ZRE Katowice Bytom Open

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ZRE Katowice Bytom Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameBytom
Location Bytom, Poland
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay (red)
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money€30,000+H
The latest singles champion, Frenchman Laurent Recouderc, took the title over Pablo Santos in 2008 Laurent-recouderc.png
The latest singles champion, Frenchman Laurent Recouderc, took the title over Pablo Santos in 2008

The ZRE Katowice Bytom Open (former Polska Energia Open) 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 in Bytom, Poland, since 2007.

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Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Pere Riba Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Bagnis 60, 63
2009 Flag of France.svg Laurent Recouderc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hájek 63, 64
2008 Flag of France.svg Laurent Recouderc Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos 63, 64
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Luczak Flag of Italy.svg Simone Vagnozzi 63, 63

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2010 Flag of Slovakia.svg Ivo Klec
Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Smirnov
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Kravchuk
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ivan Sergeyev
16, 63, [103]
2009 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo Soler
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hájek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dušan Karol
63, 76(3)
2008 Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Gawron
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kowalczyk
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Raphael Durek
Flag of Poland.svg Błażej Koniusz
64, 36, 107
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Hugo Armando
Flag of Argentina.svg Brian Dabul
Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Bednarek
Flag of Poland.svg Michał Przysiężny
64, 16, 105


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