ATP Challenger Tour

Johnson Takes Aptos Challenger Title

APTOS, August 12, 2019 Steve Johnson is the champion of the Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank in Aptos. The No. 2 seed of the $81,240 ATP Challenger hard-court event defeated fourth favourite Dominik Köpfer of Germany 6-4, […]

Gaio Returns To Winners’ Circle At Manerbio

MANERBIO, August 11, 2019 Federico Gaio has clinched his first title on the ATP Challenger Tour since 2016, winning the Internazionali di Manerbio Trofeo “Dimmidisi” on Sunday afternoon. The 27-year-old Italian upset fellow Italian Paolo Lorenzi, the top seed of […]

Sugita Triumphs On Home Soil In Yokkaichi

YOKKAICHI, August 11, 2019 Yuichi Sugita is the champion of the inaugural Yokkaichi Challenger held on hard courts at the Yokkaichi Tennis Center. The No. 5 seed from Japan fought past the tournament’s No. 2 Jason Duckworth of Australia 3-6, […]

Hanfmann Hoists Schwaben Open Trophy

AUGSBURG, August 11, 2019 Yannick Hanfmann is the champion of the inaugural Schwaben Open in Augsburg. The 27-year-old German saved three match points to overcome Finnish young gun Emil Ruusuvuori 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Blue sky, a lot of sunshine and […]

Slovenia Open Ready To Kick Off In Portoroz

PORTOROZ, August 11, 2019 The ATP Challenger Tour returns to Portoroz for the seventh edition of the Zavarovalnica Sava Slovenia Open. Next week’s hard-court event is the biggest tennis tournament in Slovenia and offers a total prize money of €46,600. […]

Köpfer And Johnson Reach Aptos Challenger Final

APTOS, August 11, 2019 Dominik Köpfer and Steve Johnson will go head-to-head in Sunday’s singles final of the Nordic Naturals Challenger presented by Santa Cruz County Bank in Aptos. Köpfer, No. 4 seed at the $81,240 ATP Challenger hard-court event […]

Lorenzi And Gaio Set Up All-Italian Final In Manerbio

MANERBIO, August 10, 2019 Paolo Lorenzi and Federico Gaio will meet in an all-Italian championships match at the Internazionali di Manerbio Trofeo “Dimmidisi” on Sunday. Lorenzi, top seed of the €46,600 ATP Challenger event, defeated Russian veteran Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-4, […]

Ruusuvuori To Face Hanfmann In Schwaben Open Final

AUGSBURG, August 10, 2019 Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland and Yannick Hanfmann will compete in Sunday’s singles final of the Schwaben Open. Due to bad weather, matches started with a delay of about two hours, but Ruusuvuri set the tone early […]

Johnson Joins Aptos Semi-Finals Line-Up

APTOS, August 10, 2019 Steve Johnson remains the highest-ranked player left in the singles draw at the Nordic Naturals Challenger in Aptos. The No. 2 seed from the United States defeated 10th favourite Go Soeda of Japan 6-3, 7-6(4) in […]

Lorenzi Records 400th Challenger Match Win

MANERBIO, August 10, 2019 Friday’s quarterfinal action at the Internazionali di Manerbio Trofeo “Dimmidisi” was headlined by Italian veteran Paolo Lorenzi. The 37-year-old Rome native rallied past ITF-entry Sadio Doumbia of France, winning 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 to score his his […]