The Porto Challenger was a professional tennis tournament in Portugal played on clay courts that was part of the ATP Challenger Series. Held in Porto, the first edition of the tournament was in 1982, then it was contested every year from 1987 to 1994, biannually in 1991, 1992 and 1993. It continued as a semi regular event until 1998.
Past finals
Singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 1982 Jairo Velasco Sr. Juan Avendaño 6–7, 6–3, 6–3 1983-1986 Not contested 1987 Christian Bergström Alex Antonitsch 6–1, 6–3 1988 Paul Dogger Michiel Schapers 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 1989 Andrei Cherkasov Javier Sánchez 7–6, 7–5 1990 Mark Koevermans Franco Davín 6–3, 6–3 1991 Stefano Pescosolido Roberto Azar 6–1, 6–1 1991 (2) Bart Wuyts Martin Wostenholme 6–3, 7–5 1992 José Francisco Altur Claudio Mezzadri 1–6, 7–6, 7–5 1992 (2) Jordi Arrese Lars Jönsson 2–6, 6–1, 6–0 1993 Younes El Aynaoui Jordi Arrese 7–5, 0–6, 6–4 1993 (2) Franco Davín Gabriel Markus 6–4, 6–3 1994 Gilbert Schaller Marcelo Filippini 6–2, 7–5 1995 Not contested 1996 Richard Fromberg Galo Blanco 6–3, 7–6 1997 Not contested 1998 Younes El Aynaoui Stefan Koubek 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1982 Libor Pimek Thierry Stevaux Andy Kohlberg Robbie Venter 4–6, 7–6, 7–5 1983-1986 Not contested 1987 Conny Falk Stefan Svensson Ronnie Båthman Michael Tauson 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 1988 Michiel Schapers Huub van Boeckel Andrei Olhovskiy Alexander Zverev 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 1989 Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa Paul Haarhuis Denis Langaskens 6–4, 6–3 1990 Eduardo Bengoechea Christian Miniussi Jose Clavet Francisco Roig 6–0, 6–3 1991 Dimitri Poliakov Tomáš Anzari Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 1991 (2) Josef Čihák Tomáš Anzari Juan Carlos Báguena Andrés Gómez 7–5, 6–2 1992 Carl Limberger Tomáš Anzari Brian Devening Bent-Ove Pedersen 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 1992 (2) Doug Eisenman Bent-Ove Pedersen Jordi Arrese Àlex Corretja 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 1993 Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek Jordi Burillo Javier Sánchez 6–3, 7–6 1993 (2) Johan de Beer Brent Haygarth Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan 6–2, 2–6, 7–6 1994 Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez Jorge Lozano Roberto Saad 7–6, 6–3 1995 Not contested 1996 Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques Bernardo Mota Jimy Szymanski 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 1997 Not contested 1998 Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Cristian Brandi Stephen Noteboom 7–5, 6–4
References Official website of the International Tennis Federation