Banja Luka Challenger

Banja Luka Challenger
Banja Luka Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Location	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Venue	Teniski savez Republike Srpske
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	€45,730 + H
Website	Website

Last updated November 14, 2023

The Banja Luka Challenger is a tennis tournament held each September in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Dino Prižmić	Kimmer Coppejans	6–2, 6–3
2022	Fábián Marozsán	Damir Džumhur	6–2, 6–1
2021	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	Nikola Milojević	6–3, 6–1
2020	Not Held
2019	Tallon Griekspoor	Sumit Nagal	6–2, 6–3
2018	Alessandro Giannessi	Carlos Berlocq	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
2017	Maximilian Marterer	Carlos Taberner	6–1, 6–2
2016	Adam Pavlásek	Miljan Zekić	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2015	Dušan Lajović	Victor Hănescu	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
2014	Viktor Troicki	Albert Ramos	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
2013	Aljaž Bedene	Diego Schwartzman	6–3, 6–4
2012	Victor Hănescu	Andreas Haider-Maurer	6–4, 6–1
2011	Blaž Kavčič	Pere Riba	6–4, 6–1
2010	Marsel İlhan	Pere Riba	6–0, 7–6^(7–4)
2009	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	Julian Reister	6–4, 6–1
2008	Ilija Bozoljac	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6–4, 6–4
2007	Konstantinos Economidis	Iván Navarro	7–6, 6–4
2006	Marco Mirnegg	Nicolas Devilder	6–2, 6–4
2005	Vasilis Mazarakis	Viktor Troicki	6–2, 6–2
2004	Yuri Schukin	Werner Eschauer	7–6, 7–6
2003	Mario Radić	František Čermák	6–4, 6–3
2002	Tomas Behrend	Werner Eschauer	no winner

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Victor Vlad Cornea Philipp Oswald	Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov	3–6, 6–1, [15–13]
2022	Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko	Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens	6–3, 6–4
2021	Antonio Šančić Nino Serdarušić	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–3, 6–3
2020	Not Held
2019	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	Sergio Galdós Facundo Mena	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2018	Andrej Martin Hans Podlipnik Castillo	Laurynas Grigelis Alessandro Motti	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
2017	Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja	Danilo Petrović Ilija Vučić	6–4, 6–2
2016	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	Andrea Arnaboldi Maximilian Neuchrist	7–6^(7–3), 4–6 [10–7]
2015	Ilija Bozoljac Flavio Cipolla	Jaroslav Pospíšil Jan Šátral	6–2, 7–5
2014	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	Jaroslav Pospíšil Adrian Sikora	7–5, 6–4
2013	Marin Draganja Nikola Mektić	Dominik Meffert Oleksandr Nedovyesov	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
2012	Marin Draganja Lovro Zovko	Colin Ebelthite Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–1, 6–1
2011	Marco Crugnola Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Jan Mertl Matwé Middelkoop	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
2010	James Cerretani David Škoch	Adil Shamasdin Lovro Zovko	6–1, 6–4
2009	Dustin Brown Rainer Eitzinger	Ismar Gorčić Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 6–3
2008	Attila Balázs Amir Hadad	Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx	7–5, 6–2
2007	Alexandre Krasnoroutskiy Alexandre Kudryavtsev	Diego Junqueira Vladimir Obradović	6–2, 6–4
2006	Joseph Sirianni Stefan Wauters	Ivan Dodig Aleksandar Marić	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
2005	Flavio Cipolla Rainer Eitzinger	Jeroen Masson Stefan Wauters	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2004	Jasper Smit Martín Vassallo Argüello	no finalist	no winner
2003	Ionut Moldovan Yuri Schukin	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6–2, 7–5
2002	Jaroslav Levinský Yuri Schukin	Juan Pablo Guzmán Daniel Orsanic	7–6, 7–5

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