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Duration | 3 January 2005 – 1 January 2006 |
Edition | 28th |
Tournaments | 151 |
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 2005 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 150 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000. [1] [2]
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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03.01. | New Caledonia | Nouméa Challenger | $ | 75,000Hard | Gilles Simon | Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie |
Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ | 75,000Hard | Ricardo Mello | André Sá Bruno Soares | |
17.01. | Chile | La Serena Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Edgardo Massa | Enzo Artoni Ramón Delgado |
24.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Jiří Vaněk | Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák |
United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Paul Goldstein | André Sá Eric Taino | |
Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Tomas Behrend | Giovanni Lapentti Damián Patriarca | |
Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Vladimir Voltchkov | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray | |
31.01. | France | Challenger 42 | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Thierry Ascione | Nicolas Thomann Alexander Waske |
Poland | Breslau Challenger | $ | 75,000Hard (i) | Robin Vik | Lukáš Dlouhý Martin Štěpánek | |
Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Dieter Kindlmann | Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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07.02. | Serbia | Belgrad Challenger | $ | 50,000Carpet (i) | Dick Norman | Igor Kunitsyn Orest Tereshchuk |
United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Michael Ryderstedt | Rik de Voest Giovanni Lapentti | |
Australia | Burnie Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Chris Guccione | Luke Bourgeois Chris Guccione | |
14.02. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils | Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery |
United States | Joplin Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Frédéric Niemeyer | Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot | |
21.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Rik de Voest | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
Germany | Logopark ATP Challenger | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Raemon Sluiter | Martin Štěpánek Pavel Šnobel |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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07.03. | Japan | Kyōto Challenger | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Robin Vik | Pavel Šnobel Michal Tabara |
14.03. | United States | Sunrise Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Karol Beck | Rick Leach Travis Parrott |
Vietnam | Heineken Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Jimmy Wang | Cecil Mamiit Eric Taino | |
Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Dennis van Scheppingen | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Vladimir Voltchkov | Michal Mertiňák Sergiy Stakhovsky | |
21.03. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ | 50,000Clay | Fernando Vicente | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Richard Gasquet | Tom Vanhoudt Kristof Vliegen | |
France | Saint Brieuc Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay (i) | Olivier Patience | Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru | |
28.03. | Italy | Neapel Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Richard Gasquet | Janko Tipsarević Jiří Vaněk |
Mexico | León Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Amer Delić | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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06.06. | Switzerland | Lugano Challenger | $ | 75,000Clay | Albert Montañés | Enzo Artoni Juan Pablo Brzezicki |
Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Sergio Roitman | Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo Soler | |
Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Răzvan Sabău | Petr Luxa Igor Zelenay | |
13.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón |
Ecuador | Cuenca Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Zack Fleishman | Goran Dragicevic Mirko Pehar | |
20.06. | Italy | Reggio nell’Emilia Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Thierry Ascione | Irakli Labadze Yuri Schukin |
27.06. | Italy | Biella Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Gabriel Trifu Tom Vanhoudt |
Spain | Córdoba Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Marcos Baghdatis | Vladimir Voltchkov Sergiy Stakhovsky | |
United States | Forest Hills Challenger II | $ | 50,000Grass | Frédéric Niemeyer | Richard Barker Huntley Montgomery | |
France | Montauban Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Steve Darcis Stefan Wauters |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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26.12. | Qatar | Doha Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Olivier Patience | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
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