New Delhi Challenger

The New Delhi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.^[1] It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series. It was held eight times in New Delhi, in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2008. It was also held i 2014, 2015 and 2016, but halted from 2017 due to lack of funds.^[2] Now Delhi hosts Delhi Open Challenger as of 2025.^[3]

New Delhi Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1999
Abolished	2008
Editions	8
Location	New Delhi, India
Category	ATP Challenger Series
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$50,000

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1999	Leander Paes	Mahesh Bhupathi	7–5, 6–4
2000–02	Not held
2003	Ivo Heuberger	Danai Udomchoke	6–2, 6–3
2004–06	Not held
2007 (1)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	An Jae-sung	7–5, 6–4
2007 (2)	Mikhail Elgin	Tomáš Cakl	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2008 (1)	Lu Yen-hsun	Brendan Evans	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2008 (2)	Go Soeda	Lu Yen-hsun	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2008 (3)	Conor Niland	Tomáš Cakl	6–4, 6–4
2008 (4)	Dieter Kindlmann	Josh Goodall	7–6(7–3), 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runner-ups	Score
1999	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	Barry Cowan Wesley Whitehouse	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2000–02	Not held
2003	Radoslav Lukaev Dmitry Vlasov	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
2004–06	Not held
2007 (1)	Rik de Voest Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007 (2)	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	Pavel Chekhov Mikhail Elgin	6–3, 6–3
2008 (1)	Colin Ebelthite Sam Groth	Mohammad Ghareeb Illya Marchenko	2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2008 (2)	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	Brendan Evans Mustafa Ghouse	7–5, 6–3
2008 (3)	Josh Goodall James Ward	Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo	6–4, 6–1
2008 (4)	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	Rohan Gajjar Purav Raja	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]