ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (up to and including the 2008 ATP Challenger Series ) comprises a series of tournaments in men's tennis . The tournaments are hosted by the ATP and form the substructure of the ATP World Tour , while they are more endowed than the tournaments of the ITF Future Tour , where tennis players usually start their careers. Challenger tournaments are currently endowed with prize money of 50,000 to 150,000 US dollars and are played over a week. Since 2019 all tournaments have to offer the players board and lodging ( hospitality or + H for short ). Not all tournaments previously did this. Those with food were each rated one tournament category higher. The Challenger Tour is primarily used by players outside the top 100 of the world rankings to collect enough ranking points to participate in higher-quality tournaments on the ATP World Tour. It is the link between the Future Tour and the ATP World Tour.
history
The ATP Challenger Tour was held for the first time in 1978 with just 18 tournaments. Two of them were played in January, 15 were split between June and October and another tournament was held in Kyoto in November . The prize money was $ 25,000 each. In comparison, in 1990 there were 70 tournaments, in 2000 121 tournaments were part of the tour. In 2008, the total prize money of all 178 Challenger tournaments in 40 countries already totaled 10.7 million US dollars. Since February 2007, the ball manufacturer Tretorn has been a sponsor of the Tretorn SERIES + , a tournament series within the ATP Challenger Tour, in which the most important tournaments were considered, comparable to the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 . In 2009 there were 21 tournaments. The series was discontinued in 2012. Almost all top players play in Challenger tournaments early in their careers.
Records
Below are the players with the most tournament wins in Challenger tournaments in singles, doubles and overall. Players in bold are still active. The list does not claim to be complete.
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Status: November 24, 2019
Distribution of world ranking points
An overview of the point distribution for the respective Challenger categories in 2020. Since 2019, all Challenger tournaments must grant their players hospitality .
| Tournament category | Total prize money |
S. | F. | HF | VF | AF | 2R | Additional qualification points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger 125 | $ 162,480 € 137,560 |
125 | 75 | 45 | 25th | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Challenger 110 | $ 135,400 € 114,800 |
110 | 65 | 40 | 20th | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Challenger 100 | $ 108,320 € 92,040 |
100 | 60 | 35 | 18th | 8th | 5 | 1 |
| Challenger 90 | $ 81,240 € 69,280 |
90 | 55 | 33 | 17th | 8th | 5 | 1 |
| Challenger 80 | $ 54,160 € 46,600 |
80 | 48 | 29 | 15th | 7th | 4th | 1 |
| Challenger 50 1st | $ 35,000 € 30,000 |
50 | 30th | 15th | 7th | 4th | 0 | 1 |
- Explanation of the header: S = winner; F = (losing) finalist; HF = reached semi-finals (and then eliminated); VF = quarter finals; AF = round of 16; 2R = second round
- Couples in doubles receive no points before the quarter-finals.
- 1 Tournaments in the Challenger 50 category have a main field with only 32 individual players and a qualification field with 24 players.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results Archive 1978 | ATP World Tour | Tennis. In: atpworldtour.com. Accessed August 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Rankings | FAQ | ATP World Tour | Tennis. Section: What is the points breakdown for all tournament categories? In: atpworldtour.com. Retrieved December 4, 2018 .