2008 ATP Challenger Series


The ATP Challenger Series was, in 2008, the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The series included tournaments with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

Week ofTournamentWinnerRunner-upSemi finalistsQuarter finalist
Jul 7 2008Seguros Bolivar Open
Bogotá, Colombia
Clay
$125,000+H
Mariano Puerta
7–6, 7–5
Ricardo Hocevar André Miele
Caio Zampieri
Alejandro Falla
Ricardo Mello
Carlos Salamanca
Damián Patriarca
Jul 7 2008Seguros Bolivar Open
Bogotá, Colombia
Clay
$125,000+H
Malisse
Salamanca
6–1, 6–4
Cabal
Quintero
André Miele
Caio Zampieri
Alejandro Falla
Ricardo Mello
Carlos Salamanca
Damián Patriarca
Jul 7 2008Granby Challenger
Granby, Canada
Hard
$50,000+H
Alex Bogdanovic
7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Danai Udomchoke Todd Widom
Frédéric Niemeyer
Lester Cook
Gary Lugassy
Milan Pokrajac
Michael Yani
Jul 7 2008Granby Challenger
Granby, Canada
Hard
$50,000+H
Bester
Polansky
2–6, 6–1, 10–5
A Francis
Monroe
Todd Widom
Frédéric Niemeyer
Lester Cook
Gary Lugassy
Milan Pokrajac
Michael Yani
Jul 7 2008Israel Open
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Hard
$50,000
Marsel İlhan
6–4, 6–4
Ivo Klec Michail Elgin
Colin Ebelthite
Harel Levy
Miles Armstrong
Amir Weintraub
Alexander Slabinsky
Jul 7 2008Israel Open
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Hard
$50,000
Erlich
Ram
6–3, 7–6
Elgin
Bubka
Michail Elgin
Colin Ebelthite
Harel Levy
Miles Armstrong
Amir Weintraub
Alexander Slabinsky
Jul 7 2008Carisap Tennis Cup
San Benedetto, Italy
Clay
€30,000+H
Máximo González
6–4, 7–6
Diego Junqueira Alexandre Sidorenko
Stefano Galvani
Pere Riba
Francesco Aldi
Alessio di Mauro
José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna
Jul 7 2008Carisap Tennis Cup
San Benedetto, Italy
Clay
€30,000+H
Lorenzi
Silva
6–3, 7–5
Gârd
Raditschnigg
Alexandre Sidorenko
Stefano Galvani
Pere Riba
Francesco Aldi
Alessio di Mauro
José Antonio Sánchez-de Luna
Jul 7 2008Siemens Open
Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Clay
€85,000+H
Jesse Huta Galung
6–3, 6–4
Diego Hartfield Thiemo de Bakker
Thierry Ascione
Marco Crugnola
Irakli Labadze
Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava
Adrian Ungur
Jul 7 2008Siemens Open
Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Clay
€85,000+H
Junaid
Marx
5–7, 6–2, 10–6
Middelkoop
Van Gemerden
Thiemo de Bakker
Thierry Ascione
Marco Crugnola
Irakli Labadze
Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava
Adrian Ungur
Jul 14 2008Comerica Bank Challenger
Aptos, United States
Hard
$75,000
Kevin Kim
7–5, 6–1
Andrea Stoppini Scoville Jenkins
Carsten Ball
Prakash Amritraj
Todd Widom
Michael Yani
Simon Stadler
Jul 14 2008Comerica Bank Challenger
Aptos, United States
Hard
$75,000
Okun
Weintraub
6–2, 6–1
Widom
Yani
Scoville Jenkins
Carsten Ball
Prakash Amritraj
Todd Widom
Michael Yani
Simon Stadler
Jul 14 2008Manchester Trophy
Manchester, Great Britain
Grass
€30,000+H
Björn Rehnquist
7–6, 0–6, 6–3
Richard Bloomfield Karol Beck
Pavel Šnobel
Robert Smeets
Joshua Goodall
Gouichi Motomura
Samuel Groth
Jul 14 2008Manchester Trophy
Manchester, Great Britain
Grass
€30,000+H
Feeney
Smeets
6–3, 6–7, 10–6
Mankad
Singh
Karol Beck
Pavel Šnobel
Robert Smeets
Joshua Goodall
Gouichi Motomura
Samuel Groth
Jul 14 2008Trofeo Manta Open
Manta, Ecuador
Hard
$35,000+H
Giovanni Lapentti
6–2, 6–4
Ricardo Mello Eric Nunez
Guillermo Alcaide
Thiago Alves
Daniel Dutra da Silva
João Souza
Fernando Vicente
Jul 14 2008Trofeo Manta Open
Manta, Ecuador
Hard
$35,000+H
González
Struvay
7–5, 3–6, 10–7
Estrella
Fabbri
Eric Nunez
Guillermo Alcaide
Thiago Alves
Daniel Dutra da Silva
João Souza
Fernando Vicente
Jul 14 2008Moncton Men's Challenger
Moncton, Canada
Hard
$35,000+H
Xavier Malisse
6–4, 6–4
Danai Udomchoke Gastão Elias
Érik Chvojka
Im Kyu-tae
Nick Monroe
Toshihide Matsui
Tatsuma Ito
Jul 14 2008Moncton Men's Challenger
Moncton, Canada
Hard
$35,000+H
An
Kondo
6–2, 2–6, 12–10
D Chu
Shamasdin
Gastão Elias
Érik Chvojka
Im Kyu-tae
Nick Monroe
Toshihide Matsui
Tatsuma Ito
Jul 14 2008Oberstaufen Cup
Oberstaufen, Germany
Clay
€30,000+H
Łukasz Kubot
6–3, 6–4
Juan Pablo Brzezicki Jaroslav Pospíšil
André Ghem
Marcel Zimmermann
Marc Sieber
Victor Crivoi
Nicolas Coutelot
Jul 14 2008Oberstaufen Cup
Oberstaufen, Germany
Clay
€30,000+H
Karol
Pospíšil
6–7, 6–1, 10–6
Ghem
B Westerhof
Jaroslav Pospíšil
André Ghem
Marcel Zimmermann
Marc Sieber
Victor Crivoi
Nicolas Coutelot
Jul 14 2008Rimini Challenger
Rimini, Italy
Clay
€42,500+H
Diego Junqueira
6–4, 6–3
Walter Trusendi Cristian Villagrán
Alessio di Mauro
Matwe Middelkoop
Ilija Bozoljac
Stefano Galvani
Marco Crugnola
Jul 14 2008Rimini Challenger
Rimini, Italy
Clay
€42,500+H
Azzaro
Crugnola
6–1, 6–1
Gârd
Middelkoop
Cristian Villagrán
Alessio di Mauro
Matwe Middelkoop
Ilija Bozoljac
Stefano Galvani
Marco Crugnola
Jul 21 2008Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
Lexington, USA
Hard
$50,000
Somdev Devvarman
6–3, 6–3
Robert Kendrick Dudi Sela
Xavier Malisse
Amer Delic
Ryler DeHeart
Víctor Estrella
Andrea Stoppini
Jul 21 2008Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships
Lexington, USA
Hard
$50,000
da Col
Stoppini
6–2, 2–6, 10–8
O Charroin
É Chvojka
Dudi Sela
Xavier Malisse
Amer Delic
Ryler DeHeart
Víctor Estrella
Andrea Stoppini
Jul 21 2008Medjugorje Open
Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hard
€30,000+H
Iván Navarro
6–0, 6–2
Pere Riba Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Martin Slanar
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
Rui Machado
Pablo Santos
Laurent Recouderc
Jul 21 2008Medjugorje Open
Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hard
€30,000+H
Minář
Slanar
7–5, 6–3
Riba
Santos
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Martin Slanar
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
Rui Machado
Pablo Santos
Laurent Recouderc
Jul 21 2008Penza Cup
Penza, Russia
Hard
$50,000
Benedikt Dorsch
1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Sergiy Stakhovsky Matthew Ebden
Mikhail Kukushkin
Boy Westerhof
Evgeny Kirillov
Michail Elgin
Pavel Chekhov
Jul 21 2008Penza Cup
Penza, Russia
Hard
$50,000
Istomin
Kirillov
6–2, 3–6, 10–6
Ghem
Westerhof
Matthew Ebden
Mikhail Kukushkin
Boy Westerhof
Evgeny Kirillov
Michail Elgin
Pavel Chekhov
Jul 21 2008Porsche Open
Poznań, Poland
Clay
€85,000+H
Nicolas Devilder
7–5, 6–0
Björn Phau Boris Pašanski
Alberto Martín
Grzegorz Panfil
Frederico Gil
Yuri Schukin
Michał Przysiężny
Jul 21 2008Porsche Open
Poznań, Poland
Clay
€85,000+H
Brunström
Rojer
4–6, 6–0, 10–6
Giraldo
Martín
Boris Pašanski
Alberto Martín
Grzegorz Panfil
Frederico Gil
Yuri Schukin
Michał Przysiężny
Jul 21 2008San Marino CEPU Open
San Marino
Clay
€85,000+H
Filippo Volandri
5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Potito Starace Flavio Cipolla
Viktor Troicki
Carlos Berlocq
Ilija Bozoljac
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Albert Montañés
Jul 21 2008San Marino CEPU Open
San Marino
Clay
€85,000+H
Allegro
Tecău
7–5, 7–5
Colangelo
Marx
Flavio Cipolla
Viktor Troicki
Carlos Berlocq
Ilija Bozoljac
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Albert Montañés
Jul 28 2008BH Tenis Open International Cup
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Hard
$35,000+H
Santiago González
6–4, 6–3
Nicolás Massú Leonardo Mayer
Caio Zampieri
Carlos Salamanca
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
André Miele
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Jul 28 2008BH Tenis Open International Cup
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Hard
$35,000+H
González
Qureshi
6–3, 7–6
Silva
Zampieri
Leonardo Mayer
Caio Zampieri
Carlos Salamanca
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
André Miele
Juan Sebastián Cabal
Jul 28 2008Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup
Cordenons, Italy
Clay
€85,000+H
Filippo Volandri
6–3, 7–5
Óscar Hernández Thiago Alves
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Santiago Giraldo
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Pere Riba
Jul 28 2008Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup
Cordenons, Italy
Clay
€85,000+H
Crugnola
di Mauro
1–6, 6–4, 10–6
García
Prieto
Thiago Alves
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Santiago Giraldo
Teymuraz Gabashvili
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Pere Riba
Jul 28 2008s Tennis Masters Challenger
Graz, Austria
Clay
€30,000+H
Jérémy Chardy
6–2, 6–1
Sergio Roitman Simon Greul
Jiří Vaněk
Rui Machado
Pablo Andújar
Sébastien de Chaunac
Christophe Rochus
Jul 28 2008s Tennis Masters Challenger
Graz, Austria
Clay
€30,000+H
G. Melzer
J. Melzer
1–6, 7–6, 10–4
Jeanpierre
Renavand
Simon Greul
Jiří Vaněk
Rui Machado
Pablo Andújar
Sébastien de Chaunac
Christophe Rochus
Jul 28 2008Mordovia Cup
Saransk, Russia
Clay
$50,000
Michail Elgin
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Denis Istomin André Ghem
Artur Chernov
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Kuznetsov
Pavel Chekhov
Miles Armstrong
Jul 28 2008Mordovia Cup
Saransk, Russia
Clay
$50,000
Istomin
Kirillov
6–2, 7–6
Krasnoroutskiy
Matsukevich
André Ghem
Artur Chernov
Mikhail Kukushkin
Andrey Kuznetsov
Pavel Chekhov
Miles Armstrong
Jul 28 2008Tampere Open
Tampere, Finland
Clay
€42,500
Mathieu Montcourt
6–2, 6–2
Flavio Cipolla Laurent Recouderc
Boris Pašanski
Jan Hernych
Łukasz Kubot
Éric Prodon
Carlos Berlocq
Jul 28 2008Tampere Open
Tampere, Finland
Clay
€42,500
Eleskovic
Ryderstedt
6–3, 6–4
Heliövaara
Kontinen
Laurent Recouderc
Boris Pašanski
Jan Hernych
Łukasz Kubot
Éric Prodon
Carlos Berlocq
Jul 28 2008Timișoara Challenger
Timișoara, Romania
Clay
€30,000+H
Daniel Brands
6–4, 7–6
Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava Victor Crivoi
Florin Mergea
Nicolás Todero
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Guillermo Alcaide
Malek Jaziri
Jul 28 2008Timișoara Challenger
Timișoara, Romania
Clay
€30,000+H
Muñoz-de la Nava
Ramírez Hidalgo
3–6, 6–4, 11–9
Cruciat
Mergea
Victor Crivoi
Florin Mergea
Nicolás Todero
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Guillermo Alcaide
Malek Jaziri
Jul 28 2008Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
Vancouver, Canada
Hard
$100,000
Dudi Sela
6–3, 6–0
Kevin Kim Go Soeda
Bobby Reynolds
Somdev Devvarman
Alex Bogdanovic
Peter Polansky
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.
Jul 28 2008Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
Vancouver, Canada
Hard
$100,000
Butorac
Parrott
6–4, 7–6
de Voest
Fisher
Go Soeda
Bobby Reynolds
Somdev Devvarman
Alex Bogdanovic
Peter Polansky
Alex Bogomolov, Jr.

August

September

October

November

+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize
money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies
shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.

Statistical Information

List of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first ATP challenger title:
ATP challenger titles won by nation: