Tennis tour
2006 ATP Challenger Series Duration 2 January 2006 – 3 December 2006 Edition 29th Tournaments 160
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2006 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 161 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
03.04.
United States
Tallahassee Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Mardy Fish
Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner
Mexico
Aguascalientes Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro Martín Vassallo Argüello
Italy
Monza Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Tomas Tenconi
10.04.
Brazil
Florianopolis Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Diego Junqueira
Cristian Villagrán Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Mexico
San Luis Potosí Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Rainer Eitzinger
Daniel Garza Dawid Olejniczak
United States
Valencia Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Frédéric Niemeyer
John Paul Fruttero Sam Warburg
17.04.
Bermuda
Bermuda Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Fernando Vicente
Tomáš Cibulec Robert Lindstedt
Great Britain
Cardiff Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Jan Vacek
Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya
Switzerland
Chiasso Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Werner Eschauer
Leonardo Azzaro Lovro Zovko
India
Chikmagalur Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Danai Udomchoke
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Mexico
León Challenger I
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Phillip Simmonds
Juan Manuel Elizondo Miguel Gallardo Valles
24.04.
Colombia
Bogotá Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Alejandro Falla
Eric Butorac Chris Drake
Italy
Bergamo Challenger II
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
Jan Hájek Jaroslav Pospíšil
India
PVG Open
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Viktor Troicki
Kamil Čapkovič Lukáš Lacko
Spain
Lanzarote Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Filip Prpic
Grégory Carraz Jean-Michel Pequery
Mexico
León Challenger II
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Rik de Voest
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos André Ghem
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
01.05.
Tunisia
Tunis Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Lamine Ouahab
Daniel Gimeno Traver Iván Navarro
United States
Atlanta Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Diego Hartfield
Hugo Armando André Sá
Czech Republic
Ostrava Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Ivo Minář
Jaroslav Pospíšil Pavel Šnobel
Italy
Rome Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Oliver Marach
Konstantinos Economidis Amir Hadad
Spain
Telde Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Marc López
Adam Chadaj Michael Ryderstedt
08.05.
Czech Republic
Prague Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Robin Vik
Petr Pála David Škoch
United States
Tunica Resorts Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay (i)
Diego Hartfield
Jeff Morrison Bobby Reynolds
Germany
Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Simon Greul
Yves Allegro Michal Mertiňák
15.05.
United States
Forest Hills Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Robert Kendrick
Chris Drake Cecil Mamiit
Croatia
Zagreb Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Daniel Elsner
Yves Allegro Michal Mertiňák
Uzbekistan
Fergana Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Danai Udomchoke
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Italy
Sanremo Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Olivier Patience
Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
29.05.
South Korea
Busan Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Lee Hyung-taik
Scott Lipsky Todd Widom
Germany
Ettlingen Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Simon Greul
Vasilis Mazarakis Felipe Parada
Italy
Turin Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Flavio Cipolla
Marcel Granollers Marc López
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
05.06.
Czech Republic
Prostějov Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Jan Hájek
František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský
Germany
Schickedanz Open
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Florian Mayer
Vasilis Mazarakis Felipe Parada
Great Britain
Surbiton Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Grass
Mardy Fish
Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas
United States
Yuba City Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Sam Querrey
Scott Lipsky David Martin
Italy
Sassuolo Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Frederico Gil
Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi
12.06.
Switzerland
Lugano Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Olivier Patience
Giorgio Galimberti Oliver Marach
Slovakia
Košice Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
Viktor Bruthans Pavel Šnobel
19.06.
Germany
Nord/LB Open
$ 125,000
Clay
Jan Hájek
Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas
Italy
MILAN Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Wayne Odesnik
Giorgio Galimberti Harel Levy
26.06.
Romania
Constanța Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Konstantinos Economidis
Konstantinos Economidis Jean-Julien Rojer
Italy
Reggio Emilia Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Olivier Patience
Fabio Colangelo Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
03.07.
Spain
Córdoba Challenger
$ 125,000
Hard
Simon Greul
Justin Gimelstob Kevin Kim
Italy
Biella Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Simone Bolelli
Lucas Arnold Ker Agustín Calleri
Ireland
Dublin Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Carpet
Mischa Zverev
Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
United States
Winnetka Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Sam Querrey
Cecil Mamiit Eric Taino
France
Montauban Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Lamine Ouahab
Pablo Cuevas Adrián García
10.07.
Poland
Posen Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Jan Hájek
Tomasz Bednarek Michał Przysiężny
Netherlands
Scheveningen Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Guillermo García López
Guillermo García López Salvador Navarro
Ecuador
Cuenca Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Carlos Salamanca
Frank Moser Alexander Satschko
Italy
Mantua Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Cristian Villagrán
Pablo Andújar Marcel Granollers
Germany
Oberstaufen Cup
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Michal Tabara
Ernests Gulbis Mischa Zverev
17.07.
Colombia
Bogotá Challenger II
$ 125,000
Clay
Santiago Giraldo
Daniel Garza Michael Quintero
Turkey
Istanbul Challenger
$ 125,000
Hard
Alexander Peya
Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk
United States
Aptos Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Hard
Alex Kuznetsov
Prakash Amritraj Rohan Bopanna
Russia
Penza Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Farrukh Dustov
Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin
Italy
Rimini Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Pablo Andújar
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán
Great Britain
Manchester Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Grass
Harsh Mankad
Josh Goodall Ross Hutchins
24.07.
Brazil
Campos do Jordão Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Ricardo Mello
Marcelo Melo André Sá
Canada
Granby Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Frank Dancevic
Alessandro Gravina Gary Lugassy
United States
Lexington Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Lee Hyung-taik
Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
Finland
Tampere Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Florian Mayer
Thierry Ascione Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Great Britain
Nottingham Challenger I
$ 0 25,000
Grass
Antony Dupuis
Martin Lee Jonathan Marray
Italy
Recanati Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Davide Sanguinetti
Simone Bolelli Davide Sanguinetti
Russia
Togliatti Cup
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Uros Vico
Alexander Peya Uros Vico
31.07.
Spain
Segovia Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard
Juan Martín del Potro
Paul Baccanello Chris Guccione
Canada
Vancouver Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard
Rik de Voest
Eric Butorac Travis Parrott
Italy
Trani Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Juan Pablo Guzmán
Leonardo Azzaro Daniele Giorgini
Brazil
Belo Horizonte Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Thiago Alves
Marcelo Melo André Sá
Russia
Saransk Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Igor Sijsling
Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk
Romania
Timișoara Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
Victor Crivoi Victor Ioniță
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
07.08.
San Marino
San Marino Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Albert Montañés
Máximo González Sergio Roitman
United States
DBI Tennis Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Scott Oudsema
Scott Lipsky David Martin
Brazil
Joinville Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
André Ghem
André Ghem Alexandre Simoni
Spain
Vigo Challenger
$ 0 37.500
Clay
Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Marcel Granollers
Russia
St. Petersburg Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
David Guez
Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin
14.08.
United States
Bronx Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Michael Russell
Martin Lee Harel Levy
France
Cordenons Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Konstantinos Economidis
Francesco Aldi Lovro Zovko
Austria
Graz Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Florian Mayer
Ross Hutchins Jonathan Marray
Ecuador
Manta Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Thiago Alves
Eric Nunez Jean-Julien Rojer
Uzbekistan
Samarkand Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Janko Tipsarević
Satoshi Iwabuchi Gouichi Motomura
21.08.
Italy
Manerbio Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Andreas Vinciguerra
Gabriel Moraru Adrian Ungur
Switzerland
Genf Challenger
$ 0 37.500
Clay
Jérôme Haehnel
Michal Navrátil Yuri Schukin
Uzbekistan
Bukhara Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Janko Tipsarević
Nicolas Renavand Nicolas Tourte
28.08.
Italy
Como Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Simone Bolelli
Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray
Germany
Black Forest Open
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Hugo Armando
Tomas Behrend Dominik Meffert
Slovenia
Kranj Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Werner Eschauer
Antonio Baldellou-Esteva Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
04.09.
Romania
Brașov Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Marc López
Lazar Magdinčev Predrag Rusevski
Ukraine
Donetsk Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Ilija Bozoljac
Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aleksandr Yarmola
Germany
Düsseldorf Open Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Evgeny Korolev
Hugo Armando Tomas Behrend
Italy
Genua Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Gorka Fraile
Adriano Biasella Marcelo Charpentier
11.09.
France
Orléans Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Hard (i)
Olivier Rochus
Grégory Carraz Dick Norman
United States
New Orleans Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Cecil Mamiit
Cecil Mamiit Sam Warburg
Spain
Sevilla Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Iván Navarro
Pablo Andújar Marcel Granollers
Brazil
Belém Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Guillermo Cañas
Brian Dabul Cristian Villagrán
18.09.
Poland
Szczecin Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Nicolás Lapentti
Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas
United States
Lubbock Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Sam Querrey
Chris Drake Scott Lipsky
Spain
Tarragona Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Paolo Lorenzi
Hugo Armando Gabriel Trujillo Soler
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Banja Luka Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Marco Mirnegg
Joseph Sirianni Stefan Wauters
25.09.
France
Grenoble Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Michaël Llodra
Teymuraz Gabashvili Evgeny Korolev
United States
Tulsa Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Bobby Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram
Slovakia
Bratislava Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Michal Mertiňák
Eric Butorac Travis Parrott
Brazil
Gramado Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Franco Ferreiro
Franco Ferreiro Martín Vilarrubí
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
02.10.
Belgium
Mons Challenger
$ 125,000
Hard (i)
Janko Tipsarević
Jean-Claude Scherrer Lovro Zovko
Ecuador
Quito Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Chris Guccione
Rogério Dutra Silva Marcelo Melo
09.10.
United States
Sacramento Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Hard
Paul Goldstein
Paul Goldstein Jeff Morrison
France
Rennes Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Grégory Carraz Mathieu Montcourt
Spain
Barcelona Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Marcel Granollers
Tomas Behrend Flavio Cipolla
Colombia
Medellín Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Chris Guccione
André Ghem Marcelo Melo
16.10.
Colombia
Bogotá Challenger III
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Diego Hartfield
Marcelo Melo André Sá
United States
Calabasas Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Mark Philippoussis
Robert Kendrick Cecil Mamiit
Denmark
Kolding Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Michaël Llodra
Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen
23.10.
Uruguay
Montevideo Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Guillermo Cañas
Máximo González Sergio Roitman
Great Britain
Nottingham Challenger II
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Alexander Waske
Filip Prpic Nicolas Tourte
30.10.
South Korea
Seoul Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard
Lee Hyung-taik
Alexander Peya Björn Phau
Brazil
Aracaju Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Sergio Roitman
Máximo González Sergio Roitman
Germany
Lambertz Open by STAWAG
$ 0 50,000
Carpet (i)
Rainer Schüttler
Mischa Zverev Ernests Gulbis
United States
Louisville Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Amer Delić
Robin Haase Igor Sijsling
Canada
Rimouski Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Kristian Pless
Frederik Nielsen Kristian Pless
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
06.11.
Slovakia
Bratislava Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard (i)
Michal Mertiňák
Eric Butorac Travis Parrott
Argentina
Buenos Aires Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Guillermo Cañas
André Ghem Flávio Saretta
South Korea
Busan Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Hard
Lee Hyung-taik
Scott Lipsky Todd Widom
United States
Nashville Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Hard (i)
Robin Haase
Scott Lipsky David Martin
Germany
Bauer Watertechnology Cup
$ 0 25,000
Carpet (i)
Ernests Gulbis
Josh Goodall Ross Hutchins
13.11.
Ukraine
Dnipropetrovs'k Challenger
$ 125,000
Hard (i)
Dmitry Tursunov
Sergiy Stakhovsky Orest Tereshchuk
Paraguay
Asunción Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Guillermo Cañas
Tomas Behrend André Ghem
France
Champaign Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Amer Delić
Rajeev Ram Rik de Voest
Ecuador
Guayaquil Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Sergio Roitman
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Leonardo Mayer
Finland
Helsinki Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Michael Berrer
Jasper Smit Martijn van Haasteren
Australia
Caloundra Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Lu Yen-hsun
Nathan Healey Robert Smeets
20.11.
Italy
Naples Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Potito Starace
Tomáš Cibulec Łukasz Kubot
Australia
Kawana Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Julien Jeanpierre
Nathan Healey Robert Smeets
Mexico
Puebla Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Robert Kendrick
Daniel Garza Jean-Julien Rojer
Great Britain
LTA Shrewsbury Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Alex Bogdanovic
Philipp Marx Frederik Nielsen
27.11.
United States
Maui Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Michael Russell
Rajeev Ram Brian Wilsson
Europe
Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Lithuania Luxembourg Ireland Italy
Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Africa
Egypt Morocco Rwanda South Africa Tunisia
Asia
China Hong Kong India Israel Japan Kazakhstan Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
North America
Bermuda Canada Mexico United States
Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Panama
South America
Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay