Challenger Banque Nationale 2014

Challenger Banque Nationale 2014
date	March 17, 2014 - March 23, 2014
Edition	8th
navigation	2013  ◄  2014  ►  2015
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Rimouski Canada
Tournament number	3535
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 14Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 40,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Rik De Voest
Last year's winner (double)	Samuel Groth John-Patrick Smith
Winner (singles)	Samuel Groth
Winner (doubles)	Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst
Tournament director	Richard Quirion
Tournament supervisor	William Coffey
Last direct assumption	Juan Carlos Spir (428)
As of March 15, 2014

The Challenger Banque Nationale 2014 was a tennis tournament that took place March 17-23 , 2014 in Rimouski , Canada . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2014 and was played indoors on a hard court.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

qualification

The qualification took place on March 15 and 16, 2014. In this, a total of four qualifiers were determined in two rounds from 14 players. The following players had qualified for the main draw:

• Kevin King
• Nikita Kryvonos
• Adrien Bossel
• Dennis Nevolo

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Rajeev Ram Quarter finals 02.  Yūichi Sugita Semifinals 03.  Hiroki Moriya Round of 16 04th  Samuel Groth victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Bobby Reynolds 1 round 06th  Andreas Beck Quarter finals 07th  Vincent Millot Round of 16 08th.  Niels Desein Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

R. Ram

6th

6th

O. Rochus

3

4th

1

R. Ram

6th

6th

C. Buchanan

7th

5

7th

C. Buchanan

3

3

PR

G. Lapentti

6 3

7th

5

1

R. Ram

6 7

6 4

Q

K. King

4th

6th

6 11

A. Krajicek

7th

7th

A. Krajicek

6th

4th

7th

A. Krajicek

6th

4th

7th

J.-C. Spir

5

1

r

8th

N. That

4th

6th

5

8th

N. That

7th

4th

A. Krajicek

2

3

4th

S. Groth

6th

6th

4th

S. Groth

6th

6th

WC

H. Di Feo

1

4th

4th

S. Groth

6th

7th

Q

N. Kryvonos

6 3

7th

4th

A. Sikora

2

6 1

A. Sikora

7th

6 8

6th

4th

S. Groth

1

6th

7th

WC

P. Krainik

6 4

3

6th

A. Beck

6th

3

6 8

G. Gigounon

7th

6th

G. Gigounon

2

1

E. Corrie

4th

3

6th

A. Beck

6th

6th

6th

A. Beck

6th

6th

4th

S. Groth

7th

6th

5

B. Reynolds

3

3

A. Pavic

6 3

2

A. Pavic

6th

6th

A. Pavic

6th

6th

Q

A. Bossel

2

6 4

P. Gadomski

2

3

P. Gadomski

6th

7th

A. Pavic

7th

2

6th

WC

I. Juneau

2

4th

Y. Nishioka

5

6th

3

Y. Nishioka

6th

6th

Y. Nishioka

6th

0

6th

F. Peliwo

3

6th

3

3

H. Moriya

1

6th

3

3

H. Moriya

6th

4th

6th

A. Pavic

6th

6th

7th

V. Millot

3

6th

6th

2

Y. Sugita

3

4th

Q

D. Nevolo

6th

2

2

7th

V. Millot

7th

1

4th

D. Cox

6th

6th

D. Cox

6 2

6th

6th

PR

I. van der Merwe

3

1

D. Cox

6 5

1

WC

R. Gabb

4th

2

2

Y. Sugita

7th

6th

D. Smethurst

6th

6th

D. Smethurst

7th

1

3

R. Ginepri

4th

2

2

Y. Sugita

5

6th

6th

2

Y. Sugita

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Samuel Groth Chris Guccione   Quarter finals 02.  Paul Hanley Adil Shamasdin   Semifinals 03.  James Cerretani Andreas Siljeström   Semifinals 04th  Ante Pavić Franko Škugor   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

S. Groth C. Guccione

6 5

7th

[10]

P. Gadomski F. Peliwo

7th

6 4

[5]

1

S. Groth C. Guccione

7th

6 2

[5]

H. Moriya Y. Sugita

6th

1

[2]

E. Corrie D. Smethurst

5

7th

[10]

E. Corrie D. Smethurst

0

6th

[10]

E. Corrie D. Smethurst

6th

7th

3

J. Cerretani A. Siljeström

6th

7th

3

J. Cerretani A. Siljeström

4th

6 4

WC

P. Krainik F. Wolmarans

2

5

3

J. Cerretani A. Siljeström

6th

5

[10]

WC

H. Di Feo I. Juneau

7th

0

[7]

PR

J. Kerr I. van der Merwe

4th

7th

[5]

PR

J. Kerr I. van der Merwe

5

6th

[10]

E. Corrie D. Smethurst

6th

6th

C. Buchanan A. Krajicek

4th

6th

[3]

G. Gigounon O. Rochus

2

1

G. Gigounon O. Rochus

6th

4th

[10]

G. Gigounon O. Rochus

0

6th

[10]

K. King J.-C. Spir

7th

7th

K. King J.-C. Spir

6th

4th

[7]

4th

A. Pavić F. Škugor

6 3

6 4

G. Gigounon O. Rochus

6th

6th

D. Cox A. Sikora

3

5

2

P. Hanley A. Shamasdin

4th

2

R. Ram B. Reynolds

6th

7th

R. Ram B. Reynolds

6 3

7th

[8th]

A. Beck J. Cluskey

6 3

4th

2

P. Hanley A. Shamasdin

7th

5

[10]

2

P. Hanley A. Shamasdin

7th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 70 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 65 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 56 kB)