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Azores Challenger
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ATP Challenger Tour
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venue
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Azores Portugal Portugal
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First run
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1988
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Last event
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1997
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category
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Challenger
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Tournament type
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Free place tournament
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Game surface
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Hard court
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draw
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32E / 16D
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Prize money
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US $ 25,000
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Status: end of the tournament
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The ATP Challenger Azores (officially: Azores Challenger ) was a tennis tournament that was held annually from 1988 to 1997 on the Azores , in Portugal . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and was played outdoors on hard courts. Nuno Marques in singles and Christian Saceanu in doubles each won two titles.
List of winners
singles
year
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winner
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Final opponent
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Result
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1997
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Italy Cristiano Caratti
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Spain Óscar Burrieza
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3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
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1996
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Portugal Nuno Marques (2)
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Mexico Luis-Enrique Herrera
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6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
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1995
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Portugal Nuno Marques (1)
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Zimbabwe Wayne Black
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3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
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1994
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Kenya Paul Wekesa
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Denmark Frederik Fetterlein
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6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 1
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1993
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France Rodolphe Gilbert
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United States Jeff Tarango
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6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 4
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1992
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Sweden Henrik Holm
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Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
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6: 4, 6: 3
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1991
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South Africa 1961 Marcos Ondruska
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Sweden Henrik Holm
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6: 3, 2: 6, 7: 6
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1990
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Spain Francisco Roig
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Canada Chris Pridham
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6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
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1989
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not carried out
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1988
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Portugal Nick Fulwood
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United Kingdom João Cunha e Silva
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6: 3, 7: 6
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Double
year
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winner
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Final opponent
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Result
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1997
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Russia Andrei Cherkassov Gastón Etlis Argentina
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Sweden Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren Sweden
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6: 7, 7: 5, 6: 3
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1996
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Netherlands Marcus Hilpert Christian Saceanu Germany (2)
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United Kingdom Jamie Delgado Charlie Singer United States
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6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
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1995
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United Kingdom Tim Henman Christian Saceanu Germany (1)
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Portugal Nuno Marques Chris Wilkinson United Kingdom
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6: 2, 6: 2
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1994
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United Kingdom Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson United Kingdom
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Portugal Emanuel Couto Eyal Ran Israel
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7: 5, 6: 1
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1993
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United States Bryan Shelton Roger Smith Bahamas
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United Kingdom Chris Bailey Jeff Tarango United States
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6: 4, 6: 4
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1992
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Sweden Henrik Holm Nicklas Utgren Sweden
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United States Donny Isaak Peter Nyborg Sweden
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7: 6, 7: 6
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1991
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Zimbabwe Byron Black T. J. Middleton United States
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Sweden Henrik Holm Peter Nyborg Sweden
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6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 6
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1990
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South Africa 1961 Brent Haygarth Scott Patridge United States
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United Kingdom Andrew Castle Nduka Odizor Nigeria
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6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
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1989
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not carried out
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1988
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Nigeria Nduka Odizor Eric Winogradsky France
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United States Charles Merzbacher Otis Smith United States
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6: 4, 6: 4
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