaroslav Levinský
Michal Navrátil
21.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Giorgio Galimberti Daniel Melo
Sergio Roitman
28.05.  Romania Compaq Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Irakli Labadze Mark Merklein
Paul Rosner
 Brazil Aberto da Costa do Sauípe $ 025,000 Hard André Sá Adriano Ferreira
Daniel Melo

June

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.06.  Czech Republic Unicredit Czech Open $ 100,000 Clay Bohdan Ulihrach Andrea Gaudenzi
Sander Groen
 Germany Quelle Cup $ 050,000 Clay Germán Puentes Hugo Armando
Andrei Stoliarov
 Great Britain Surbiton Trophy $ 050,000 Grass Taylor Dent David Adams
Ben Ellwood
 United States Tallahassee Tennis Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Ramón Delgado Matthew Breen
Lee Pearson
11.06.  Italy Top Wool Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Adrian Voinea Enzo Artoni
Andrés Schneiter
 Germany ATU Cup $ 050,000 Clay Jiří Vaněk Julián Alonso
Hugo Armando
18.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Karsten Braasch
Jens Knippschild
  Switzerland Challenger Lugano $ 050,000 Clay Jiří Vaněk Steven Randjelovic
Attila Sávolt
25.06.  Andorra Open Internacional d’Andorra $ 025,000 Hard (i) Noam Okun Denis Golovanov
Tuomas Ketola
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 025,000 Clay Oliver Gross Yves Allegro
Gabriel Trifu
 Italy Memorial Savigni $ 025,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Didac Pérez
Gabriel Trujillo Soler

July

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.07.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Christophe Rochus Mark Merklein
Mitch Sprengelmeyer
 Germany Müller Cup $ 050,000 Clay Nikolay Davydenko František Čermák
David Škoch
 Brazil Intelig Tennis Cup $ 025,000 Hard Ricardo Mello Alejandro Hernández
André Sá
 France Open de Montauban $ 025,000 Clay Oliver Gross Diego del Río
Vadim Kutsenko
09.07.  Netherlands Samsung Open $ 075,000 Clay Raemon Sluiter Jordan Kerr
Grant Silcock
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger Trophy $ 050,000 Grass Jamie Delgado Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Axel Pretzsch Bobby Kokavec
Jeff Morrison
 Brazil Tess Tennis Classic $ 025,000 Clay Alessio di Mauro Edgardo Massa
Leonardo Olguín
 Italy Challenger Canottieri Mincio $ 025,000 Clay Diego Hipperdinger Stefano Galvani
Salvador Navarro
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 025,000 Clay Oliver Gross Karol Beck
Branislav Sekáč
16.07.  United States USTA Seascape Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Jeff Salzenstein Brandon Hawk
Robert Kendrick
 Great Britain Manchester Trophy $ 050,000 Grass Jean-François Bachelot Ben Ellwood
Fredrik Lovén
23.07.  Brazil Credicard Mastercard Tennis Cup $ 075,000 Hard Ramón Delgado Dejan Petrović
Andy Ram
 Finland Amer-Wilson Tampere ATP Tournament $ 050,000 Clay Jarkko Nieminen Stephen Huss
Lee Pearson
 Hungary Stella Artois Clay Court Championships $ 025,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Petr Dezort
Radomír Vašek
30.07.  San Marino San Marino CEPU Open $ 100,000 Clay Juan Antonio Marín František Čermák
David Škoch
 Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Juan Ignacio Chela Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman
 United States Fifth Third Bank Tennis Classic $ 050,000 Hard Paul Goldstein John-Laffnie de Jager
Robbie Koenig
 Brazil BH Tennis Open International Cup $ 025,000 Hard Eric Taino Dejan Petrović
Andy Ram
 Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Michael Kohlmann Gilles Elseneer
Alexander Popp

August

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.08.  Spain Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco $ 075,000 Hard Jarkko Nieminen Jordan Kerr
Grant Silcock
 United States Time Warner USTA Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Cedric Kauffmann Bobby Kokavec
Frédéric Niemeyer
 Austria Skandia Open $ 050,000 Clay Jan Vacek Aleksandar Kitinov
Todd Perry
 Brazil Gramado Open de Tênis $ 025,000 Hard Barry Cowan Dejan Petrović
Andy Ram
 Italy ATP Challenger Riviera delle Palme $ 025,000 Clay Marzio Martelli Leonardo Azzaro
Stefano Galvani
 Russia Togliatti Cup $ 025,000 Hard Alexander Peya Karol Beck
Igor Zelenay
13.08.  United States Bronx Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Björn Phau Kelly Gullett
Bobby Kokavec
 Austria CA Challenge $ 050,000 Hard Julian Knowle Tim Crichton
Todd Perry
 Poland Sopot Challenger $ 050,000 Clay David Ferrer Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Marcin Matkowski
 Brazil Brasília Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Gastón Etlis Gastón Etlis
Leonardo Olguín
 Italy Bressanone Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Renzo Furlan Massimo Bertolini
Cristian Brandi
 Germany Volvo Sylt Open $ 025,000 Clay Salvador Navarro Dennis van Scheppingen
Bobbie Altelaar
20.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Dennis van Scheppingen Diego del Río
Orlin Stanoytchev
 Brazil Ribeirão Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Adriano Ferreira
Antonio Prieto
 Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Attila Sávolt
Thomas Strengberger
 Germany BMW Challenger Open $ 025,000 Clay Jürgen Melzer Jens Knippschild
Jairo Velasco Jr.
27.08.  Brazil Telesp Celular Open $ 050,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Edgardo Massa
Flávio Saretta
 Germany Black Forest Open $ 037.500 Clay Albert Montañés Franz Stauder
Alexander Waske
 Italy Brindisi Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Federico Luzzi Daniele Bracciali
Giorgio Galimberti

September

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.09.  Ukraine Kiew Challenger $ 125,000 Clay David Sánchez Jordan Kerr
Grant Silcock
 Brazil Curitiba Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Flávio Saretta Tim Crichton
Ashley Fisher
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 037.500 Clay Simon Greul Aleksandar Kitinov
Dušan Vemić
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Stefano Galvani Amir Hadad
Lovro Zovko
10.09.  United States Tarzana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Levar Harper-Griffith Zack Fleishman
Michael Joyce
 Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Didac Pérez Oliver Marach
Jarkko Nieminen
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Vasilis Mazarakis Igor Gaudi
Stefano Galvani
 Poland Compaq Cup $ 025,000 Clay Ota Fukárek Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann
17.09.  Poland Stettin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
 Turkey TED Open $ 075,000 Hard Nikolay Davydenko Jonathan Erlich
Michaël Llodra
 Brazil Florianópolis Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Edgardo Massa Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 037.500 Clay Stefano Galvani Stefano Galvani
Vincenzo Santopadre
24.09.  Portugal Maia Open $ 125,000 Clay Jarkko Nieminen Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Djalmar Sistermans
 Slovenia Kamnik Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Željko Krajan Igor Brukner
Jaroslav Levinský
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Oleg Ogorodov Denis Golovanov
Vadim Kutsenko
 Brazil São Paulo Challenger I $ 025,000 Clay Edgardo Massa Adriano Ferreira
Edgardo Massa

October

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.10.  Italy Cagliari Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Fernando Vicente Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Álex López Morón
 France Grenoble Challenger $ 075,000 Hard (i) Johan Settergren Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
 Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Gastón Etlis
Martin Rodriguez
 United States Tulsa Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Jan Hernych Mardy Fish
Jeff Morrison
 Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 025,000 Hard John van Lottum Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Rogier Wassen
08.10.  Peru Lima Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Enzo Artoni
Daniel Melo
 Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 050,000 Clay Konstantinos Economidis Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Álex López Morón
 United States Kerrville Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Alex Kim Brandon Hawk
Robert Kendrick
15.10.  Finland Helsinki Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) George Bastl Tim Crichton
Jim Thomas
 Brazil Brasília Challenger II $ 025,000 Clay Sebastián Prieto Luis Lobo
Daniel Orsanic
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Hugo Armando Ricardo Schlachter
Rogier Wassen
22.10.  Brazil São Paulo Challenger II $ 075,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri
Edgardo Massa
 South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Lee Hyung-taik František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský
 United States Houston Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Vince Spadea Jeff Coetzee
Paul Rosner
29.10.  Chile Santiago Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Marcelo Ríos André Sá
Alexandre Simoni
 Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Alexander Popp Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann
 Great Britain Bolton Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Olivier Rochus Gilles Elseneer
Wim Neefs
 United States Burbank Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Kevin Kim Scott Humphries
Chris Woodruff
 Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki
Mitsuru Takada

November

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.11.  Slovakia Bratislava Challenger $ 100,000 Clay (i) Karol Kučera Petr Luxa
Radek Štěpánek
 Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 075,000 Clay David Nalbandian Diego del Río
Martín Vassallo Argüello
 United States UT Tyler Patriot Challenger $ 050,000 Hard Noam Okun Stephen Huss
Paul Rosner
 Germany Okal Cup $ 025,000 Carpet (i) Alexander Popp George Bastl
Neville Godwin
12.11.  Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 075,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Federico Browne
Ignacio Hirigoyen
 United States Knoxville Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) James Blake Mardy Fish
Jeff Morrison
19.11.  Venezuela Caracas Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Julian Knowle Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger $ 025,000 Hard (i) Ota Fukárek Lukáš Dlouhý
David Miketa
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Miguel Gallardo Valles Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
26.11.  Costa Rica Copa Ericsson Costa Rica $ 075,000 Hard Michael Kohlmann Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
 Italy Mailand Challenger $ 050,000 Carpet (i) Marc Rosset Nicola Bruno
Gianluca Pozzi
 United States Urbana Challenger $ 050,000 Hard (i) Ivo Karlović Mardy Fish
Jeff Morrison

December

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.12.  Brazil Rio de Janeiro Challenger $ 025,000 Clay Kristian Pless Justin Gimelstob
David Macpherson
 Thailand Bangkok Challenger $ 025,000 Hard Paradorn Srichaphan Jaroslav Levinský
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

References

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