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The Budapest Challenger was a professional
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The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis
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tournament played on outdoor red clay court
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s. It was the latter one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in September. It was 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 ...
. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
, Hungary, from 1986 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the WOW Cafe Challenger. The most successful player was Sergio Roitman
Sergio Andres Roitman (born 16 May 1979), nicknamed 'Motoneta' (''Shotgun'' in Spanish) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.
He achieved a career-high rankings of world No. 62 in singles in October 2007, and world No. 45 in do ...
with three doubles titles.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
Title sponsors
*Fujitsu Siemens
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Open (2003, 2002)
*Architect Open (2005, 2004, 2000)
*Diego Open (2001)
* Medicor Open (1999, 1998, 1997)
See also
* Budapest International Championships (1903–1975) Historical precursor tournament to this event. *Budapest Grand Prix
The Hungarian Grand Prix (previously ''Budapest Grand Prix'') was a women's tennis tournament held in Budapest, Hungary. It was a WTA 250 tournament played on the WTA Tour on outdoor clay court since 1996.
The tournament was formerly known as '' ...
* Budapest Challenger (May)
*Stella Artois Clay Court Championships
The Stella Artois Clay Court Championships (later shortened to Stella Artois Cup) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. During its existence, it was an annual event on the ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Series, ...
References
External links
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