RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas

RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
ATP Challenger Tour
Event name	RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
Location	Dallas, United States
Venue	T Bar M Racquet Club
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Draw	48S/4Q/16D
Prize money	$135,400
Website	Website

Last updated February 13, 2023

The RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas (formerly known as Challenger of Dallas) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, United States, since 1998.

Former RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas players include former world No.1 and 16-time doubles Grand Slam winners, Mike and Bob Bryan, 2014 Wimbledon doubles champions, Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil, U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori, Career Golden Slam achiever, Daniel Nestor, former world No.4, James Blake, Sam Querrey, Kyle Edmund, Frances Tiafoe and Steve Johnson.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1998	Daniel Nestor	Cristiano Caratti	6–1, 6–2
1999	André Sá	Jimy Szymanski	7–5, 4–6, 6–4
2000	Not Held
2001	Dmitry Tursunov	Justin Bower	6–2, 6–4
2002	Jeff Morrison	Martin Verkerk	6–4, 6–4
2003	Simon Greul	Justin Gimelstob	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2004	Sébastien de Chaunac	Amer Delić	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2005	Michael Ryderstedt	André Sá	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–2
2006	Kevin Kim	Robert Kendrick	1–6, 6–4, 6–1
2007	Robert Kendrick	Benedikt Dorsch	6–3, 6–4
2008	Amer Delić	Stéphane Bohli	6–4, 7–5
2009	Ryan Sweeting	Brendan Evans	6–4, 6–3
2010	Ryan Sweeting (2)	Carsten Ball	6–4, 6–2
2011	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Rainer Schüttler	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2012	Jesse Levine	Steve Darcis	6–4, 6–4
2013	Rhyne Williams	Robby Ginepri	7–5, 6–3
2014	Steve Johnson	Malek Jaziri	6–4, 6–4
2015	Tim Smyczek	Rajeev Ram	6–4, 4–1, ret.
2016	Kyle Edmund	Daniel Evans	6–3, 6–2
2017	Ryan Harrison	Taylor Fritz	6–3, 6–3
2018	Kei Nishikori	Mackenzie McDonald	6–1, 6–4
2019	Mitchell Krueger	Mackenzie McDonald	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1
2020	Jurij Rodionov	Denis Kudla	7–5, 7–6^(12–10)

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1998	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark	Michael Hill Scott Humphries	6–3, 6–4
1999	Paul Kilderry Grant Silcock	Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
2000	Not Held
2001	Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek	Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
2002	Giorgio Galimberti Frédéric Niemeyer	Huntley Montgomery Brian Vahaly	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
2003	Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries	Martín García Graydon Oliver	7–6^(9–7), 7–6^(7–4)
2004	Jordan Kerr Todd Perry	Rik de Voest Eric Taino	7–5, 6–3
2005	Rik de Voest Giovanni Lapentti	Ramón Delgado André Sá	6–4, 6–4
2006	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	Mirko Pehar Dušan Vemić	6–3, 6–4
2007	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [10–7]
2008	Benedikt Dorsch Björn Phau	Scott Lipsky David Martin	6–4, 6–4
2009	Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram (2)	Patrick Briaud Jason Marshall	6–3, 4–6, 10–8
2010	Scott Lipsky David Martin	Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
2011	Scott Lipsky (2) Rajeev Ram (3)	Dustin Brown Björn Phau	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2012	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	Nicholas Monroe Jack Sock	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, [19–17]
2013	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams	6–4, 6–7^(7–4), [10–5]
2014	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	Ryan Harrison Mark Knowles	6–4, 6–2
2015	Denys Molchanov Andrey Rublev	Hans Hach Verdugo Luis Patiño	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
2016	Nicolas Meister Eric Quigley	Sekou Bangoura Dean O'Brien	6–1, 6–1
2017	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	6–7^(6–8), 6–3, [11–9]
2018	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat	Leander Paes Joe Salisbury	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2019	Marcos Giron Dennis Novikov	Ante Pavić Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2020	Dennis Novikov Gonçalo Oliveira	Luis David Martínez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–3, 6–4

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RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
ATP Challenger Tour
Event name	RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
Location	Dallas, United States
Venue	T Bar M Racquet Club
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Draw	48S/4Q/16D
Prize money	$135,400
Website	Website