Maia Challenger

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Maia Challenger
Tennisball current event.svg 2023 Maia Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameMaia Challenger
Location Maia, Portugal
VenueComplexo Municipal de Ténis da Maia
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay, Indoor
Draw48S/4Q/16D

The Maia Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Maia, Portugal since 2019. [1]

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2023 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire 6–1, 6–4
2022 Flag of France.svg Luca Van Assche Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
2021 (2) Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Chun-hsin Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
2021 (1) Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Chun-hsin 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2020 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Sousa Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Taberner 6–0, 5–7, 6–2
2019 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kovalík Flag of France.svg Constant Lestienne 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bortolotti
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli
Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Walków
6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Patten
Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
2021 (2) Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Matuszewski
Flag of Austria.svg David Pichler
6–4, 7–5
2021 (1) Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Borges
Flag of Portugal.svg Francisco Cabral
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Martin
Flag of Portugal.svg Gonçalo Oliveira
6–3, 6–4
2020 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kolář
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lloyd Glasspool
Flag of Finland.svg Harri Heliövaara
6–3, 6–4
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Masur
Flag of Spain.svg Guillermo García López
Flag of Spain.svg David Vega Hernández
7–6(7–2), 6–4

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References

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