Serbia Challenger Open

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Tournament information
Event nameBelgrade Challenger
Location Belgrade, Serbia
VenueNovak Tennis Center
(formerly: SRPC Milan Gale Muškatirović)
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Website Serbia Open
Current champions (2021)
Men's singles Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena
Women's singles Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Men's doubles Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
Women's doubles Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova
Flag of Belarus.svg Lidziya Marozava
ATP Tour
Category Challenger 125
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money€132,180 (2021)
WTA Tour
Category WTA 125
Draw32S / 8Q / 11D
Prize money US$115,000 (2021)
Doubles runner-up in 2003 and 2004, Janko Tipsarevic won the singles in 2006 Tipsarevic.jpg
Doubles runner-up in 2003 and 2004, Janko Tipsarević won the singles in 2006

The MT:S Open powered by Sony Ericsson (known until 2009 as the GEMAX Open) and now known as the Serbia Challenger Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the Challenger series of the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Tennis Club Gemax until 2010 before its relocation to the Novak Tennis Centre since 2021 in Belgrade, Serbia. The tournament was first played in 2002. The women's edition started in 2021.

Contents

Past finals

Men's singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2021 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Damir Džumhur 6–4, 7–5
2011–2020Not Held
2010 Flag of Slovakia.svg Karol Beck Flag of Serbia.svg Ilija Bozoljac 75, 76(4)
2009 Flag of Serbia.svg Viktor Troicki Flag of Slovakia.svg Dominik Hrbatý 64, 62
2008 Flag of Croatia.svg Roko Karanušić Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner 57, 61, 76(5)
2007Not Held
2006 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Cakl 64, 41 retired
2005 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeroen Masson62, 63
2004 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nenad Zimonjić Flag of Switzerland.svg Marco Chiudinelli 26, 76(3) 64
2003 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van Scheppingen Flag of Germany.svg Markus Hantschk 75, 63
2002 Flag of Croatia.svg Mario Ančić Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nenad Zimonjić 62, 63

Women's singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2021 Flag of Slovakia.svg Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2021 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Molteni
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Tomislav Brkić
Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Ćaćić
6–4, 6–4
2011–2020Not Held
2010 Flag of Serbia.svg Ilija Bozoljac
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Slanar
63, 63
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Marx
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
36, 62, 108
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cipolla
Flag of Greece.svg Konstantinos Economidis
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
46, 62, 10-8
2007Not Held
2006 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivo Minář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Minář
76(3), 63
2005 Flag of Russia.svg Igor Kunitsyn
Flag of Ukraine.svg Orest Tereshchuk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Vacek
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2004 Flag of Slovakia.svg Branislav Sekáč
Flag of Ukraine.svg Orest Tereshchuk
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Darko Mađarovski
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević
63, 64
2003 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Ilija Bozoljac
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Nenad Zimonjić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Darko Mađarovski
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević
61, 64
2002 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Dušan Vemić
Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Zíb
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Women's doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2021 Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova
Flag of Belarus.svg Lidziya Marozava
Flag of Russia.svg Alena Fomina
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Yashina
6–2, 6–2

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