Montauban Challenger

Montauban Challenger
Montauban Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Location	Montauban, France
Category	ATP Challenger (1993–2007)
Surface	Clay

Last updated October 27, 2023

The Montauban Challenger was a professional tennis tournament in France played on clay courts that was part of the ATP Challenger Series. It was held annually in Montauban from 1993 to 2007.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Christian Ruud	Younes El Aynaoui	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1994	Martin Sinner	Pier Gauthier	7–6, 6–2
1995	Johan Van Herck	Wojciech Kowalski	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1996	Andrei Pavel	Stéphane Huet	6–4, 6–3
1997	Olivier Mutis	Horst Skoff	6–3, 7–6
1998	Edwin Kempes	Wolfgang Schranz	7–5, 6–3
1999	Álex López Morón	Emanuel Couto	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2000	Jean-René Lisnard	Óscar Serrano	6–2, 6–0
2001	Oliver Gross	Julián Alonso	6–0, 4-1
2002	Richard Gasquet	Óscar Serrano	7–5, 6–1
2003	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Slimane Saoudi	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2004	Álex Calatrava	Óscar Hernández	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2005	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Roko Karanušić	6–4, 6–4
2006	Lamine Ouahab	Marc Gicquel	7–5, 3–6, 7–6⁽²⁾
2007	Michael Lammer	Thierry Ascione	1–6, 6–3, 7–6⁽⁴⁾

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1993	Saša Hiršzon Christian Ruud	Massimo Cierro Ugo Colombini	6–1, 6–2
1994	Martin Sinner Joost Winnink	Nicola Bruno Otávio Della	7–5, 6–3
1995	Robert Devens Tamer El-Sawy	Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov	7–5, 6–4
1996	Gilles Bastié Claude N'Goran	Clinton Ferreira Andrei Pavel	6–4, 1–6, 7–6
1997	Gabrio Castrichella Daniele Musa	Lars Rehmann Attila Sávolt	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
1998	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes	Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen	7–5, 7–5
1999	Simon Aspelin Ota Fukárek	Ali Hamadeh Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–4
2000	Lee Pearson Grant Silcock	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher	6–1, 6–4
2001	Diego del Río Vadim Kutsenko	Tuomas Ketola Orlin Stanoytchev	6–4, 6–2
2002	Oliver Marach Oleg Ogorodov	Federico Browne Cristian Kordasz	7–5, 7–6⁽³⁾
2003	Fred Hemmes Jr. Rogier Wassen	Juan Pablo Guzmán Ignacio Hirigoyen	6–4, 6–4
2004	Marc-Kevin Goellner Álex López Morón	Brian Dabul Ignacio González King	6–3, 5–7, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
2005	Steve Darcis Stefan Wauters	Gabriel Trujillo Soler Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
2006	Pablo Cuevas Adrián García	Marc Gicquel Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–3, 4–6, [10-8]
2007	Marc Fornell Gabriel Trujillo Soler	Adriano Biasella Jean-René Lisnard	6–3, 7–5

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