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(renamed the ATP Challenger Tour in 2009). It was held annually in

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near Besançon, France, as a Satellite from 1996 to 1998 and as a Challenger from 1999 until 2009. In 2010 was cancelled due to budget reasons. There are three title holders, each with two doubles titles,

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and Philipp Petzschner. Only one player,

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, won both singles and doubles titles the same year.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

External links

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