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Duration | 2 January 2006 – 3 December 2006 |
Edition | 29th |
Tournaments | 160 |
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 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 |
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02.01. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Flávio Saretta | Thiago Alves Flávio Saretta |
New Caledonia | Nouméa Challenger | $ | 75,000Hard | Gilles Simon | Alex Bogomolov Jr. Todd Widom | |
23.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Robin Söderling | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard | Frank Dancevic | Michael Kohlmann Cecil Mamiit | |
Chile | Santiago de Chile Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Boris Pašanski | Máximo González Sergio Roitman | |
Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Alex Bogdanovic | Jean-François Bachelot Stéphane Robert | |
30.01. | France | Andrezieux Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Gilles Elseneer | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
Brazil | Florianópolis Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Ricardo Mello | Máximo González Sergio Roitman |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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06.02. | Poland | Breslau Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Lukáš Dlouhý | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
Italy | Bergamo Challenger I | $ | 50,000Carpet (i) | Alex Bogdanovic | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti | |
United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Kevin Kim | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds | |
Australia | Burnie Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Konstantinos Economidis | Luke Bourgeois Lu Yen-hsun | |
13.02. | Serbia | Belgrad Challenger | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Janko Tipsarević | Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske |
United States | Joplin Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Jesse Witten | Henry Adjei-Darko Lesley Joseph | |
20.02. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
27.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ | 50,000Hard (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Jean-François Bachelot Stéphane Robert |
Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Alexander Waske | Jean-Claude Scherrer Uros Vico |
Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
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06.03. | Japan | Kyōto Challenger | $ | 25,000Carpet (i) | Nicolas Mahut | Alun Jones Jonathan Marray |
13.03. | United States | Sunrise Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Petr Pála Robin Vik |
Vietnam | HTV Challenger Romano Cup | $ | 50,000Hard | Zack Fleishman | Lee Hyung-taik Cecil Mamiit | |
Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard | Benjamin Becker | Thiago Alves Júlio Silva | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Challenger | $ | 25,000Hard (i) | Andreas Beck | Ilija Bozoljac Viktor Troicki | |
20.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay | Jan Hájek | Santiago Ventura Fernando Vicente |
27.03. | Mexico | Mexiko-Stadt Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Ramón Delgado | Tripp Phillips Rogier Wassen |
Italy | Naples Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Potito Starace | Tomáš Cibulec Łukasz Kubot | |
France | St. Brieuc Challenger | $ | 25,000Clay (i) | Marc Gicquel | Eric Butorac Chris Drake |
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