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Duration | 24 January 2000 – 10 December 2000 |
Edition | 23rd |
Tournaments | 121 |
Achievements (singles) | |
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The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2000 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 121 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000. [1] [2]
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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24.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open Main Draw - Qualifying | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Magnus Larsson | Jan Siemerink John van Lottum |
United States | Waikoloa Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 50,000Hard | Paul Goldstein | Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg | |
31.01. | United States | Amarillo Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 37.500Hard (i) | Michael Russell | Brian MacPhie Michael Hill |
Germany | Warsteiner Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Alexander Popp | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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06.03. | France | Besançon Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Julien Boutter | Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra |
Japan | Kyoto Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Kevin Ullyett | Martin Hromec Tom Spinks | |
13.03. | Portugal | Lisbon Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Clay | David Sánchez | João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques |
Germany | Residenza Open Magdeburg Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Sébastien Lareau | Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier | |
Ecuador | Salinas Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | Joan Balcells Mauricio Hadad | |
20.03. | New Zealand | Hamilton Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying | $ | 25,000Hard | Michael Joyce | Neville Godwin Michael Hill |
27.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Germán Puentes | Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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03.04. | Italy | Cagliari Challenger | $ | 75,000Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
10.04. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Agustín Calleri | José de Armas Jimy Szymanski |
24.04. | Portugal | Maia Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
Bermuda | XL Bermuda Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Andrew Ilie | Leander Paes Jan Siemerink |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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08.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón |
United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Ronald Agénor | Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi | |
Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Vladimir Voltchkov | Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor | |
15.05. | United States | Armonk Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Salvador Navarro | Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi |
Israel | Jerusalem Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola | |
Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Gastón Etlis | Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso | |
Great Britain | Edinburgh Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Filip Dewulf | Tommy Robredo Michael Russell | |
Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Mikhail Youzhny | Stefano Galvani Andrei Stoliarov | |
22.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ | 25,000Clay | Edwin Kempes | Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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04.09. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Michal Tabara | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
Germany | Rhein-Main Challenger | $ | 37.500Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | Petr Luxa David Škoch | |
Bulgaria | Sofia Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Stefano Tarallo | Dejan Petrović Orlin Stanoytchev | |
11.09. | Austria | Linz Challenger | $ | 75,000Clay | Germán Puentes | Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger |
North Macedonia | Skopje Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Oliver Gross | Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman | |
18.09. | Italy | Biella Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Filippo Volandri | Martín García Mariano Puerta |
United States | Houston Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | James Blake | Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska | |
Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Alexandre Simoni | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin | |
25.09. | United States | San Antonio Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Xavier Malisse | Wesley Whitehouse Gareth Williams |
Spain | Copa Sevilla | $ | 37.500Clay | Tommy Robredo | Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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04.12. | Costa Rica | Costa Rica Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Antony Dupuis | Guillermo Cañas Adrián García |
Italy | Milan Challenger | $ | 50,000Carpet (i) | Mosé Navarra | George Bastl Giorgio Galimberti | |
Czech Republic | Prague Challenger II | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Jan Vacek | Kristian Pless Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
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