2000 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2000 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 121 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

Schedule January DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 24.01. Heilbronn Open Main Draw - Qualifying $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Magnus Larsson Jan Siemerink John van Lottum Waikoloa Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying $ 50,000 Hard Paul Goldstein Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg 31.01. Amarillo Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying $ 37.500 Hard (i) Michael Russell Brian MacPhie Michael Hill Warsteiner Challenger Main Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Alexander Popp Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl

February DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 07.02. Volkswagen ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Andrei Stoliarov Jan-Ralph Brandt Martin Sinner 14.02. Wrocław ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 75,000 Hard (i) Martin Damm Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč Kolkata ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Grass Tuomas Ketola Andy Ram Nir Welgreen Hull ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Henrik Andersson Barry Cowan Neville Godwin Warsteiner Challenger LübeckMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Christian Vinck Giorgio Galimberti Diego Nargiso 21.02. Ho Chi Minh ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 50,000 Hard Jiří Vaněk Michael Hill Todd Woodbridge Ahmedabad ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Hard Vadim Kutsenko Cedric Kauffmann Syed Fazaluddin 28.02. Singapore ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 50,000 Hard Todd Woodbridge Neville Godwin Michael Hill Cherbourg ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 37.500 Hard (i) Julien Boutter Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra Mumbai ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Hard Leander Paes Tomáš Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi

March DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.03. Besançon ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Hard (i) Julien Boutter Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra Kyoto ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Kevin Ullyett Martin Hromec Tom Spinks 13.03. Lisbon ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Clay David Sánchez João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques Residenza Open MagdeburgMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Sébastien Lareau Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier Salinas ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Hard Davide Sanguinetti Joan Balcells Mauricio Hadad 20.03. Hamilton ChallengerMain Draw - Qualifying $ 25,000 Hard Michael Joyce Neville Godwin Michael Hill 27.03. Barletta Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Germán Puentes Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč

April DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 03.04. Cagliari Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl 10.04. San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Agustín Calleri José de Armas Jimy Szymanski 24.04. Maia Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Andrew Ilie Leander Paes Jan Siemerink

May DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 08.05. Ljubljana Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Oliver Gross Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón Birmingham Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Ronald Agénor Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi Fergana Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Vladimir Voltchkov Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor 15.05. Armonk Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Salvador Navarro Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi Jerusalem Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Kevin Ullyett Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola Zagreb Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Gastón Etlis Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso Edinburgh Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Filip Dewulf Tommy Robredo Michael Russell Samarkand Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Mikhail Youzhny Stefano Galvani Andrei Stoliarov 22.05. Budapest Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Edwin Kempes Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield

June DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 05.06. Prostějov Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Andreas Vinciguerra Alberto Martín Eyal Ran Quelle Cup $ 50,000 Clay Irakli Labadze Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes Surbiton Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Wayne Arthurs Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska Tallahassee Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Jeff Salzenstein Mark Knowles Mark Merklein 12.06. Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Bohdan Ulihrach Alberto Martín Eyal Ran ATU Cup $ 75,000 Clay Daniel Elsner Mark Nielsen Andrei Stoliarov Denver Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Lior Mor Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor Espinho Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Tommy Robredo Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota 19.06. Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Gastón Gaudio Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango Lugano Challenger $ 25,000 Clay David Sánchez Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov 26.06. Wartburg Open $ 25,000 Clay Jan Frode Andersen Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni Sassuolo Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Stefano Tarallo Álex Calatrava Salvador Navarro

July DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 03.07. Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Julián Alonso Aleksandar Kitinov Müller Cup $ 50,000 Clay Germán Puentes Orlin Stanoytchev Mikhail Youzhny Montauban Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Jean-René Lisnard Lee Pearson Grant Silcock 10.07. Ostend Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Olivier Rochus Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher Scheveningen Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Nicolas Coutelot Paul Hanley Nathan Healey Bristol Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Andy Ram Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts Granby Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il Oberstaufen Cup $ 25,000 Clay Clemens Trimmel Hugo Armando Alexandre Simoni 17.07. Aptos Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Manchester Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Mosé Navarra Dejan Petrović Andy Ram Contrexéville Challenger $ 37.500 Clay Vincenzo Santopadre Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut 24.07. Istanbul Challenger $ 75,000 Hard Wayne Black Noam Behr Eyal Erlich Córdoba Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Réginald Willems Dejan Petrović Andy Ram Tampere Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Johan Van Herck Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen Winnetka Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il 31.07. Poznań Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Christophe Rochus Petr Pála Pavel Vízner Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Sergi Bruguera Ashley Fisher Jason Weir-Smith Lexington Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman Gramado Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Alexandre Simoni André Sá Eric Taino Wrexham Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Wayne Arthurs Daniele Bracciali Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

August DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 07.08. Binghamton Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee Prague Challenger I $ 50,000 Clay Albert Montañés František Čermák Ota Fukárek Sopot Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Hugo Armando Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Nenad Zimonjić Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni Togliatti Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Vadim Kutsenko Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko 14.08. Kyiv Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Jacobo Díaz Cristian Kordasz Gábor Köves Bronx Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Lee Hyung-taik Petr Luxa Wesley Whitehouse Bressanone Challenger $ 25,000 Clay František Čermák Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts Volvo Sylt Open $ 25,000 Clay Yuri Schukin Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin 21.08. Geneva Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Nicolas Thomann Diego del Río Edgardo Massa Manerbio Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Stefano Tarallo Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts BMW Challenger Open $ 25,000 Clay Nikolay Davydenko Emilio Benfele Álvarez Luis Horna 28.08. Black Forest Open $ 37.500 Clay Michal Tabara Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin Budapest Challenger II $ 25,000 Clay Diego Moyano Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter

September DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 04.09. Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Michal Tabara Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl Rhein-Main Challenger $ 37.500 Clay Nicolas Coutelot Petr Luxa David Škoch Sofia Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Stefano Tarallo Dejan Petrović Orlin Stanoytchev 11.09. Linz Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Germán Puentes Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger Skopje Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Oliver Gross Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman 18.09. Biella Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Filippo Volandri Martín García Mariano Puerta Houston Challenger $ 50,000 Hard James Blake Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska Brașov Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Alexandre Simoni Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin 25.09. San Antonio Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Xavier Malisse Wesley Whitehouse Gareth Williams Copa Sevilla $ 37.500 Clay Tommy Robredo Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes

October DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 02.10. Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Albert Portas Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas Slovak Open $ 100,000 Hard Davide Sanguinetti Paul Hanley Paul Rosner Austin Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Andy Roddick Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher Tangier Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Werner Eschauer Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin 09.10. Cairo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Albert Portas Albert Portas Álex López Morón Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Fernando Meligeni Hugo Armando Alexander Waske Grenoble Challenger $ 75,000 Hard (i) Antony Dupuis Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta Tulsa Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Jimy Szymanski Enrique Abaroa Michael Sell Bukhara Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Noam Behr Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov 16.10. Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Guillermo Coria Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez Okal Cup $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Jens Knippschild Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild 23.10. São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Guillermo Coria Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto 30.10. Charleroi Challenger $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Jan Siemerink Petr Pála Pavel Vízner Las Vegas Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Neville Godwin Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska Quito Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Hugo Armando Francisco Costa Irakli Labadze Yokohama Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Eric Taino Yves Allegro Julian Knowle

November DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.11. Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Diego Moyano Irakli Labadze Dušan Vemić Burbank Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Andy Roddick Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer Seoul Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Lee Hyung-taik Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher 13.11. Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Guillermo Coria Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Rainer Schüttler Sander Groen Jan Siemerink Osaka Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Michel Kratochvil František Čermák Ota Fukárek Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 25,000 Hard James Blake Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer 20.11. Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Michel Kratochvil Tuomas Ketola Laurence Tieleman Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Guillermo Coria Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker Knoxville Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Cristiano Caratti Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann Puebla Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Brandon Hawk Zack Fleishman Jeff Williams 27.11. Urbana Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Jeff Salzenstein Taylor Dent Mardy Fish

December DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 04.12. Costa Rica Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Antony Dupuis Guillermo Cañas Adrián García Milan Challenger $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Mosé Navarra George Bastl Giorgio Galimberti Prague Challenger II $ 25,000 Hard (i) Jan Vacek Kristian Pless Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

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