ATP Challenger Braunschweig

Sparkassen Open
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Braunschweig Germany
First run	1994
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	48E / 4Q / 16D
Prize money	€ 69,280
Center Court	1,900 spectators
Website	Official website
As of July 8, 2019

The ATP Challenger Braunschweig (official name: Sparkassen Open , until 2010 Nord / LB Open ) has been an annual tennis tournament in Braunschweig since 1994 . It is an ATP Challenger tournament for young and aspiring tennis players and the largest tennis tournament in Lower Saxony. The record title holder in the individual is the Spaniard Óscar Hernández , who won the tournament three times. In doubles, the two German players Jens Knippschild and Tomas Behrend also succeeded . It is currently listed in the most lucrative Challenger category.

As the only ATP Challenger tournament, it was named the best international ATP Challenger tournament five times (2005 and 2014 to 2017).

List of winners

singles

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Thiago Monteiro	Tobias Kamke	7: 6 6 , 6: 1
2018	Yannick Hanfmann	Jozef Kovalík	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
2017	Nicola Kuhn	Viktor Galović	2: 6, 7: 5, 4: 2 up.
2016	Thomaz Bellucci (2)	Íñigo Cervantes	6: 1, 1: 6, 6: 3
2015	Filip Krajinović	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6: 2, 6: 4
2014	Alexander Zverev	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2013	Florian Mayer	Jiří Veselý	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
2012	Thomaz Bellucci (1)	Tobias Kamke	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
2011	Lukáš Rosol	Yevgeny Donskoy	7: 5, 7: 6 2
2010	Mikhail Kukushkin	Marcos Daniel	6: 2, 3: 0 up.
2009	Óscar Hernández (3)	Teimuras Gabashvili	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 4
2008	Nicolas Devilder	Sergio Roitman	6: 4, 6: 4
2007	Óscar Hernández (2)	Florian Mayer	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 1
2006	Jan Hájek	Fernando Vicente	6: 1, 6: 3
2005	Óscar Hernández (1)	Nicolás Lapentti	6: 3, 6: 3
2004	Tomáš Berdych	Daniel Elsner	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2003	Werner Eschauer	Igor Andreyev	6: 1, 7: 6 2
2002	David Sánchez	José Acasuso	5: 1 up
2001	Andrea Gaudenzi	Younes El Aynaoui	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
2000	Gastón Gaudio	Franco Squillari	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 6: 4
1999	Jens Knippschild	Franco Squillari	7: 5, 7: 6 6
1998	Franco Squillari	Lucas Arnold Ker	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 1
1997	Francisco Roig	Félix Mantilla	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 2
1996	Alberto Berasategui	József Krocsko	6: 2, 6: 2
1995	Magnus Gustafsson	Stefano Pescosolido	4: 6, 6: 0, 7: 6
1994	Gilbert Schaller	Javier Sánchez	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3

Double

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Simone Bolelli Guillermo Durán	Nathaniel Lammons Antonio Šančić	6: 3, 6: 2
2018	Santiago González Wesley Koolhof	N. Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan	6: 3, 6: 3
2017	Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay (2)	Kevin Krawietz Gero Kretschmer	6: 3, 7: 6 3
2016	James Cerretani Philipp Oswald	Mateusz Kowalczyk Antonio Šančić	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , [10: 2]
2015	Syarhej Betau Mikhail Jelgin	Damir Džumhur Franko Škugor	3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 5]
2014	Andreas Siljeström (2) Igor Zelenay (1)	Rameez Junaid Michal Mertiňák	7: 5, 6: 4
2013	Tomasz Bednarek (2) Mateusz Kowalczyk (2)	Andreas Siljeström Igor Zelenay	6: 2, 7: 6 4
2012	Tomasz Bednarek (1) Mateusz Kowalczyk (1)	Harri Heliövaara Denys Moltschanow	7: 5, 6: 7 1 , [10: 8]
2011	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström (1)	Olivier Charroin Stéphane Robert	0: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
2010	Leonardo Tavares Simone Vagnozzi	Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Shchukin	7: 5, 7: 6 4
2009	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	Brian Dabul Nicolás Massú	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
2008	Marco Crugnola Óscar Hernández	Werner Eschauer Philipp Oswald	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
2007	Tomas Behrend (3) Christopher Kas (2)	Óscar Hernández Carlos Poch-Gradin	6-0, 6-2
2006	Tomas Behrend (2) Christopher Kas (1)	Máximo González Sergio Roitman	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
2005	Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón	Massimo Bertolini Tom Vanhoudt	5: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6 12
2004	Tomas Behrend (1) Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	6: 2, 6: 7 3 , 7: 6 10
2003	Sebastián Prieto Jim Thomas	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Albert Montañés	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2002	Mariano Hood Luis Horna	František Čermák Petr Luxa	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
2001	Karsten Braasch (2) Jens Knippschild (3)	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	6: 1, 6: 1
2000	Jens Knippschild (2) Jeff Tarango	Álex López Morón Albert Portas	6: 2, 6: 2
1999	Albert Portas Germán Puentes	Tomás Carbonell Nebojša Đorđević	6: 4, 6: 7 3 , 6: 3
1998	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	Juan Balcells Emanuel Couto	6: 2, 7: 6
1997	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner	Nebojša Đorđević Óscar Ortiz	6: 4, 6: 3
1996	Karsten Braasch (1) Jens Knippschild (1)	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6: 3, 6: 4
1995	Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström	Bill Behrens Brendan Curry	7: 6, 6: 4
1994	Horacio de la Peña Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Gábor Köves László Markovits	6: 4, 7: 6

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winner of previous years. Archived from the original on July 3, 2011 ; Retrieved August 26, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Data and facts | ATP tournament - Sparkassen Open. In: http://www.sparkassen-open.de/ . March 26, 2015, accessed August 26, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Great honor for the Braunschweig tennis tournament. In: regionalbraunschweig.de. March 4, 2015, accessed August 26, 2016 .