Sanremo Challenger

The Sanremo Challenger, previously known as Sanremo Tennis Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo Tennis Sanremo in Sanremo, Italy, since 2002. After a hiatus of 10 years, it came back in 2022 with a new edition.[1][2][3]

Sanremo Challenger
2022 Sanremo Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameSanremo
LocationSanremo, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Sanremo
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/24Q/16D
Prize money€45,000 (2022)
Websitetennissanremo.it/
Current champions (2022)
SinglesDenmark Holger Rune
DoublesFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
Eventual 2008 Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic took the singles title in 2005, competing for Serbia and Montenegro
Potito Starace was the first Italian player to clinch the singles title in 2004

Daniele Bracciali has won most titles, 3 times, in doubles.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023France Luca Van AsschePeru Juan Pablo Varillas6–1, 6–3
2022Denmark Holger RuneItaly Francesco Passaro6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2011–2021 Not held
2010Argentina Gastón GaudioArgentina Martín Vassallo Argüello7–5,6–0
2009South Africa Kevin AndersonSlovenia Blaž Kavčič2–6, 6–2, 7–5
2008Argentina Diego JunqueiraArgentina Máximo González6–2, 6–4
2007Italy Francesco AldiItaly Fabio Fognini7–5, 6–7(4), 6–4
2006France Olivier PatienceItaly Stefano Galvani6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8)
2005Serbia and Montenegro Novak DjokovicItaly Francesco Aldi6–3, 7–6(4)
2004Italy Potito StaraceNetherlands Peter Wessels6–4, 6–4
2003Germany Tomas BehrendAustria Werner Eschauer6–4, 6–2
2002Germany Oliver GrossItaly Renzo Furlan6–4, 6–3

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023Romania Victor Vlad Cornea
Croatia Franko Škugor		Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner		6–2, 6–3
2022France Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller		Italy Flavio Cobolli
Italy Matteo Gigante		4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2011–2021 Not held
2010Argentina Diego Junqueira
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello		Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Argentina Sebastián Decoud		2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2009Kazakhstan Yuri Schukin
Russia Dmitri Sitak		Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Giancarlo Petrazzuolo		6–4, 7–6(4)
2008Israel Harel Levy
United States Jim Thomas		Germany Matthias Bachinger
Germany Daniel Brands		6–4, 6–4
2007Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana		Belgium Steve Darcis
Belgium Stefan Wauters		7–6(3), 6–3
2006France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut		Italy Flavio Cipolla
Italy Francesco Piccari		6–4, 7–6(6)
2005Italy Francesco Aldi
Italy Tomas Tenconi		Italy Manuel Jorquera
Russia Dmitry Tursunov		6–4, 6–3
2004Italy Daniele Bracciali (3)
Italy Giorgio Galimberti (2)		Italy Manuel Jorquera
Argentina Diego Moyano		4–6, 7–6(6), 6–2
2003Italy Daniele Bracciali (2)
Israel Amir Hadad		Spain Juan Balcells
Spain Juan Albert Viloca		6–2, 6–4
2002Italy Daniele Bracciali (1)
Italy Giorgio Galimberti (1)		Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Renzo Furlan		6–3, 6–4

References
  1. "Dal 3 al 9 Aprile il grande tennis in Liguria con il torneo ATP Challenger Sanremo". Federtennis. 31 March 2022.
  2. "Sanremo, il torneo Atp Challenger torna nella città dei fiori dopo tredici anni di stop". Il Secolo XIX. 31 March 2022.
  3. "ATP Challenger Sanremo torna dopo 10 anni". primalariviera.it. 29 March 2022.
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