Abierto de Puebla

Abierto de Puebla
Abierto de Puebla
2016 Abierto de Puebla
Defunct tennis tournament
Location	Puebla, Mexico
Venue	Centro Expositor Puebla
Surface	Hard
Category
ATP Tour
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	$100,000+H
Category
WTA Tour
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	$25,000

Last updated November 23, 2024

The Abierto de Puebla (previously known as the Challenger Varonil Britania Zavaleta) is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It was held annually in Puebla, Mexico, from 1996 to 2009. The tournament was reinstated in 2016.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Eduardo Struvay	Peđa Krstin	4–6, 6–4, 6–4^[1]
2010–2015	Not Held
2009	Ramón Delgado	Andre Begemann	6–3, 6–4
2008	Michael Lammer	Rainer Eitzinger	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2007	Leonardo Mayer	Dawid Olejniczak	6–1, 6–4
2006	Robert Kendrick	Leonardo Mayer	7–5, 6–4
2005	Hugo Armando	Bruno Echagaray	2–6, 6–3, 7–6
2004	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Răzvan Sabău	7–6, 6–4
2003	Ricardo Mello	Markus Hantschk	7–6, 6–4
2002	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Rik de Voest	7–6, 6–3
2001	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Zbynek Mlynarik	6–2, 6–3
2000	Brandon Hawk	Antony Dupuis	7–6, 6–3
1999	Michael Sell	Alejandro Hernández	7–6, 7–5
1998	Vladimir Voltchkov	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–3
1997	Luis Herrera	Wade McGuire	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
1996	Alejandro Hernández	Alex Reichel	7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2016	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	Santiago González Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
2010–2015	Not Held
2009	Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin	Guillermo Olaso Pere Riba	7–6(7), 6–0
2008	Nicholas Monroe Eric Nunez	Daniel Garza Santiago González	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2007	Raphael Durek Dawid Olejniczak	Bruno Echagaray Santiago González	6–2, 7–6(6)
2006	Daniel Garza Jean-Julien Rojer	Bruno Echagaray Horia Tecău	6–7(6), 6–3, [10–7]
2005	Werner Eschauer Alexander Satschko	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	6–1, 6–4
2004	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	Miguel Gallardo Valles Gustavo Marcaccio	6–3, 6–4
2003	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández	Huntley Montgomery Andres Pedroso	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
2002	Miguel Gallardo Valles Alejandro Hernández	Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick	6–1, 5–7, 7–6(3)
2001	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Marco Chiudinelli Tuomas Ketola	6–4, 6–7(5), 6–1
2000	Zack Fleishman Jeff Williams	Ivo Heuberger Ville Liukko	6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Irina Khromacheva	Richèl Hogenkamp	6–3, 6–2
2015–13	Not Held
2012	Vanesa Furlanetto	Elizabeth Ferris	6–3, 6–3
2011–10	Not Held
2009	Naomi Broady	Ajla Tomljanović	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2008	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	Megan Moulton-Levy	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2007	Not Held
2006	Yvonne Meusburger	Maria Abramović	6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Akiko Omae Prarthana Thombare	Irina Khromacheva Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 2–6 [10–8]
2015–13	Not Held
2012	Ana Paula de la Peña Ivette López	Flávia Guimarães Bueno Cecilia Costa Melgar	6–1, 7–6^(7–0)
2011–10	Not Held
2009	Amanda Fink Elizabeth Lumpkin	Maria Fernanda Alves Florencia Molinero	6–4, 6–7^(6–8) [10–8]
2008	Audra Cohen Megan Moulton-Levy	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán Veronica Spiegel	6–2, 6–4
2007	Not Held
2006	Maria Fernanda Alves Hana Šromová	Ivana Abramović Maria Abramović	6–4, 6–3

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References

↑ Cardona Henao, Daniel (15 March 2016). "Eduardo Struvay sale a repetir festejo en cita de Guadalajara". El Colombiano (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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[1] Cardona Henao, Daniel (15 March 2016). "Eduardo Struvay sale a repetir festejo en cita de Guadalajara". El Colombiano (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2024.

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