ATP Challenger Series 2000

The following table shows the tournaments of the professional men's tennis 2000 season of the ATP Challenger Series . It consisted of 121 tournaments with prizes ranging from $ 25,000 to $ 125,000. It was the 23rd edition of the Challenger tournament cycle.

Tournament schedule

January

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
24.01.	Heilbronn	Heilbronn Challenger	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Magnus Larsson	Jan Siemerink John van Lottum
	Waikoloa	Waikoloa Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Paul Goldstein	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
31/01	Amarillo	Amarillo Challenger	$ 037,500	Hard court (i)	Michael Craig Russell	Brian MacPhie Michael Hill
	Hamburg	Hamburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Alexander Popp	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl

February

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.02.	Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Andrei Stolyarov	Jan-Ralph Brandt Martin Sinner
02/14	Wroclaw	Wroclaw Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard court (i)	Martin Damm	Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč
	Calcutta	Calcutta Challenger	$ 025,000	race	Tuomas Ketola	Andy Ram Nir Welgreen
	Hull	Hull Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Henrik Andersson	Barry Cowan Neville Godwin
	Lübeck	Lübeck Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Christian Vinck	Giorgio Galimberti Diego Nargiso
02/21	Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Chi Minh Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Jiří Vaněk	Michael Hill Todd Woodbridge
	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Vadim Kutsenko	Cédric Kauffmann Fazaluddin Syed
28.02.	Singapore	Singapore Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Neville Godwin Michael Hill
	Cherbourg	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 037,500	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra
	Mumbai	Mumbai Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Leander Paes	Tomáš Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi

March

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.03.	Besançon	Besançon Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court (i)	Julien Boutter	Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra
	Kyoto	Kyoto Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Martin Hromec Tom Spinks
13.03.	Lisbon	Lisbon Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	David Sánchez	João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques
	Magdeburg	Magdeburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Lareau	Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier
	Salinas	Salinas Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Davide Sanguinetti	Juan Balcells Mauricio Hadad
March 20	Hamilton	Hamilton Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Michael Joyce	Neville Godwin Michael Hill
27.03.	Barletta	Barletta Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Germán Puentes	Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč

April

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04/03	Cagliari	Cagliari Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Andrea Gaudenzi	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
04/10	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Agustín Calleri	José de Armas Jimy Szymanski
04/24	Maia	Maia Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Andrea Gaudenzi	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
	Bermuda	Bermuda Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Andrew Ilie	Leander Paes Jan Siemerink

May

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
08.05.	Ljubljana	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Oliver Gross	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón
	Birmingham	Birmingham Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Ronald Agénor	Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi
	Fargʻona	Fergana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Uladsimir Waltschkou	Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor
May 15	Armonk	Armonk Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Salvador Navarro	Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola
	Zagreb	Zagreb Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Gastón Etlis	Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso
	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Filip Dewulf	Tommy Robredo Michael Russell
	Samarqand	Samarkand Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Mikhail Juschny	Stefano Galvani Andrei Stolyarov
May 22nd	Budapest	Budapest Challenger I	$ 025,000	sand	Edwin Kempes	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield

June

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
05.06.	Prostějov	Prostějov Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Andreas Vinciguerra	Alberto Martín Eyal Ran
	Fuerth	Fürth Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Irakli Labadze	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
	Surbiton	Surbiton Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Wayne Arthurs	Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska
	Tallahassee	Tallahassee Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Jeff Salzenstein	Mark Knowles Mark Merklein
12.06.	Szczecin	Szczecin Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Bohdan Ulihrach	Alberto Martín Eyal Ran
	Pastures	Willow Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Daniel Elsner	Mark Nielsen Andrei Stolyarov
	Denver	Denver Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Lior Mor	Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor
	Espinho	Espinho Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Tommy Robredo	Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota
19.06.	Braunschweig	Braunschweig Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Gastón Gaudio	Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango
	Lugano	Lugano Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	David Sánchez	Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov
26.06.	Eisenach	Eisenach Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Jan Frode Andersen	Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni
	Sassuolo	Sassuolo Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Stefano Tarallo	Álex Calatrava Salvador Navarro

July

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
03.07.	Venice	Venice Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Agustín Calleri	Julián Alonso Aleksandar Kitinov
	Ulm	Ulm Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Germán Puentes	Orlin Stanoitschew Mikhail Juschny
	Montauban	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Jean-René Lisnard	Lee Pearson Grant Silcock
07/10	East End	Ostend Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Olivier Rochus	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher
	Scheveningen	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Nicolas Coutelot	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey
	Bristol	Bristol Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Andy Ram	Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts
	Granby	Granby Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il
	Oberstaufen	Oberstaufen Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Clemens Trimmel	Hugo Armando Alexandre Simoni
07/17	Aptos	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Bob Bryan	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
	Manchester	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Mosé Navarre	Dejan Petrović Andy Ram
	Contrexéville	Contrexéville Challenger	$ 037,500	sand	Vincenzo Santopadre	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
07/24	Istanbul	Istanbul Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard court	Wayne Black	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich
	Pozoblanco	Pozoblanco Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Reginald Willems	Dejan Petrović Andy Ram
	Tampere	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Johan van Herck	Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen
	Winnetka	Winnetka Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il
07/31	Poses	Poznan Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Christophe Rochus	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
	Segovia	Segovia Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court	Sergi Bruguera	Ashley Fisher Jason Weir-Smith
	Lexington	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman
	Gramado	Gramado Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Alexandre Simoni	André Sá Eric Taino
	Wrexham	Wrexham Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Wayne Arthurs	Daniele Bracciali Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

August

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.08.	Binghamton	Binghamton Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee
	Prague	Prague Challenger I	$ 050,000	sand	Jan Vacek	Kristian Pless Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
	Sopot	Sopot Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Hugo Armando	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter
	Belo Horizonte	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Nenad Zimonjić	Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni
	Tolyatti	Tolyatti Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Vadim Kucenko	Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko
08/14	Kiev	Kiev Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Jacobo Díaz	Cristian Kordasz Gábor Köves
	Bronx	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Lee Hyung-taik	Petr Luxa Wesley Whitehouse
	Brixen	Bressanone Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	František Čermák	Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts
	Sylt	Sylt Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Yuri Shchukin	Ion Moldovan Yuri Shchukin
08/21	Geneva	Geneva Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Nicolas Thomann	Diego del Río Edgardo Massa
	Manerbio	Manerbio Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Stefano Tarallo	Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts
	Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Nikolai Davydenko	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Luis Horna
08/28	Freudenstadt	Freudenstadt Challenger	$ 037,500	sand	Michal Tabara	Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Shchukin
	Budapest	Budapest Challenger II	$ 025,000	sand	Diego Moyano	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter

September

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04.09.	Graz	Graz Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Michal Tabara	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
	Aschaffenburg	Aschaffenburg Challenger	$ 037,500	sand	Nicolas Coutelot	Petr Luxa David Škoch
	Sofia	Sofia Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Stefano Tarallo	Dejan Petrović Orlin Stanoitschew
11.09.	Linz	Linz Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Germán Puentes	Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger
	Skopje	Skopje Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Oliver Gross	Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman
18.09.	Biella	Biella Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Filippo Volandri	Martín Alberto García Mariano Puerta
	Houston	Houston Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	James Blake	Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska
	Brașov	Brașov Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Alexandre Simoni	Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Shchukin
25.09.	San Antonio	San Antonio Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Xavier Malisse	Wesley Whitehouse Gareth Williams
	Seville	Seville Challenger	$ 037,500	sand	Tommy Robredo	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes

October

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
02.10.	Barcelona	Barcelona Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Albert Portas	Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas
	Bratislava	Bratislava Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court	Davide Sanguinetti	Paul Hanley Paul Rosner
	Austin	Austin Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Andy Roddick	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher
	Tangier	Tangier Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Werner Eschauer	Ion Moldovan Yuri Shchukin
09.10.	Cairo	Cairo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Albert Portas	Albert Portas Álex López Morón
	Guadalajara	Guadalajara Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Fernando Meligeni	Hugo Armando Alexander Waske
	Grenoble	Grenoble Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard court (i)	Antony Dupuis	Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta
	Tulsa	Tulsa Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Jimy Szymanski	Enrique Abaroa Michael Sell
	Buxoro	Bukhara Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Noam Behr	Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov
16.10.	Lima	Lima Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Guillermo Coria	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
	Eckental	Eckental Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jens Knippschild	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
23.10.	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Guillermo Coria	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto
10/30	Charleroi	Charleroi Challenger	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Jan Siemerink	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner
	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Neville Godwin	Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska
	Quito	Quito Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Hugo Armando	Francisco Costa Irakli Labadze
	Yokohama	Yokohama Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Eric Taino	Yves Allegro Julian Knowle

November

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.11.	Santiago de Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Diego Moyano	Irakli Labadze Dušan Vemić
	Burbank	Burbank Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Andy Roddick	Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer
	Seoul	Seoul Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Lee Hyung-taik	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher
11/13	Montevideo	Montevideo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Guillermo Coria	Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis
	Aachen	Aachen Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Rainer Schüttler	Sander Groen Jan Siemerink
	Osaka	Osaka Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Michel Kratochvil	František Čermák Ota Fukárek
	Rancho Mirage	Rancho Mirage Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	James Blake	Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer
November 20	Brest	Brest Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court (i)	Michel Kratochvil	Tuomas Ketola Laurence Tieleman
	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Guillermo Coria	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker
	Knoxville	Knoxville Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court (i)	Cristiano Caratti	Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann
	Puebla	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Brandon Hawk	Zack Fleishman Jeff Williams
11/27	Urbana	Urbana Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court (i)	Jeff Salzenstein	Taylor Dent Mardy Fish

December

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04.12.	San Jose	San Jose Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court	Antony Dupuis	Guillermo Cañas Adrián García
	Milan	Milan Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Mosè Navarre	George Bastl Giorgio Galimberti
	Prague	Prague Challenger II	$ 025,000	sand	Albert Montañés	František Čermák Ota Fukárek

• ¹ start of the tournament (without qualification)
• ² The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question was held in a hall.

Web links

• Tournament overview on the website of the ATP (English)

See also

• ATP Tour 2000