Hong Kong ATP Challenger

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Hong Kong ATP Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
LocationHong Kong
Hong Kong
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Hard
Draw32S/27Q/16D
Prize money $50,000

The Hong Kong ATP Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Hong Kong since 2015. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts.

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This was the first time since 1999 that a Challenger event was held in Hong Kong. This was also the highest-level professional men’s tennis tournament held in Hong Kong since the final edition of the Hong Kong Open (a defunct ATP Tour-level event) in 2002.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Edmund Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuma Ito 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2015 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Cheng-peng
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yi Chu-huan
Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni
Flag of India.svg Sanam Singh
6–4, 6–2

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