Sanremo Challenger

The Sanremo Challenger, previously known as Sanremo Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Circolo Tennis Sanremo in Sanremo, Italy, since 2002. After a hiatus of 10 years, it came back in 2022 with a new edition.^[1][2][3]

Sanremo Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Sanremo
Location	Sanremo, Italy
Venue	Circolo Tennis Sanremo
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface	Clay (red)
Draw	32S/24Q/16D
Prize money	€45,000 (2022)
Website	tennissanremo.it/
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Luca Van Assche
Doubles	Victor Vlad Cornea Franko Škugor

Eventual 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took the singles title in 2005, competing for Serbia and Montenegro

Potito Starace was the first Italian player to clinch the singles title in 2004

Daniele Bracciali has won the most titles, 3 times in doubles.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Luca Van Assche	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–1, 6–3
2022	Holger Rune	Francesco Passaro	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011–2021	Not held
2010	Gastón Gaudio	Martín Vassallo Argüello	7–5,6–0
2009	Kevin Anderson	Blaž Kavčič	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2008	Diego Junqueira	Máximo González	6–2, 6–4
2007	Francesco Aldi	Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
2006	Olivier Patience	Stefano Galvani	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8)
2005	Novak Djokovic	Francesco Aldi	6–3, 7–6(4)
2004	Potito Starace	Peter Wessels	6–4, 6–4
2003	Tomas Behrend	Werner Eschauer	6–4, 6–2
2002	Oliver Gross	Renzo Furlan	6–4, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Victor Vlad Cornea Franko Škugor	Nikola Ćaćić Marcelo Demoliner	6–2, 6–3
2022	Geoffrey Blancaneaux Alexandre Müller	Flavio Cobolli Matteo Gigante	4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021	Not held
2010	Diego Junqueira Martín Vassallo Argüello	Carlos Berlocq Sebastián Decoud	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009	Yuri Schukin Dmitri Sitak	Daniele Bracciali Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–4, 7–6(4)
2008	Harel Levy Jim Thomas	Matthias Bachinger Daniel Brands	6–4, 6–4
2007	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Steve Darcis Stefan Wauters	7–6(3), 6–3
2006	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	Flavio Cipolla Francesco Piccari	6–4, 7–6(6)
2005	Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi	Manuel Jorquera Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 6–3
2004	Daniele Bracciali (3) Giorgio Galimberti (2)	Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano	4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
2003	Daniele Bracciali (2) Amir Hadad	Juan Balcells Juan Albert Viloca	6–2, 6–4
2002	Daniele Bracciali (1) Giorgio Galimberti (1)	Cristian Brandi Renzo Furlan	6–3, 6–4