Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour

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Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour
ATP Challenger Tour
Location Poprad, Slovakia
VenueTenisove Kurty Mesta Poprad
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay / Outdoors
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€42,500 +H
Website Official website

The Poprad-Tatry ATP Challenger Tour was a tennis tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia since 2015 to 2018. The event was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and was played on outdoor clay courts. In 2018 the tournament was moved to Bratislava.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2018 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kovalík Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arthur De Greef 6–4, 6–0
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Flag of Serbia.svg Laslo Đere 6–0, 6–3
2016 Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos Flag of Austria.svg Gerald Melzer 6–3, 6–4
2015 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek Flag of Chile.svg Hans Podlipnik Castillo 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2018 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Tomislav Brkić
Flag of Croatia.svg Ante Pavić
Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Čačić
Flag of Switzerland.svg Luca Margaroli
6–3, 4–6, [16–14]
2017 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kowalczyk
Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Mies
Flag of Switzerland.svg Luca Margaroli
Flag of Austria.svg Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
2016 Flag of Uruguay.svg Ariel Behar
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Dlouhý
Flag of Slovakia.svg Andrej Martin
6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
2015 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Jebavý
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Šátral
Flag of Slovakia.svg Norbert Gombos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek
6–2, 6–2

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