Riviera di Rimini Challenger

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Riviera di Rimini Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameRimini
Location Rimini, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Rimini
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay (red)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€42,500+H
Website www.ctrimini.it
Frenchman Florent Serra defeated Ivan Navarro to take the 2005 singles title Florent serra.jpg
Frenchman Florent Serra defeated Iván Navarro to take the 2005 singles title

The Riviera di Rimini Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Rimini in Rimini, Italy, since 2004.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Lorenzi Flag of Argentina.svg Federico del Bonis 6–2, 6–0
2009 Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Bellucci Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Brzezicki 36, 63, 61
2008 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Junqueira Flag of Italy.svg Walter Trusendi 64, 63
2007 Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Köllerer 46, 20 retired
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Andújar Flag of Austria.svg Werner Eschauer 36, 61, 75
2005 Flag of France.svg Florent Serra Flag of Spain.svg Iván Navarro 63, 61
2004 Flag of Italy.svg Tomas Tenconi Flag of Spain.svg Álex Calatrava 62, 61

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Giulio di Meo
Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Ungur
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Peya
76(6), 36, [107]
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger
Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Kindlmann
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Crugnola
64, 62
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Crugnola
Flag of Romania.svg Cătălin Gârd
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
61, 61
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Carles Poch Gradin
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Ventura
Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Motti
64, 61
2006 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Flag of Argentina.svg Cristian Villagrán
Flag of Greece.svg Vasilis Mazarakis
Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Moraru
62, 57, 106
2005 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Škoch
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Stepanek
Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Kas
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
63, 67(1), 61
2004 Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Galimberti
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Cobolli
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre
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