Tennis tournament
Budapest Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Series Founded 1986 Abolished 2005 Location Budapest , HungaryVenue 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 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.
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]
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]
Fujitsu Siemens Open (2003, 2002)
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