title: 2001 ATP Challenger Series
text: # 2001 ATP Challenger Series
  
  The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2001 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  ### January
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 01.01. | Brazil | Aberto de São Paulo | $ 025,000 | Hard | Flávio Saretta | Noam Okun André Sá |
  | 22.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Michaël Llodra | Sander Groen Jack Waite |
  | 22.01. | United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andy Roddick | Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas |
  | 29.01. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michaël Llodra | Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta |
  
  ### February
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 05.02. | Poland | KGHM Polish Indoors | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Axel Pretzsch | Wayne Black Jason Weir-Smith |
  | 05.02. | United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ 050,000 | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek |
  | 12.02. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Zbynek Mlynarik | Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta |
  | 12.02. | India | Mumbai Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Federico Luzzi | František Čermák Ota Fukárek |
  | 19.02. | France | Challenger 42 | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
  | 19.02. | Vietnam | Heineken Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Petr Kralert | Takao Suzuki Eric Taino |
  | 19.02. | India | The IndianOil Servo ATP Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Dennis van Scheppingen | František Čermák Radek Štěpánek |
  | 19.02. | Great Britain | Hull Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michael Kohlmann | Michael Kohlmann Michaël Llodra |
  | 19.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Jarkko Nieminen | Robert Lindstedt Fredrik Lovén |
  | 26.02. | Singapore | Singapore Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Ota Fukárek | Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher |
  | 26.02. | France | Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville | $ 037.500 | Hard (i) | Orlin Stanoytchev | Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta |
  
  ### March
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 05.03. | Japan | Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | John van Lottum | Noam Behr Noam Okun |
  | 12.03. | Germany | Residenza Open Magdeburg | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Axel Pretzsch | Frédéric Niemeyer Radek Štěpánek |
  | 12.03. | Australia | Perth Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vasilis Mazarakis | Stephen Huss Lee Pearson |
  | 12.03. | Ecuador | Abierto Internacional de Salinas | $ 025,000 | Hard | David Nalbandian | Luis Horna David Nalbandian |
  | 19.03. | Portugal | Espinho Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Félix Mantilla | Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans |
  | 19.03. | New Zealand | Hamilton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Björn Rehnquist | Noam Behr Noam Okun |
  | 26.03. | Italy | Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Félix Mantilla | Germán Puentes Jairo Velasco Jr. |
  
  ### April
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 02.04. | United States | USTA Challenger of Calabasas | $ 025,000 | Hard | André Sá | Ota Fukárek Ivo Heuberger |
  | 09.04. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | Edgardo Massa Sergio Roitman |
  | 16.04. | Bermuda | XL Bermuda Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | José Acasuso | Paul Goldstein Andy Roddick |
  
  ### May
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 07.05. | United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | James Blake Mark Merklein |
  | 07.05. | Israel | Jerusalem Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Noam Okun | Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra |
  | 07.05. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ivo Heuberger | Rik de Voest Igor Kunitsyn |
  | 14.05. | United States | Belmont Farms USTA Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jan Vacek | Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer |
  | 14.05. | Croatia | Zagreb Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jacobo Díaz | Enzo Artoni Andrés Schneiter |
  | 14.05. | Belgium | Antwerp Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dick Norman | Juan Giner Jerry Turek |
  | 14.05. | Great Britain | Edinburgh Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Kristian Pless | Filippo Messori Salvador Navarro |
  | 14.05. | Czech Republic | ECM Prague Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Ctislav Doseděl | Jaroslav Levinský Michal Navrátil |
  | 21.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | Daniel Melo Sergio Roitman |
  | 28.05. | Romania | Compaq Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Mark Merklein Paul Rosner |
  | 28.05. | Brazil | Aberto da Costa do Sauípe | $ 025,000 | Hard | André Sá | Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo |
  
  ### June
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 04.06. | Czech Republic | Unicredit Czech Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Bohdan Ulihrach | Andrea Gaudenzi Sander Groen |
  | 04.06. | Germany | Quelle Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Germán Puentes | Hugo Armando Andrei Stoliarov |
  | 04.06. | Great Britain | Surbiton Trophy | $ 050,000 | Grass | Taylor Dent | David Adams Ben Ellwood |
  | 04.06. | United States | Tallahassee Tennis Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Ramón Delgado | Matthew Breen Lee Pearson |
  | 11.06. | Italy | Top Wool Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Adrian Voinea | Enzo Artoni Andrés Schneiter |
  | 11.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | Julián Alonso Hugo Armando |
  | 18.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |
  | 18.06. | Switzerland | Challenger Lugano | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | Steven Randjelovic Attila Sávolt |
  | 25.06. | Andorra | Open Internacional d’Andorra | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Noam Okun | Denis Golovanov Tuomas Ketola |
  | 25.06. | Germany | Wartburg Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Yves Allegro Gabriel Trifu |
  | 25.06. | Italy | Memorial Savigni | $ 025,000 | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Didac Pérez Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
  
  ### July
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 02.07. | Italy | Venice Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Christophe Rochus | Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer |
  | 02.07. | Germany | Müller Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Nikolay Davydenko | František Čermák David Škoch |
  | 02.07. | Brazil | Intelig Tennis Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ricardo Mello | Alejandro Hernández André Sá |
  | 02.07. | France | Open de Montauban | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Diego del Río Vadim Kutsenko |
  | 09.07. | Netherlands | Samsung Open | $ 075,000 | Clay | Raemon Sluiter | Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock |
  | 09.07. | Great Britain | Bristol Challenger Trophy | $ 050,000 | Grass | Jamie Delgado | Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman |
  | 09.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Axel Pretzsch | Bobby Kokavec Jeff Morrison |
  | 09.07. | Brazil | Tess Tennis Classic | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | Edgardo Massa Leonardo Olguín |
  | 09.07. | Italy | Challenger Canottieri Mincio | $ 025,000 | Clay | Diego Hipperdinger | Stefano Galvani Salvador Navarro |
  | 09.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Karol Beck Branislav Sekáč |
  | 16.07. | United States | USTA Seascape Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jeff Salzenstein | Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick |
  | 16.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Trophy | $ 050,000 | Grass | Jean-François Bachelot | Ben Ellwood Fredrik Lovén |
  | 23.07. | Brazil | Credicard Mastercard Tennis Cup | $ 075,000 | Hard | Ramón Delgado | Dejan Petrović Andy Ram |
  | 23.07. | Finland | Amer-Wilson Tampere ATP Tournament | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | Stephen Huss Lee Pearson |
  | 23.07. | Hungary | Stella Artois Clay Court Championships | $ 025,000 | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek |
  | 30.07. | San Marino | San Marino CEPU Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Juan Antonio Marín | František Čermák David Škoch |
  | 30.07. | Spain | Open Castilla y León | $ 100,000 | Hard | Juan Ignacio Chela | Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman |
  | 30.07. | United States | Fifth Third Bank Tennis Classic | $ 050,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig |
  | 30.07. | Brazil | BH Tennis Open International Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Eric Taino | Dejan Petrović Andy Ram |
  | 30.07. | Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Michael Kohlmann | Gilles Elseneer Alexander Popp |
  
  ### August
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 06.08. | Spain | Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco | $ 075,000 | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock |
  | 06.08. | United States | Time Warner USTA Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Cedric Kauffmann | Bobby Kokavec Frédéric Niemeyer |
  | 06.08. | Austria | Skandia Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jan Vacek | Aleksandar Kitinov Todd Perry |
  | 06.08. | Brazil | Gramado Open de Tênis | $ 025,000 | Hard | Barry Cowan | Dejan Petrović Andy Ram |
  | 06.08. | Italy | ATP Challenger Riviera delle Palme | $ 025,000 | Clay | Marzio Martelli | Leonardo Azzaro Stefano Galvani |
  | 06.08. | Russia | Togliatti Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alexander Peya | Karol Beck Igor Zelenay |
  | 13.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Björn Phau | Kelly Gullett Bobby Kokavec |
  | 13.08. | Austria | CA Challenge | $ 050,000 | Hard | Julian Knowle | Tim Crichton Todd Perry |
  | 13.08. | Poland | Sopot Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | David Ferrer | Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Marcin Matkowski |
  | 13.08. | Brazil | Brasília Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Gastón Etlis | Gastón Etlis Leonardo Olguín |
  | 13.08. | Italy | Bressanone Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Renzo Furlan | Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi |
  | 13.08. | Germany | Volvo Sylt Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Salvador Navarro | Dennis van Scheppingen Bobbie Altelaar |
  | 20.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dennis van Scheppingen | Diego del Río Orlin Stanoytchev |
  | 20.08. | Brazil | Ribeirão Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Adriano Ferreira Antonio Prieto |
  | 20.08. | Italy | Manerbio Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Attila Sávolt Thomas Strengberger |
  | 20.08. | Germany | BMW Challenger Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Jens Knippschild Jairo Velasco Jr. |
  | 27.08. | Brazil | Telesp Celular Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Edgardo Massa Flávio Saretta |
  | 27.08. | Germany | Black Forest Open | $ 037.500 | Clay | Albert Montañés | Franz Stauder Alexander Waske |
  | 27.08. | Italy | Brindisi Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Federico Luzzi | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
  
  ### September
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 03.09. | Ukraine | Kiew Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | David Sánchez | Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock |
  | 03.09. | Brazil | Curitiba Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Flávio Saretta | Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher |
  | 03.09. | Germany | Rhein-Main Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Simon Greul | Aleksandar Kitinov Dušan Vemić |
  | 03.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stefano Galvani | Amir Hadad Lovro Zovko |
  | 10.09. | United States | Tarzana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Levar Harper-Griffith | Zack Fleishman Michael Joyce |
  | 10.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Didac Pérez | Oliver Marach Jarkko Nieminen |
  | 10.09. | Bulgaria | Sofia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | Igor Gaudi Stefano Galvani |
  | 10.09. | Poland | Compaq Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Ota Fukárek | Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann |
  | 17.09. | Poland | Stettin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
  | 17.09. | Turkey | TED Open | $ 075,000 | Hard | Nikolay Davydenko | Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra |
  | 17.09. | Brazil | Florianópolis Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
  | 17.09. | Spain | Copa Sevilla | $ 037.500 | Clay | Stefano Galvani | Stefano Galvani Vincenzo Santopadre |
  | 24.09. | Portugal | Maia Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Djalmar Sistermans |
  | 24.09. | Slovenia | Kamnik Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Željko Krajan | Igor Brukner Jaroslav Levinský |
  | 24.09. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oleg Ogorodov | Denis Golovanov Vadim Kutsenko |
  | 24.09. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Adriano Ferreira Edgardo Massa |
  
  ### October
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 01.10. | Italy | Cagliari Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Fernando Vicente | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón |
  | 01.10. | France | Grenoble Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Johan Settergren | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
  | 01.10. | Mexico | Guadalajara Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Gastón Etlis Martin Rodriguez |
  | 01.10. | United States | Tulsa Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jan Hernych | Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison |
  | 01.10. | Uzbekistan | Bukhara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | John van Lottum | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Rogier Wassen |
  | 08.10. | Peru | Lima Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | Enzo Artoni Daniel Melo |
  | 08.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Konstantinos Economidis | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón |
  | 08.10. | United States | Kerrville Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alex Kim | Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick |
  | 15.10. | Finland | Helsinki Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | George Bastl | Tim Crichton Jim Thomas |
  | 15.10. | Brazil | Brasília Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | Luis Lobo Daniel Orsanic |
  | 15.10. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Hugo Armando | Ricardo Schlachter Rogier Wassen |
  | 22.10. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger II | $ 075,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Agustín Calleri Edgardo Massa |
  | 22.10. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský |
  | 22.10. | United States | Houston Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vince Spadea | Jeff Coetzee Paul Rosner |
  | 29.10. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Marcelo Ríos | André Sá Alexandre Simoni |
  | 29.10. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Popp | Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann |
  | 29.10. | Great Britain | Bolton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Olivier Rochus | Gilles Elseneer Wim Neefs |
  | 29.10. | United States | Burbank Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Kevin Kim | Scott Humphries Chris Woodruff |
  | 29.10. | Japan | Yokohama Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Takao Suzuki | Takao Suzuki Mitsuru Takada |
  
  ### November
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 05.11. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay (i) | Karol Kučera | Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek |
  | 05.11. | Uruguay | Montevideo Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | David Nalbandian | Diego del Río Martín Vassallo Argüello |
  | 05.11. | United States | UT Tyler Patriot Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Noam Okun | Stephen Huss Paul Rosner |
  | 05.11. | Germany | Okal Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Popp | George Bastl Neville Godwin |
  | 12.11. | Argentina | Buenos Aires Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Federico Browne Ignacio Hirigoyen |
  | 12.11. | United States | Knoxville Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | James Blake | Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison |
  | 19.11. | Venezuela | Caracas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Julian Knowle | Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann |
  | 19.11. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Ota Fukárek | Lukáš Dlouhý David Miketa |
  | 19.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Miguel Gallardo Valles | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
  | 26.11. | Costa Rica | Copa Ericsson Costa Rica | $ 075,000 | Hard | Michael Kohlmann | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
  | 26.11. | Italy | Mailand Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Marc Rosset | Nicola Bruno Gianluca Pozzi |
  | 26.11. | United States | Urbana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Ivo Karlović | Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison |
  
  ### December
  
  | Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 03.12. | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Kristian Pless | Justin Gimelstob David Macpherson |
  | 03.12. | Thailand | Bangkok Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Paradorn Srichaphan | Jaroslav Levinský Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
  