Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger | |||||||||
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2024 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger | |||||||||
ATP Challenger Tour | |||||||||
Location | Manama, Bahrain | ||||||||
Venue | Public Security Officers Club in Qudaibiya [1] | ||||||||
Surface | Hard / Outdoors | ||||||||
Website | Official Website | ||||||||
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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]
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2024 | Mikhail Kukushkin | Richard Gasquet | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
2023 | Thanasi Kokkinakis | Abedallah Shelbayh | 6–1, 6–4 |
2022 | Not held | ||
2021 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6–1, 6–4 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2024 | Sergio Martos Gornés Petros Tsitsipas | Vasil Kirkov Patrik Niklas-Salminen | 3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
2023 | Patrik Niklas-Salminen Bart Stevens | Ruben Gonzales Fernando Romboli | 6–3, 6–4 |
2022 | Not held | ||
2021 | Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral | Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis | 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] |
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