Almaty Cup

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Almaty Cup
ATP Challenger Tour
Location Almaty, Kazakhstan
Category ATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay / Outdoors (2007–08)
Hard / Outdoors (2009)
Draw32S/20Q/16D
Prize money$50,000

The Almaty Cup is a tennis tournament held in Almaty, Kazakhstan since 2007. The event was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour and was played on clay courts until its final edition in 2009, which was on outdoor hard courts. There were two editions in 2007.

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German player Simon Greul won the first edition of this tournament. He defeated his compatriot Daniel Brands in the 2007 final match. Greul 2009 US Open 01.jpg
German player Simon Greul won the first edition of this tournament. He defeated his compatriot Daniel Brands in the 2007 final match.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2009 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Sergeyev Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
2008 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Decoud Flag of the United States.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6–4, 6–2
2007 (2) Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul Flag of South Korea.svg Jun Woong-sun 6–3, 6–2
2007 (1) Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Brands 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2009 Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Tsung-hua
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexey Kedryuk
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
2008 Flag of Russia.svg Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy
Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Syrym Abdukhalikov
Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bogomolov Jr.
3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
2007 (2) Flag of Romania.svg Teodor-Dacian Crăciun
Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexey Kedryuk
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–2, 6–1
2007 (1) Flag of Slovakia.svg Kamil Čapkovič
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexey Kedryuk
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

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