The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Volkswagen Challenger | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Volkswagen Challenger |
Founded | 1993 |
Abolished | 2012 |
Editions | 19 |
Location | Wolfsburg, Germany |
Venue | Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg |
Category | ATP Challenger Tour |
Surface | Carpet (indoor) |
Draw | 32S/29Q/16D |
Website | Official Website |
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Many players won two titles, Axel Pretzsch Ruben Bemelmans in singles Robert Lindstedt, Jean-Claude Scherrer and Martin Sinner in doubles. But only Axel Pretzsch won both titles simultaneously.
Past finals
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editYear | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2012 | Igor Sijsling | Jerzy Janowicz | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(11–9) |
2011 | Ruben Bemelmans (2) | Dominik Meffert | 6–7(8), 6–4, 6–4 |
2010 | Not held | ||
2009 | Ruben Bemelmans (1) | Stefano Galvani | 7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3 |
2008 | Louk Sorensen | Farrukh Dustov | 7–6(7), 4–6, 6–4 |
2007 | Robin Haase | Daniel Brands | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
2006 | Alexander Waske | Yeu-tzuoo Wang | 6–2, 6–4 |
2005 | Dieter Kindlmann | Tobias Summerer | 7–5, 4–1 retired |
2004 | Michal Tabara | Florian Mayer | 6–4, 6–3 |
2003 | Axel Pretzsch (2) | Arvind Parmar | 6–7(1), 7–6(5), 6–4 |
2002 | Jakub Záhlava | Dick Norman | 6–4, 6–2 |
2001 | Jarkko Nieminen | Andy Fahlke | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
2000 | Andrei Stoliarov | Óscar Burrieza López | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
1999 | Axel Pretzsch (1) | Diego Nargiso | walkover |
1998 | Ivo Heuberger | Dirk Dier | 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
1997 | Jens Knippschild | Arne Thoms | 6–4, 6–3 |
1996 | Gianluca Pozzi | Thomas Johansson | 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
1995 | David Prinosil | Martin Sinner | 6–4, 7–6 |
1994 | Alexander Mronz | Albert Chang | 6–3, 7–5 |
1993 | Cristiano Caratti | Lars Koslowski | 6–7, 6–1, 6–2 |