Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger

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Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger
Tennisball current event.svg 2024 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Location Manama, Bahrain
VenuePublic Security Officers Club in Qudaibiya [1]
SurfaceHard / Outdoors
Website Official Website
ATP Tour
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S/16Q/16D
Prize money$52,081

The Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts and it's held in Manama, Bahrain, where it is organized by the Public Security Sports Association. [2] The first edition of the tournament was played in 2021. [3]

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2024 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin Flag of France.svg Richard Gasquet 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thanasi Kokkinakis Flag of Jordan.svg Abedallah Shelbayh 6–1, 6–4
2022Not held
2021 Flag of India.svg Ramkumar Ramanathan Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Karlovskiy 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés
Flag of Greece.svg Petros Tsitsipas
Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov
Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2023 Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens
Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli
6–3, 6–4
2022Not held
2021 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral
Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist
Flag of Greece.svg Michail Pervolarakis
7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]

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