1999 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration25 January 1999 – 12 December 1999
Edition22nd
Tournaments115
Achievements (singles)
1998
2000

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1999 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 115 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[1][2]

Schedule

January

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
25.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Italy Laurence Tieleman Germany Michael Kohlmann
Switzerland Filippo Veglio

February

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.02.  United States Amarillo Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Romania Gabriel Trifu United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 India Kolkata Challenger $ 50,000 Grass India Leander Paes Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Germany Michael Kohlmann
Switzerland Filippo Veglio
 Uruguay Punta del Este Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Argentina Marcelo Charpentier Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Uruguay Marcelo Filippini
08.02.  India Lucknow Challenger I $ 50,000 Grass Finland Tuomas Ketola Portugal Nuno Marques
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Axel Pretzsch Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
15.02.  Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Axel Pretzsch Germany Franz Stauder
Germany Patrick Sommer
22.02.  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Netherlands John van Lottum Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
 United States Laguna Hills Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Canada Sébastien Lareau United States Paul Goldstein
United States Brian MacPhie
 France Cherbourg Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) France Sébastien Grosjean Australia Michael Hill
Australia Andrew Painter

March

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.03.  Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Italy Mosé Navarra South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Damien Roberts
 France Grenoble Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) France Julien Boutter United States Adam Peterson
United States Chris Tontz
 Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Markus Hantschk Australia Michael Hill
Australia Andrew Painter
08.03.  Ecuador Salinas Challenger $ 75,000 Hard Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
 France Besançon Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Croatia Ivan Ljubičić Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
 Japan Kyoto Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Austria Julian Knowle Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
29.03.  Italy Barletta Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain Jacobo Díaz Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Spain Javier Sánchez

April

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.04.  Italy Napoli Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero South Africa Marcos Ondruska
United States Jack Waite
12.04.  Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Hernán Gumy United States Doug Flach
United States Richey Reneberg
 France Nice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio Argentina Martín García
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
 India New Delhi Challenger $ 25,000 Hard India Leander Paes Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
26.04.  Portugal Espinho Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio Spain Joan Balcells
Argentina Gastón Etlis

May

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.05.  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Italy Massimo Valeri
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
10.05.  United States Birmingham Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Brazil Francisco Costa United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Israel Lior Mor South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Finland Tuomas Ketola
24.05.  Bulgaria Sofia Challenger II $ 25,000 Clay Germany Marcello Craca Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Tomas Behrend
31.05.  Czech Republic Prostějov Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Australia Richard Fromberg Romania Dinu Pescariu
United States Eric Taino
 Germany Quelle Cup $ 50,000 Clay Haiti Ronald Agénor Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nebojša Đorđević
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
 Great Britain Surbiton Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Armenia Sargis Sargsian Australia Scott Draper
Australia Todd Woodbridge

June

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.06.  Portugal Maia Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
 Germany ATU Cup $ 75,000 Clay Spain Roberto Carretero Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
14.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Germany Jens Knippschild Spain Albert Portas
Spain Germán Puentes
 Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Croatia Ivan Ljubičić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
21.06.  Italy Biella Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Chile Nicolás Massú Italy Filippo Messori
Italy Massimo Valeri
 Germany Wartburg Open $ 25,000 Clay Spain Juan Albert Viloca United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
28.06.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Romania Andrei Pavel Spain Albert Portas
Spain Germán Puentes
 Germany Müller Cup $ 50,000 Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Australia Andrew Painter
South Africa Byron Talbot
  Switzerland Lugano Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
 France Montauban Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain Álex López Morón Sweden Simon Aspelin
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek

July

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.07.  Belgium Ostend Challenger $ 125,000 Clay France Olivier Malcor South Africa Marcos Ondruska
Australia Steven Randjelovic
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Czech Republic Petr Kralert United States Kevin Kim
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 25,000 Clay Germany Alexander Popp Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
12.07.  Austria Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Zíb Portugal Nuno Marques
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 United States Aptos Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Australia Michael Hill Australia Michael Hill
United States Scott Humphries
 France Contrexéville Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Haiti Ronald Agénor France Jérôme Hanquez
France Régis Lavergne
 Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Italy Igor Gaudi South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Neville Godwin
19.07.  Great Britain Newcastle Challenger $ 50,000 Clay United States Jeff Tarango Netherlands Marcus Hilpert
South Africa Vaughan Snyman
 Italy Olbia Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Italy Stefano Pescosolido Italy Omar Camporese
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Israel Eyal Ran
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Czech Republic Radomír Vašek Czech Republic Petr Dezort
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
 United States Winnetka Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Alex O'Brien United States James Blake
United States Thomas Blake
 Spain Córdoba Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
26.07.  Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko Japan Gouichi Motomura
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Argentina Héctor Moretti Netherlands Marcus Hilpert
South Africa Vaughan Snyman

August

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.08.  Poland Poznań Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Galo Blanco Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Italy Davide Sanguinetti
 Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard France Cyril Saulnier Switzerland Roger Federer
Netherlands Sander Groen
 United States Lexington Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Israel Harel Levy United States Michael Sell
Romania Gabriel Trifu
 Brazil Gramado Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Brazil Antonio Prieto
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
 Austria Nettingsdorf Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt Austria Georg Blumauer
Austria Alexander Peya
09.08.  United States Binghamton Challenger $ 50,000 Hard France Antony Dupuis United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Brazil Daniel Melo
Brazil Antonio Prieto
 Spain Madrid Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Ota Fukárek Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
 Poland Sopot Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain Roberto Carretero Poland Bartłomiej Dąbrowski
Poland Michał Gawłowski
 Austria Vienna Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Thomas Strengberger
16.08.  Czech Republic Prague Challenger II $ 100,000 Clay Italy Davide Sanguinetti Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Pavel Kudrnáč
 United States Bronx Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Germany Alexander Popp South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Mexico Alejandro Hernández
 Germany Volvo Sylt Open $ 50,000 Clay Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Germany Rene Nicklisch
Hungary Attila Sávolt
 Italy Bressanone Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Italy Gianluca Luddi Czech Republic David Miketa
Czech Republic Radovan Světlík
23.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Spain Álex López Morón
 Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Hungary Attila Sávolt Austria Thomas Strengberger
Italy Massimo Valeri
30.08.  Germany Black Forest Open $ 37.500 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Spain Joan Balcells
Austria Thomas Strengberger

September

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.09.  Ukraine Kyiv Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sweden Simon Aspelin
Sweden Johan Landsberg
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Chile Nicolás Massú Brazil Paulo Taicher
Argentina Andrés Zingman
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Germany Rene Nicklisch Argentina Francisco Cabello
Germany Michael Kohlmann
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Germany Marcello Craca Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Tomas Behrend
13.09.  Romania Brașov Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Spain David Sánchez Romania Andrei Pavel
Romania Gabriel Trifu
 Hungary Budapest Challenger $ 25,000 Clay France Stéphane Huet Israel Harel Levy
Israel Noam Okun
 North Macedonia Skopje Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Greece Vasilis Mazarakis Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
Australia Steven Randjelovic
20.09.  Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
United States Jack Waite
 United States Austin Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Brazil André Sá South Africa Marcos Ondruska
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 25,000 Clay Argentina Sebastián Prieto Argentina Marcelo Charpentier
Puerto Rico José Frontera
27.09.  United States San Antonio Challenger $ 37.500 Hard The Bahamas Mark Knowles United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith

October

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.10.  Israel Tel Aviv Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Czech Republic Ctislav Doseděl Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
 United States Tulsa Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Brazil André Sá South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Mexico Alejandro Hernández
11.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Fernando Vicente Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes
 Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Hernán Gumy Brazil Jaime Oncins
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
 United States Dallas Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Brazil André Sá Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Grant Silcock
18.10.  Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Morocco Karim Alami Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Sr.
 Peru Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Juan Ignacio Chela Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Martín García
 Hong Kong Hongkong Challenger $ 50,000 Hard France Stéphane Huet South Africa Neville Godwin
Australia Michael Hill
 United States Houston Challenger $ 37.500 Hard South Africa Marcos Ondruska United States David DiLucia
United States Michael Sell
 Germany Okal Cup $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland George Bastl Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
25.10.  France Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Roger Federer Czech Republic Martin Damm
Belarus Max Mirnyi
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov Israel Noam Behr
Russia Andrei Stoliarov

November

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
01.11.  Chile Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Chile Nicolás Massú Brazil Antonio Prieto
Brazil Cristiano Testa
 Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Raemon Sluiter Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Japan Takao Suzuki
 Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) South Korea Lee Hyung-taik Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Thomas Shimada
08.11.  Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Morocco Karim Alami Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Martín García
 United States Miami Challenger $ 50,000 Hard South Africa Marcos Ondruska Canada Jocelyn Robichaud
South Africa Myles Wakefield
15.11.  Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Franco Squillari Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Argentina Martín García
 Andorra Andorra Challenger $ 75,000 Hard (i) United States Justin Gimelstob Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United States Michael Sell Mexico Óscar Ortiz
Mexico Marco Osorio
 United States Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United States Bob Bryan Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
22.11.  Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Brazil Francisco Costa Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
29.11.  Venezuela Caracas Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 Germany Nümbrecht Challenger $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Switzerland George Bastl Germany Dirk Dier
Germany Jens Knippschild
 United States Urbana Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Canada Frédéric Niemeyer United States Paul Goldstein
United States Jim Thomas
 India Lucknow Challenger II $ 25,000 Grass India Leander Paes Denmark Kristian Pless
Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan

December

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.12.  United States Burbank Challenger $ 37.500 Hard United States Cecil Mamiit United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 India Jaipur Challenger $ 25,000 Grass India Leander Paes Czech Republic Tomáš Anzari
Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
 Mexico Mexico City Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Argentina Federico Browne Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Damián Furmanski
 Australia Perth Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Australia Paul Kilderry Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Grant Silcock

References

  1. "Results Archive". ATP Tour.
  2. "ITF Men's World Tour Calendar". www.itftennis.com.
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