Budapest Challenger (May)

The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the earlier one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in May. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest, Hungary, from 1994 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the USTA LA Tennis Open.[3] The most successful players were Hernán Gumy with two singles titles and Nuno Marques with three doubles titles.

This article is about ATP event. For the historical tournament, see Hungarian Tennis Championships. For the Challenger in September, see Budapest Challenger (September).
Budapest Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
TourATP Challenger Series
Founded1994
Abolished2005
LocationBudapest, Hungary
VenueRómai Teniszakadémia
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (Red)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$25,000+H
Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won the tournament in 2004, which was his first career title[1]
Serbia's Janko Tipsarević reached the semifinals in 2005[2]
Jarkko Nieminen was a runner-up in 2001
Flooded courts in 2006

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2005 Răzvan Sabău Jean-Claude Scherrer6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2004 Novak Djokovic Daniele Bracciali6–1, 6–2
2003 Johan Settergren Boris Pašanski7–5, 6–4
2002 Mariano Delfino Quino Muñoz6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2001 Giorgio Galimberti Jarkko Nieminen6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2000 Edwin Kempes Jérôme Golmard6–4 retired
1999Not held
1998 Marcos Ondruska Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1997 Steven Randjelovic Quino Muñoz4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1996 Hernán Gumy Karim Alami2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995 Jiří Novák Félix Mantilla Botella6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1994 Hernán Gumy Francisco Montana6–4, 6–2

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2005 Stephen Huss
Johan Landsberg		 Amir Hadad
Harel Levy		7–6(7–4), 6–1
2004 Kornél Bardóczky
Gergely Kisgyörgy		 Daniele Bracciali
Manuel Jorquera		6–4, 6–2
2003 Kornél Bardóczky
Gergely Kisgyörgy		 Thomas Blake
Jason Marshall		7–6(7–4), 6–0
2002 Karol Beck
Jaroslav Levinský		 Mariano Hood
Sebastián Prieto		3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2001 Daniel Melo
Sergio Roitman		 Jordan Kerr
Damien Roberts		6–2, 6–4
2000 Thomas Shimada
Myles Wakefield		 Irakli Labadze
Dinu Pescariu		6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1999Not held
1998 Chris Haggard
Paul Rosner		 Diego del Río
Grant Silcock		6–4, 6–2
1997 Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt		 Aleksandar Kitinov
Greg Van Emburgh		2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1996 Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt		 Eyal Ran
Laurence Tieleman		6–4, 6–1
1995 Pablo Albano
Hendrik Jan Davids		 Matt Lucena
Rikard Bergh		6–4, 6–4
1994 Nuno Marques
João Cunha e Silva		 Gábor Köves
László Markovits		6–, 6–4, 7–6

See also

References
  1. Lass, Gábor (2011-06-29). "A magyar tenisz végvára" [Last resort of Hungarian tennis]. demokrata.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Magyar Demokrata. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  2. "Szabad hétvége" [Free weekend]. magyarszo.com (in Hungarian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Magyar Szó. 18 September 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. "Árvíz 2010" [2010 flood]. rta.hu (in Hungarian). Budapest, Hungary: Római Teniszakadémia. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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