The Oracle Challenger Series – Houston is a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
hard courts
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. It is currently part of the
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...
and the
Women's Tennis Association
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(WTA)
125K series. It is held annually in
Houston
Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
, United States since 2018. The ATP Challenger Tour returned to Houston, Texas for the first time since 2001, with the inaugural Oracle Challenger Series Houston making its debut in November. Held on the campus of
Rice University
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Rice University comp ...
, at the new $9 million George R. Brown Tennis Complex.
Houston is will become one of just two U.S. cities to host tournaments on both the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour, with the ATP World tour tournament being the
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. The Oracle Challenger Series – Houston is the second stop for the Oracle Challenger Series calendar. The winner of the Oracle Challenger Series earns a wild card into
Indian Wells Masters
The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California, United States. It is played on outdoor hardcourts at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and is held in March. The tournament is pa ...
.
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
References
Official website
ATP Challenger Tour
WTA 125 tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 2018
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