Budapest Challenger (September)

This article is about ATP event. For the historical tournament, see Budapest International Championships. For the Challenger in May, see Budapest Challenger (May).

The Budapest Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. 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. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in Budapest, 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.^[1] The most successful player was Sergio Roitman with three doubles titles.

Budapest Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ATP Challenger Series
Founded	1986
Abolished	2005
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Venue	Római Teniszakadémia
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Red clay
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$25,000+H

Eventual World No. 1 Carlos Moyá won the tournament in 1995

Current (2014) Davis Cup champion Radek Štěpánek reached the doubles final in 1998

Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion Philipp Petzschner was a runner-up in the 2005 doubles final

Flooded courts in 2006

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2005	Boris Pashanski	Vasilis Mazarakis	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
2004	Stéphane Robert	Alessio di Mauro	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2003	Marc López	Mariano Delfino	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
2002	Dennis van Scheppingen	Salvador Navarro	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2001	Didac Pérez	Orest Tereshchuk	6–2, 6–3
2000	Vadim Kutsenko	Sándor Noszály	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1999	Stéphane Huet	Werner Eschauer	6–3, 7–5
1998	Renzo Furlan	Christophe van Garsse	6–2, 6–3
1997	Jan Frode Andersen	Francisco Costa	7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–2
1996	Răzvan Sabău	Attila Sávolt	6–2, 6–2
1995	Carlos Moyá	József Krocskó	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1994	Kris Goossens	Christian Ruud	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1993	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	Sándor Noszály	6–4, 6–3
1992	Not held
1991	Not held
1990	Not held
1989	Per Henricsson	Branislav Stankovič	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
1988	Roland Stadler	Sándor Noszály	4–6, 6–3, 6–0[2]
1987	Petr Korda	Alexander Zverev	5–7, 6–3, 6–2[3]
1986	Jörgen Windahl	Jaroslav Navrátil	6–1, 7–5[4]

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2005	Leonardo Azzaro Sergio Roitman	Philipp Petzschner Lars Uebel	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2004	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Delfino	Ignacio González King Juan Pablo Guzmán	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
2003	Ignacio González King Juan Pablo Guzmán	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2002	Paul Baccanello Sergio Roitman	Jan Frode Andersen Oliver Gross	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–5 ret.
2001	Oliver Marach Jarkko Nieminen	Yuri Schukin Orest Tereshchuk	6–2, 6–2
2000	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter	David Miketa David Škoch	6–3, 6–3
1999	Harel Levy Noam Okun	Daniel Fiala Leoš Friedl	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1998	Gábor Köves Tomas Strengberger	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–4, 6–4
1997	Nebojša Đorđević Dušan Vemić	Kornél Bardóczky Miklós Jancsó	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1996	Attila Sávolt László Markovits	Tuomas Ketola Borut Urh	w/o
1995	Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva	Gábor Köves László Markovits	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1994	Emanuel Couto Tamás György	Jeff Belloli Aleksandar Kitinov	6–2, 7–5
1993	Tom Vanhoudt Filip Dewulf	Stefano Pescosolido Massimo Valeri	7–5, 6–3
1992	Not held
1991	Not held
1990	Not held
1989	Peter Bastiansen Per Henricsson	Gheorghe Cosac Florin Segărceanu	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1988	Eduardo Masso Denis Langaskens	Peter Bastiansen Peter Flintsø	6–4, 7–5[5]
1987	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk	Christer Allgårdh David Engel	6–2, 7–6[6]
1986	Stanislav Birner Cyril Suk	Peter Bastiansen Brett Buffington	4–6, 7–6, 6–4[7]

Title sponsors

• Fujitsu Siemens 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
• Budapest Challenger (May)
• Stella Artois Clay Court Championships