2000 ATP Challenger Series
Details
Duration24 January 2000 – 10 December 2000
Edition23rd
Tournaments121
Achievements (singles)
1999
2001

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.[1][2]

Schedule

January

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
24.01.  Germany Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Sweden Magnus Larsson Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Netherlands John van Lottum
 United States Waikoloa Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Paul Goldstein United States Jim Grabb
United States Richey Reneberg
31.01.  United States Amarillo Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) United States Michael Russell Australia Brian MacPhie
Australia Michael Hill
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Alexander Popp Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl

February

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.02.  Germany Volkswagen Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Russia Andrei Stoliarov Germany Jan-Ralph Brandt
Germany Martin Sinner
14.02.  Poland Wrocław Challenger $ 75,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Martin Damm Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Pavel Kudrnáč
 India Kolkata Challenger $ 25,000 Grass Finland Tuomas Ketola Israel Andy Ram
Israel Nir Welgreen
 Great Britain Hull Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Sweden Henrik Andersson United Kingdom Barry Cowan
South Africa Neville Godwin
 Germany Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Christian Vinck Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Italy Diego Nargiso
21.02.  Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk Australia Michael Hill
Australia Todd Woodbridge
 India Ahmedabad Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko France Cedric Kauffmann
India Syed Fazaluddin
28.02.  Singapore Singapore Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Australia Todd Woodbridge South Africa Neville Godwin
Australia Michael Hill
 France Cherbourg Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) France Julien Boutter France Julien Boutter
France Michaël Llodra
 India Mumbai Challenger $ 25,000 Hard India Leander Paes Czech Republic Tomáš Anzari
Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi

March

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.03.  France Besançon Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) France Julien Boutter France Julien Boutter
France Michaël Llodra
 Japan Kyoto Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett Slovakia Martin Hromec
United Kingdom Tom Spinks
13.03.  Portugal Lisbon Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain David Sánchez Portugal João Cunha e Silva
Portugal Nuno Marques
 Germany Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Canada Sébastien Lareau Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Dirk Dier
 Ecuador Salinas Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Italy Davide Sanguinetti Spain Joan Balcells
Colombia Mauricio Hadad
20.03.  New Zealand Hamilton Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United States Michael Joyce South Africa Neville Godwin
Australia Michael Hill
27.03.  Italy Barletta Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain Germán Puentes Czech Republic Petr Kovačka
Czech Republic Pavel Kudrnáč

April

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.04.  Italy Cagliari Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
10.04.  Mexico San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Venezuela José de Armas
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
24.04.  Portugal Maia Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
 Bermuda XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Australia Andrew Ilie India Leander Paes
Netherlands Jan Siemerink

May

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
08.05.  Slovenia Ljubljana Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Spain Álex López Morón
 United States Birmingham Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Haiti Ronald Agénor Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Peter Tramacchi
 Uzbekistan Fergana Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Lior Mor
15.05.  United States Armonk Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Spain Salvador Navarro Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Peter Tramacchi
 Israel Jerusalem Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett South Africa Jeff Coetzee
Finland Tuomas Ketola
 Croatia Zagreb Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Etlis France Michaël Llodra
Italy Diego Nargiso
 Great Britain Edinburgh Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Belgium Filip Dewulf Spain Tommy Robredo
United States Michael Russell
 Uzbekistan Samarkand Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Russia Mikhail Youzhny Italy Stefano Galvani
Russia Andrei Stoliarov
22.05.  Hungary Budapest Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Netherlands Edwin Kempes Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield

June

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
05.06.  Czech Republic Prostějov Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Sweden Andreas Vinciguerra Spain Alberto Martín
Israel Eyal Ran
 Germany Quelle Cup $ 50,000 Clay Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes
 Great Britain Surbiton Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Australia Wayne Arthurs South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
 United States Tallahassee Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Jeff Salzenstein The Bahamas Mark Knowles
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
12.06.  Poland Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach Spain Alberto Martín
Israel Eyal Ran
 Germany ATU Cup $ 75,000 Clay Germany Daniel Elsner New Zealand Mark Nielsen
Russia Andrei Stoliarov
 United States Denver Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Israel Lior Mor Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Lior Mor
 Portugal Espinho Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Spain Tommy Robredo Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Bernardo Mota
19.06.  Germany Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio Germany Jens Knippschild
United States Jeff Tarango
  Switzerland Lugano Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Spain David Sánchez Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
26.06.  Germany Wartburg Open $ 25,000 Clay Norway Jan Frode Andersen Brazil Daniel Melo
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
 Italy Sassuolo Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Italy Stefano Tarallo Spain Álex Calatrava
Spain Salvador Navarro

July

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
03.07.  Italy Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Agustín Calleri Spain Julián Alonso
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
 Germany Müller Cup $ 50,000 Clay Spain Germán Puentes Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
 France Montauban Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Monaco Jean-René Lisnard Australia Lee Pearson
Australia Grant Silcock
10.07.  Belgium Ostend Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Belgium Olivier Rochus Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher
 Netherlands Scheveningen Challenger $ 75,000 Clay France Nicolas Coutelot Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Nathan Healey
 Great Britain Bristol Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Israel Andy Ram Australia Jordan Kerr
South Africa Damien Roberts
 Canada Granby Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki South Korea Lee Hyung-taik
South Korea Yoon Yong-il
 Germany Oberstaufen Cup $ 25,000 Clay Austria Clemens Trimmel United States Hugo Armando
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
17.07.  United States Aptos Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Bob Bryan United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
 Great Britain Manchester Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Italy Mosé Navarra Australia Dejan Petrović
Israel Andy Ram
 France Contrexéville Challenger $ 37.500 Clay Italy Vincenzo Santopadre France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut
24.07.  Turkey Istanbul Challenger $ 75,000 Hard Zimbabwe Wayne Black Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Erlich
 Spain Córdoba Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Belgium Réginald Willems Australia Dejan Petrović
Israel Andy Ram
 Finland Tampere Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Belgium Johan Van Herck Finland Ville Liukko
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
 United States Winnetka Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki South Korea Lee Hyung-taik
South Korea Yoon Yong-il
31.07.  Poland Poznań Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Belgium Christophe Rochus Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
 Spain Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Spain Sergi Bruguera Australia Ashley Fisher
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
 United States Lexington Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
Italy Laurence Tieleman
 Brazil Gramado Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Brazil Alexandre Simoni Brazil André Sá
United States Eric Taino
 Great Britain Wrexham Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Australia Wayne Arthurs Italy Daniele Bracciali
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

August

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
07.08.  United States Binghamton Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Japan Takao Suzuki South Africa Justin Bower
South Africa Jeff Coetzee
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger I $ 50,000 Clay Spain Albert Montañés Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
 Poland Sopot Challenger $ 50,000 Clay United States Hugo Armando Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
 Brazil Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić Brazil Daniel Melo
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
 Russia Togliatti Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
14.08.  Ukraine Kyiv Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Jacobo Díaz Argentina Cristian Kordasz
Hungary Gábor Köves
 United States Bronx Challenger $ 50,000 Hard South Korea Lee Hyung-taik Czech Republic Petr Luxa
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
 Italy Bressanone Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Czech Republic František Čermák Australia Jordan Kerr
South Africa Damien Roberts
 Germany Volvo Sylt Open $ 25,000 Clay Russia Yuri Schukin Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
21.08.   Switzerland Geneva Challenger $ 50,000 Clay France Nicolas Thomann Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Edgardo Massa
 Italy Manerbio Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Italy Stefano Tarallo Australia Jordan Kerr
South Africa Damien Roberts
 Germany BMW Challenger Open $ 25,000 Clay Russia Nikolay Davydenko Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Peru Luis Horna
28.08.  Germany Black Forest Open $ 37.500 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
 Hungary Budapest Challenger II $ 25,000 Clay Argentina Diego Moyano Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter

September

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.09.  Austria Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Czech Republic Michal Tabara Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
 Germany Rhein-Main Challenger $ 37.500 Clay France Nicolas Coutelot Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Czech Republic David Škoch
 Bulgaria Sofia Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Italy Stefano Tarallo Australia Dejan Petrović
Bulgaria Orlin Stanoytchev
11.09.  Austria Linz Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Spain Germán Puentes Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Thomas Strengberger
 North Macedonia Skopje Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Germany Oliver Gross Argentina Enzo Artoni
Argentina Sergio Roitman
18.09.  Italy Biella Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Italy Filippo Volandri Argentina Martín García
Argentina Mariano Puerta
 United States Houston Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States James Blake South Africa Brent Haygarth
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
 Romania Brașov Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Brazil Alexandre Simoni Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
25.09.  United States San Antonio Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Belgium Xavier Malisse South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
South Africa Gareth Williams
 Spain Copa Sevilla $ 37.500 Clay Spain Tommy Robredo Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes

October

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
02.10.  Spain Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Albert Portas
 Slovakia Slovak Open $ 100,000 Hard Italy Davide Sanguinetti Australia Paul Hanley
South Africa Paul Rosner
 United States Austin Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Andy Roddick Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher
 Morocco Tangier Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Austria Werner Eschauer Romania Ionuț Moldovan
Russia Yuri Schukin
09.10.  Egypt Cairo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Spain Albert Portas Spain Albert Portas
Spain Álex López Morón
 Mexico Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Brazil Fernando Meligeni United States Hugo Armando
Germany Alexander Waske
 France Grenoble Challenger $ 75,000 Hard (i) France Antony Dupuis Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
 United States Tulsa Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Mexico Enrique Abaroa
United States Michael Sell
 Uzbekistan Bukhara Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Israel Noam Behr Uzbekistan Vadim Kutsenko
Uzbekistan Oleg Ogorodov
16.10.  Ecuador Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
 Germany Okal Cup $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Germany Jens Knippschild Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Jens Knippschild
23.10.  Brazil São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
30.10.  Belgium Charleroi Challenger $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Netherlands Jan Siemerink Czech Republic Petr Pála
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
 United States Las Vegas Challenger $ 50,000 Hard South Africa Neville Godwin South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
 Ecuador Quito Challenger $ 25,000 Clay United States Hugo Armando Brazil Francisco Costa
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
 Japan Yokohama Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) United States Eric Taino Switzerland Yves Allegro
Austria Julian Knowle

November

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
06.11.  Chile Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Diego Moyano Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
 United States Burbank Challenger $ 50,000 Hard United States Andy Roddick The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
 South Korea Seoul Challenger $ 50,000 Hard South Korea Lee Hyung-taik Australia Tim Crichton
Australia Ashley Fisher
13.11.  Uruguay Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Gastón Etlis
 Germany Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Germany Rainer Schüttler Netherlands Sander Groen
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
 Japan Osaka Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
 United States Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United States James Blake The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
20.11.  France Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Michel Kratochvil Finland Tuomas Ketola
Italy Laurence Tieleman
 Argentina Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Argentina Guillermo Coria Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
 United States Knoxville Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Italy Cristiano Caratti Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Michael Kohlmann
 Mexico Puebla Challenger $ 25,000 Hard United States Brandon Hawk United States Zack Fleishman
United States Jeff Williams
27.11.  United States Urbana Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) United States Jeff Salzenstein United States Taylor Dent
United States Mardy Fish

December

Date Country Tournament Prizemoney Surface Singles champion Doubles champions
04.12.  Costa Rica Costa Rica Challenger $ 100,000 Hard France Antony Dupuis Argentina Guillermo Cañas
Chile Adrián García
 Italy Milan Challenger $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Italy Mosé Navarra Switzerland George Bastl
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
 Czech Republic Prague Challenger II $ 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Jan Vacek Denmark Kristian Pless
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

References

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