The 2014
Samarkand Challenger
The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of te ...
was a professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
tournament played on
clay court
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T ...
s. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the
2014 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2014 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2014 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 150 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $220,000, which represented an increa ...
. It took place in
Samarkand
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, image_caption = Clockwise from the top: Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zi ...
,
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
between 12 and 17 May 2014.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Sarvar Ikramov
Sarvar Ikramov (born 10 January 1985) is an Uzbekistani former professional tennis player.
Born in Tashkent, Ikramov made an ATP Tour main draw appearance at the 2002 President's Cup in his birth city.
Ikramov made his Davis Cup debut in 200 ...
*
Temur Ismailov
Temur Ismailov ( uz, Темур Исмаилов; born 14 January 1995) is a currently banned Uzbekistani tennis player.
Ismailov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 419 achieved on 22 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranki ...
*
Karen Khachanov
Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris ...
*
Vaja Uzakov
Vaja Uzakov (born 4 June 1988) is an Uzbek tennis player.
Uzakov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 698 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 316, achieved on 11 August 2008.
Uzakov has represented Uz ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Anton Zaitcev
Anton Anatolyevich Zaitcev (russian: Антон Анатольевич Зайцев, Zaytsev; born 22 July 1987) is a Russian tennis player.
Tennis career
Zaitcev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 296 achieved on 24 November 2014. Thi ...
*
Sanjar Fayziev
Sanjar Fayziev (born 29 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani tennis player.
Fayziev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 253 achieved on 17 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 190 achieved on 20 June 2022. Fayziev has won 2 ...
*
Denys Molchanov
Denys Petrovych Molchanov ( uk, Денис Петрович Молчанов; born 16 May 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour winning 15 singles and 62 doubles titles. He has also won one ATP doubles title. On 5 ...
* Alexander Lobkov
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of May 5, 2014.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Sarvar Ikramov /
Djurabeck Karimov
Jurabek Karimov ( Uzbek: Журабек Каримов, Jo'rabek Karimov; born 4 June 1998) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Karimov began playing tennis aged 7 and he is currently coached by Petr Lebed and Sergey Arkashn.
Karimov has a career h ...
* Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev /
Vaja Uzakov
Vaja Uzakov (born 4 June 1988) is an Uzbek tennis player.
Uzakov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 698 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 316, achieved on 11 August 2008.
Uzakov has represented Uz ...
*
Sanjar Fayziev
Sanjar Fayziev (born 29 July 1994) is an Uzbekistani tennis player.
Fayziev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 253 achieved on 17 July 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 190 achieved on 20 June 2022. Fayziev has won 2 ...
/
Temur Ismailov
Temur Ismailov ( uz, Темур Исмаилов; born 14 January 1995) is a currently banned Uzbekistani tennis player.
Ismailov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 419 achieved on 22 June 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranki ...
Champions
Singles
*
Farrukh Dustov
Farrukh Dustov (born 22 May 1986) is a retired Uzbek tennis player and tennis coach, playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. In February 2015, he reached his highest ATP
ATP may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* ...
def.
Aslan Karatsev
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-hi ...
, 7–6
(7–4), 6–1
Doubles
*
Sergey Betov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Betov ( be, Сяргей Аляксандравіч Бетаў Siarhiej Betaŭ; ; born 15 October 1987) is a Belarusian tennis player competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP
ATP may refer to:
C ...
/
Aliaksandr Bury
Aliaksandr Ivanavich Bury ( be, Аляксандр Іванавіч Буры; russian: Александр Иванович Бурый; also spelt Alexander Bury), (born 14 September 1987) is a Belarusian professional tennis player and competes ma ...
def. Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev /
Vaja Uzakov
Vaja Uzakov (born 4 June 1988) is an Uzbek tennis player.
Uzakov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 698 achieved on 7 June 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 316, achieved on 11 August 2008.
Uzakov has represented Uz ...
, 6–4, 6–3
External links
Official Website
{{2014 ATP Challenger Tour
Samarkand Challenger
The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of te ...
Samarkand Challenger
Samarkand Challenger
The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of te ...
Samarkand Challenger
The Samarkand Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan since 1996. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of te ...