Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger

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Palm Hills
ATP Challenger Tour
Event namePalm Hills International Tennis Challenger (1983–present)
Location Cairo, Egypt
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€35,000+H

The Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Cairo, Egypt, since 1983.

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Results

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1983 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Sundström Flag of Spain.svg Juan Avendaño 67, 62, 60
1984 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Luna Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dickson 64, 62
1985 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Luna Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Allan 63, 64
1986Not Completed
1987 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Tous Flag of Spain.svg David de Miguel 62, 63
1988 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese Flag of Peru.svg Carlos di Laura 76, 62
1989 Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Bruguera Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese 67, 64, 64
1990 Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster Flag of Spain.svg José Francisco Altur 64, 63
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Shelton Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh 76, 76
1992
-
1995
Not Held
1996 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Meligeni Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1997 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui Flag of Morocco.svg Karim Alami 7–5, 6–3
1998 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1999 Flag of Morocco.svg Karim Alami Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Rochus 6–3, 6–1
2000 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Vaněk 7–5, 6–3
2001Not Held
2002 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Galvani Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas 2–6, 7–6, 6–1
2003
-
2009
Not Held
2010 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivo Minář Flag of Italy.svg Simone Vagnozzi 36, 62, 63

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1983 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broderick Dyke
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Frawley
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Drewett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Feaver
63, 62
1984 Flag of the United States.svg Brett Dickinson
Flag of the United States.svg Drew Gitlin
Flag of the United States.svg Marcel Freeman
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Wilkison
76, 63
1985 Flag of India.svg Anand Amritraj
Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd Bourne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trevor Allan
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Tous
64, 26, 75
1986Not Held
1987 Flag of France.svg Loïc Courteau
Flag of Germany.svg Tore Meinecke
Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg David de Miguel
26, 76, 64
1988 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Čihák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk
Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Argüello
Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Ingaramo
63, 62
1989 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Costa
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig
76, 63
1990 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Anzari
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eduardo Masso
Flag of Argentina.svg Christian Miniussi
63, 67, 75
1991 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Marcos Ondruska
62, 63
1992
-
1995
Not Held
1996 Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui
Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes
Flag of Slovakia.svg Branislav Gálik
Flag of Slovenia.svg Borut Urh
60, 60
1997 Flag of Spain.svg Tomás Carbonell
Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
63, 63
1998 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of Spain.svg Salvador Navarro
Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Martín
46, 63, 62
1999 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Flag of Spain.svg Jairo Velasco Jr.
Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
67(6), 64, 76(5)
2000 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Kudrnáč
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Kovačka
64, 63
2001Not Held
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Braasch
Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend
Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas
Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
76(3), 64
2003
-
2009
Not Held
2010 Flag of Austria.svg Martin Slanar
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Vagnozzi
Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown
63, 64

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