Sanremo Tennis Cup

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)
Singles Holger Rune
Doubles Geoffrey Blancaneaux
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
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2022 Holger Rune Francesco Passaro6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011- 2021 Not 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
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2022 Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Alexandre Müller		 Flavio Cobolli
Matteo Gigante		4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021 Not 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
  1. "Dal 3 al 9 Aprile il grande tennis in Liguria con il torneo ATP Challenger Sanremo". Federtennis. 31 March 2022.
  2. "Sanremo, il torneo Atp Challenger torna nella città dei fiori dopo tredici anni di stop". Il Secolo XIX. 31 March 2022.
  3. "ATP Challenger Sanremo torna dopo 10 anni". primalariviera.it. 29 March 2022.
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