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. The most successful player was Sergio Roitman with three doubles titles.
Past finals Singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 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 1987 Petr Korda Alexander Zverev 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 1986 Jörgen Windahl Jaroslav Navrátil 6–1, 7–5
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 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 1987 Josef Čihák Cyril Suk Christer Allgårdh David Engel 6–2, 7–6 1986 Stanislav Birner Cyril Suk Peter Bastiansen Brett Buffington 4–6, 7–6, 6–4
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
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