Knoxville Challenger

Knoxville Challenger
2025 Knoxville Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Location	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Venue	Goodfriend Tennis Center
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Hard (Indoor)
Draw	32S/17Q/16D
Prize money	$60,000 (2025), $75,000+H
Website	Website

The Knoxville Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, since 2000.

The Knoxville Challenger is held at Goodfriend Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Tennessee. The tournament is the second of three indoor Challenger tournaments at college venues to end the USTA Pro Circuit season. The Charlottesville Challenger (University of Virginia) is held the week before, and the Champaign Challenger (University of Illinois) is the week after. ^{[1] [2]}

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2025	Mitchell Krueger	Darwin Blanch	6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1
2024	Christopher Eubanks	Learner Tien	7–5, 7–6(11–9)
2023	Alex Michelsen	Denis Kudla	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
2022	Ben Shelton	Christopher Eubanks	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
2021	Christopher Eubanks	Daniel Altmaier	6–3, 6–4
2020	Not held
2019	Michael Mmoh	Christopher O'Connell	6–4, 6–4
2018	Reilly Opelka	Bjorn Fratangelo	7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)
2017	Filip Peliwo	Denis Kudla	6–4, 6–2
2016	Michael Mmoh	Peter Polansky	7–5, 2–6, 6–1
2015	Daniel Evans	Frances Tiafoe	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
2014	Adrian Mannarino	Sam Groth	3–6, 7–6(8–6). 6-4
2013	Tim Smyczek	Peter Polansky	6–4, 6–2
2012	Michael Russell	Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 6–2
2011	Jesse Levine	Brian Baker	6–2, 6–3
2010	Kei Nishikori	Robert Kendrick	6–1, 6–4
2009	Taylor Dent	Ilija Bozoljac	6–3, 7–6(6)
2008	Bobby Reynolds	Luka Gregorc	6–4, 6–2
2007	Robert Kendrick	Kevin Kim	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
2006 - 2003	Not Held
2002	Martin Verkerk	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–4
2001	James Blake	Gabriel Trifu	6–4, 6–4
2000	Cristiano Caratti	Andy Roddick	3–6, 7–6, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2025	Patrick Harper Quinn Vandecasteele	Mitchell Krueger Jody Maginley	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [12–10]
2024	Patrick Harper Johannus Monday	Micah Braswell Eliot Spizzirri	6–2, 6–2
2023	Cannon Kingsley Luis David Martínez	Mac Kiger Mitchell Krueger	7–6(7–3), 6–3
2022	Hunter Reese Tennys Sandgren	Martin Damm Mitchell Krueger	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [10–5]
2021	Malek Jaziri Blaž Rola	Hans Hach Verdugo Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2020	Not held
2019	Hans Hach Verdugo Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	Bradley Klahn Sem Verbeek	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–5]
2018	Toshihide Matsui Frederik Nielsen	Hunter Reese Tennys Sandgren	7–6(8–6), 7–5
2017	Leander Paes Purav Raja	James Cerretani John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2016	Peter Polansky Adil Shamasdin	Ruben Bemelmans Joris De Loore	6–1, 6–3
2015	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	Sekou Bangoura Matt Seeberger	6–1, 6–2
2014	Miķelis Lībietis Hunter Reese	Gastão Elias Sean Thornley	6–3, 6–4
2013	Sam Groth John-Patrick Smith	Carsten Ball Peter Polansky	6–7 (6), 6–2, [10-7]
2012	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	Jean Andersen Izak van der Merwe	6–4, 6–2
2011	Steve Johnson Austin Krajicek	Adam Hubble Frederik Nielsen	3–6, 6–4, [13–11]
2010	Rik de Voest Izak van der Merwe	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Alex Kuznetsov	6–1, 6–4
2009	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	7–5, 6–4
2008	Kevin Anderson G.D. Jones	Andy Ram Bobby Reynolds	3–6, 6–0, [10–7]
2007	Harel Levy Sam Warburg	Jamie Baker Brendan Evans	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2006 - 2003	Not Held
2002	Dmitry Tursunov Martin Verkerk	Hugo Armando Sergio Roitman	6–3, 6–4
2001	Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison	Brandon Coupe Kelly Gullett	6–3, 6–0
2000	Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann	Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska	6–0, 7–6

References

1. "2014 USTA Men's Pro Circuit Calendar" (PDF). usta.com. USTA . Retrieved 6 September 2014.
2. "2025 USTA Men's Competitive Pathway calendar" (PDF). USTA . Retrieved 27 September 2025.

External links

• Knoxville | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis
• Official website