Budapest Challenger (May)

This article is about ATP event. For the historical tournament, see Hungarian Tennis Championships. For the Challenger in September, see Budapest Challenger (September).

The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the earlier one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in May. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest, Hungary, from 1994 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the USTA LA Tennis Open.^[3] The most successful players were Hernán Gumy with two singles titles and Nuno Marques with three doubles titles.

Budapest Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ATP Challenger Series
Founded	1994
Abolished	2005
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Venue	Római Teniszakadémia
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Clay (red)
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$25,000+H

Former World No. 1 Novak Djokovic won the tournament in 2004, which was his first career title^[1]

Serbia's Janko Tipsarević reached the semifinals in 2005^[2]

Jarkko Nieminen was a runner-up in 2001

Flooded courts in 2006

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2005	Răzvan Sabău	Jean-Claude Scherrer	6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
2004	Novak Djokovic	Daniele Bracciali	6–1, 6–2
2003	Johan Settergren	Boris Pašanski	7–5, 6–4
2002	Mariano Delfino	Quino Muñoz	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2001	Giorgio Galimberti	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2000	Edwin Kempes	Jérôme Golmard	6–4 retired
1999	Not held
1998	Marcos Ondruska	Davide Sanguinetti	4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
1997	Steven Randjelovic	Quino Muñoz	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1996	Hernán Gumy	Karim Alami	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1995	Jiří Novák	Félix Mantilla Botella	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
1994	Hernán Gumy	Francisco Montana	6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2005	Stephen Huss Johan Landsberg	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	7–6(7–4), 6–1
2004	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	Daniele Bracciali Manuel Jorquera	6–4, 6–2
2003	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	Thomas Blake Jason Marshall	7–6(7–4), 6–0
2002	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2001	Daniel Melo Sergio Roitman	Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts	6–2, 6–4
2000	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	Irakli Labadze Dinu Pescariu	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1999	Not held
1998	Chris Haggard Paul Rosner	Diego del Río Grant Silcock	6–4, 6–2
1997	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt	Aleksandar Kitinov Greg Van Emburgh	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1996	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt	Eyal Ran Laurence Tieleman	6–4, 6–1
1995	Pablo Albano Hendrik Jan Davids	Matt Lucena Rikard Bergh	6–4, 6–4
1994	Nuno Marques João Cunha e Silva	Gábor Köves László Markovits	6–, 6–4, 7–6

See also

• Budapest Grand Prix
• Stella Artois Clay Court Championships
• Budapest Challenger (September)