AON Open Challenger

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AON Open Challenger
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 AON Open Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Editions18
Location Genoa, Italy
VenueValletta Cambiaso, Stadio Beppe Croce
Category ATP Challenger Series
Surfaceclay / outdoors
Prize money€127,000 + H
Website Website
Current champions
Men's singles Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Monteiro
Men's doubles Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown /
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori

The Genoa AON Open Challenger - Memorial Giorgio Messina is an annual tennis tournament held in Genoa, Italy, usually in September, since 2003. The event is part of the ATP challenger series and is played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament has been organized annually since 2003, with the sole exceptions of 2020 and 2021, when it was canceled because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 edition is the 18th tournament of the series.

Contents

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2024 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Munar 7–5, 6–3
2023 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Seyboth Wild Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
2022 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Monteiro Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pellegrino 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2021Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Sonego Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Sonego Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–1
2017 Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo García López 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Janowicz Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2015 Flag of Spain.svg Nicolás Almagro Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cecchinato 6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–4
2014 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Ramos Viñolas Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Delić 6–1, 7–5
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Volandri 7–6, 6–3
2012 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Montañés Flag of Spain.svg Tommy Robredo 6–4, 6–1
2011 Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Kližan Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer 6–3, 6–1
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace 6–4, 6–1
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 6–3
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Naso 6–4, 6–3
2007 Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Naso 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Gorka Fraile Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla 6–3, 7–6
2004 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Juan Antonio Marín Flag of Argentina.svg Edgardo Massa 7–5, 6–4
2003 Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Hernández Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2024 Flag of Lebanon.svg Benjamin Hassan
Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández
Flag of Monaco.svg Romain Arneodo
Flag of France.svg Théo Arribagé
6–4, 7–5
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Oradini
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Rottoli
Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Sabanov
Flag of Serbia.svg Matej Sabanov
6–4, 6–3
2022 Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Jebavý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek
6–2, 6–2
2021Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar
Flag of Ecuador.svg Gonzalo Escobar
Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
2018 Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Krawietz
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Mies
Flag of Slovakia.svg Martin Kližan
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
6–2, 3–6, [10–2]
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Tim Pütz
Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Lennard Struff
Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi
Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar
7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
2016 Flag of Chile.svg Julio Peralta
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
Flag of Belarus.svg Aliaksandr Bury
Flag of Belarus.svg Andrei Vasilevski
6–4, 6–3
2015 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Arnaboldi
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Giannessi
7–5, 6–4
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Moser
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Satschko
6–3, 6–4
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Draganja
Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
6–3, 2–6, [11-9]
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Emmrich
Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Oswald
6–3, 6–1
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown
Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
6–2, 7–5
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Germany.svg Martin Emmrich
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Battistone
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Siljeström
1–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
Flag of Israel.svg Amir Hadad
Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
6–4, 6–2
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Naso
Flag of Italy.svg Walter Trusendi
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Galvani
Flag of San Marino.svg Domenico Vicini
6–2, 7–6
2007 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Giorgini
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Vagnozzi
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli
Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla
6–3, 6–1
2006 Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Biasella
Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Charpentier
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
6–4, 4–6, [13–11]
2005 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Pedrini
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Stoppini
6–1, 6–4
2004 Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bertolini
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt
6–3, 6–4
2003 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre
Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Giorgini
Flag of Italy.svg Potito Starace
6–3, 6–2

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