2008 ATP Challenger Series
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Challenger Series includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category. $/€ 25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€ 50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.
Statistical Information
(Statistics updated on 3rd August 2008)
List of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically:
- Thomaz Bellucci - Santiago, Florianópolis, Rabat, Tunis (4)
- Nicolas Devilder - Braunschweig, Constanta, Poznan (3)
- Teimuraz Gabashvili - Telde, Karlsruhe, Milan (3)
- Ivan Navarro-Pastor - Meknes, Cordoba, Medjugorje (3)
- Eduardo Schwank - Cremona, Rome, Bordeaux (3)
- Go Soeda - Kyoto, Busan, New Delhi 2 (3)
- Andreas Beck - Sarajevo, Dresden (2)
- Amer Delic - Dallas, Carson (2)
- Yen-Hsun Lu - Waikoloa, New Delhi (2)
- Ivan Miranda - Salinas, Tunica (2)
- Mathieu Montcourt - Reggio Emilia, Tampere (2)
- Gilles Muller - Humacao, Izmir(2)
- Bobby Reynolds - Tallahassee, Baton Rouge (2)
- Filippo Volandri - San Marino, Cordenons (2)
- Thiago Alves - São Paulo (1)
- Thierry Ascione - Cherbourg (1)
- Younes El Aynaoui - Chiasso (1)
- Stephane Bohli - Lanzarote (1)
- Daniel Brands - Timisoara (1)
- Agustin Calleri - Prostejov (1)
- Jeremy Chardy - Graz (1)
- Flavio Cipolla - Nouméa (1)
- Brian Dabul - San Luis Potosi (1)
- Frank Dancevic - Surbiton (1)
- Marcos Daniel - Bogota (1)
- Somdev Devvarman - Lexington (1)
- Benedikt Dorsch - Penza (1)
- Bruno Echagaray - Leon (1)
- Michail Elgin - Saransk (1)
- Fabio Fognini - Turin (1)
- Frederico Gil - Sassuolo (1)
- Marc Gicquel - Besancon (1)
- Daniel Gimeno - Aarhus (1)
- Andrey Golubev - Heilbronn (1)
- Santiago Gonzalez - Belo Horizonte (1)
- Marcel Granollers - Tanger (1)
- Robin Haase - Sunrise (1)
- Jan Hernych - Prague (1)
- Luis Horna - Lugano (1)
- Roko Karanusic - Belgrade (1)
- Daniel Kollerer - Furth (1)
- Mikhail Kukushkin - Barletta (1)
- Jesse Levine - Bradenton (1)
- Ivan Ljubicic - East London (1)
- Paolo Lorenzi - Alessandria (1)
- Nicolas Massu - Rijeka (1)
- Gael Monfils - Marrakech (1)
- Albert Montañés - Monza (1)
- Kei Nishikori - Bermuda (1)
- Dawid Olejniczak - Mexico City (1)
- Eric Prodon - Miami (1)
- Rajeev Ram - Winetka (1)
- Rubén Ramírez-Hidalgo - La Serena (1)
- Laurent Recouderc - Bytom (1)
- Bjorn Rehnquist - Guangzhou (1)
- Christophe Rochus - St. Brieuc (1)
- Lukas Rosol - Kosice (1)
- Andreas Seppi - Bergamo (1)
- Dudi Sela - Vancouver (1)
- Louk Sorensen - Wolfsburg (1)
- Robert Smeets - Dublin (1)
- Pavel Snobel - Fergana (1)
- Potito Starace - Napoli (1)
- Adrian Ungur - Sofia (1)
- Jiri Vanek - Ostrava (1)
- Martin Verkerk - Athens (1)
- Kristof Vliegen - Wroclaw (1)
- Michael Yani - Yuba City (1)
- Horacio Zeballos - Recanati (1)
The following players won their first ATP challenger title:
- Daniel Brands - Timisoara
- Somdev Devvarman - Lexington
- Santiago Gonzalez - Belo Horizonte
- Horacio Zeballos - Recanati
ATP challenger titles won by Nation (Foreign tournaments are in Bold)
- France 11 (Besancon, Braunschweig, Bytom, Cherbourg, Constanta, Graz, Marrakech, Miami, Poznan, Reggio Emilia, Tampere)
- Italy 7 (Alessandria, Bergamo, Cordenons, Napoli, Nouméa, Turin, San Marino)
- Spain 7 (Aarhus, Cordoba, La Serena, Meknes, Monza, Tanger, Medjugorje)
- USA 7 (Baton Rouge, Bradenton, Carson, Dallas, Tallahassee, Winetka, Yuba City)
- Argentina 6 (Bordeaux, Cremona, Prostejov, Recanati, Rome, San Luis Potosi)
- Brazil 6 (Bogota, Florianópolis, Santiago,São Paulo, Rabat, Tunis)
- Russia 6 (Barletta, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Milan, Saransk, Telde)
- Germany 4 (Dresden, Penza, Sarajevo, Timisoara)
- Japan 4 (Busan, Kyoto, New Delhi 2, Bermuda)
- Czech Republic 3 (Kosice, Ostrava, Prague)
- Peru 3 (Lugano, Salinas, Tunica)
- Belgium 2 (St. Brieuc, Wroclaw)
- Croatia 2 (Belgrade, East London)
- Luxembourg 2 (Humacao, Izmir)
- Mexico 2 (Belo Horizonte, Leon)
- Taiwan 2 (New Delhi, Waikoloa)
- The Netherlands 2 (Athens, Sunrise)
- Australia 1 (Dublin)
- Austria 1 (Furth)
- Canada 1 (Surbiton)
- Chile 1 (Rijeka)
- India | (Lexington)
- Ireland 1 (Wolfsburg)
- Morocco 1 (Chiasso)
- Poland 1 (Mexico City)
- Portugal 1 (Sassuolo)
- Romania 1 (Sofia)
- Switzerland 1 (Lanzarote)
- Sweden 1 (Guangzhou)