Stella Artois Clay Court Championships

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Stella Artois Clay Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourATP Challenger Series
Founded2001
Abolished2005
Location Budapest, Hungary
VenueBudaörsi Teniszcentrum
Category ATP Challenger Series
Surface Clay (red)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$25,000+H
Tomas Berdych was in the singles and doubles final in 2003 Berdych 2009 US Open 01.jpg
Tomáš Berdych was in the singles and doubles final in 2003
Juan Ignacio Chela won the first edition of the tournament Chela Hamburg.JPG
Juan Ignacio Chela won the first edition of the tournament

The Stella Artois Clay Court Championships (later shortened to Stella Artois Cup) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. During its existence, it was an annual event on the Challenger Series, the second tier of competition of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). It was held each July, from 2001 through 2005, at the Budaörsi Teniszcentrum in Budapest, Hungary.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2005 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Boris Pašanski Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Mazarakis 63, 62
2004 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio González King Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo 64, 64
2003 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivaylo Traykov 62, 63
2002 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Moyano Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Vaněk 46, 63, 64
2001 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Chela Flag of Austria.svg Werner Eschauer 75, 61

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2005 Flag of Israel.svg Amir Hadad
Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Chadaj
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert
64, 67(57), 63
2004 Flag of Argentina.svg Ignacio González King
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukárek
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Robert
64, 46, 76(73)
2003 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Hungary.svg Gergely Kisgyörgy
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Berdych
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Navrátil
75, 46, 63
2002 Flag of Chile.svg Hermes Gamonal
Flag of Chile.svg Adrián García
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Vaněk
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Vik
63, 06, 63
2001 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Dezort
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radomír Vašek
Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman
Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Schneiter
63, 57, 76(76)

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