ATP Challenger Seoul

This article is about the second Challenger tournament to be held in Seoul. For the other Challenger tournament in Seoul, see ATP Challenger Seoul-2 .

Seoul Open Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Seoul South Korea
First run	2000
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	48E / 4Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 108,320
As of May 2, 2019

The ATP Challenger Seoul (official name: Seoul Open Challenger ) has been an annual tennis tournament in Seoul since 2000 . It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played outdoors on hard courts. Local hero Lee Hyung-taik dominated the singles for years, winning a total of seven tournaments between 2000 and 2008. Lu Yen-hsun has won the tournament three times in a row since 2010, making him the second most successful player in the history of the tournament.

List of winners

singles

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Kwon Soon-woo	Max Purcell	7: 5, 7: 5
2018	Mackenzie McDonald	Jordan Thompson	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
2017	Thomas Fabbiano	Kwon Soon-woo	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
2016	Serhiy Stachowskyj	Lu Yen-hsun	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 7
2015	Go Soeda	Chung Hyeon	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
2014	not carried out
2013	Dušan Lajović	Julian Reister	without a fight
2012	Lu Yen-hsun (3)	Yūichi Sugita	6: 3, 7: 6 4
2011	Lu Yen-hsun (2)	Wang Yeu-tzuoo	7: 5, 6: 3
2010	Lu Yen-hsun (1)	Kevin Anderson	6: 3, 6: 4
2009	Lukáš Lacko	Dušan Lojda	6: 4, 6: 2
2008	Lee Hyung-taik (7)	Ivo Minář	6: 4, 6: 0
2007	Dudi Sela	Konstantinos Economidis	6: 4, 6: 4
2006	Lee Hyung-taik (6)	Bjorn Phau	6: 2, 6: 2
2005	Lee Hyung-taik (5)	Nicolas Thomann	4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 6
2004	Lee Hyung-taik (4)	Jean-René Lisnard	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
2003	Lee Hyung-taik (3)	Dennis van Scheppingen	6: 3, 6: 3
2002	Werner Eschauer	Igor Kunitsyn	6: 2 task
2001	Lee Hyung-taik (2)	Goichi Motomura	6: 3, 6: 4
2000	Lee Hyung-taik (1)	Radek Štěpánek	6: 4, 6: 4

Double

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
2019	Max Purcell Luke Saville	Ruben Bemelmans Serhiy Stachowskyj	6: 4, 7: 6 7
2018	Toshihide Matsui Frederik Nielsen	Chen Ti Yi Chu-huan	6: 4, 7: 6 3
2017	Hsieh Cheng-peng Peng Hsien-yin (3)	Thomas Fabbiano Dudi Sela	5: 1 task
2016	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan	6: 3, 7: 5
2015	Gong Maoxin Peng Hsien-yin (2)	Lee Hyung-taik Danai Udomchoke	6: 4, 7: 5
2014	not carried out
2013	Marin Draganja Mate Pavic	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin	7: 5, 6: 2
2012	Lee Hsin-han Peng Hsien-yin (1)	Lim Yong-kyu Nam Ji-sung	7: 6 3 , 7: 5
2011	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6: 4, 7: 6 3
2010	Rameez Junaid Frank Moser	Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin	6: 3, 6: 4
2009	Rik De Voest (2) Lu Yen-hsun (2)	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7: 6 5 , 3: 6, [10: 6]
2008	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7: 5, 4: 6, [10: 6]
2007	Rik De Voest (1) Lu Yen-hsun (1)	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 3, 7: 5
2006	Alexander Peya (2) Björn Phau (2)	Florin Mergea Danai Udomchoke	6: 4, 6: 2
2005	Alexander Peya (1) Björn Phau (1)	Rik De Voest Łukasz Kubot	0: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
2004	Ashley Fisher (2) Robert Lindstedt	Johan Landsberg Thomas Shimada	7: 5, 7: 6 0
2003	Alex Kim Lee Hyung-taik	Alex Bogomolov junior Jeff Salzenstein	1: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
2002	Jaymon Crabb Mark Nielsen	Federico Browne Rogier Wassen	without a fight
2001	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	Yves Allegro Marco Chiudinelli	5: 7, 7: 6 8 , 6: 3
2000	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher (1)	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	6: 4, 6: 4

Web links

• Official homepage of the tournament