Gemdale ATP Challenger 2014

Gemdale ATP Challenger 2014
date	April 21, 2014 - April 27, 2014
Edition	1
navigation	2014  ►  2015
ATP Challenger Tour
venue	Shenzhen People's Republic of China
Tournament number	7004
category	Challenger
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 50,000
Last year's winner (individual)	first edition
Last year's winner (double)	first edition
Winner (singles)	Gilles Muller
Winner (doubles)	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione
Tournament director	Wan Jian Bin
Tournament supervisor	Ed Hardisty
Last direct assumption	Luke Saville (278)
As of April 19, 2014

The Gemdale ATP Challenger 2014 was a tennis tournament that took place in Shenzhen from April 21-27, 2014 . It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour 2014 and was played outdoors on hard courts.

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 from April 19-21, 2014. In this, a total of four qualifiers were determined in three rounds from 32 players. The following players had qualified for the main draw:

• Jason Jung
• Shuichi Sekiguchi
• Dominik Meffert
• Nikola Mektic

As a lucky loser, the following player moved up into the main field:

• Huang Liang-chi

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Lu Yen-hsun Semifinals 02.  Lukáš Lacko final 03.  Go Soeda 1 round 04th  Samuel Groth 1 round

No. player Round reached 05.  Tatsuma Ito Quarter finals 06th  Yūichi Sugita 1 round 07th  Grega Žemlja 1 round 08th.  Hiroki Moriya Semifinals

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

Y.-h. Lu

6th

6th

WC

M. Gong

2

0

1

Y.-h. Lu

6th

7th

Q

J. Jung

3

2

S. Myneni

2

5

S. Myneni

6th

6th

1

Y.-h. Lu

6th

7th

T. Pütz

6th

6th

5

T. Itō

3

5

WC

C. Wang

0

3

T. Pütz

4th

0

K. Kravchuk

4th

4th

5

T. Itō

6th

6th

5

T. Itō

6th

6th

1

Y.-h. Lu

6 11

4th

3

G. Soeda

3

5

G. Muller

7th

6th

G. Muller

6th

7th

G. Muller

6th

6th

D. Cox

6th

6th

D. Cox

3

4th

WC

X. Gao

0

3

G. Muller

6th

7th

Q

S. Sekiguchi

5

6 4

Z. Zhang

1

5

Y. Uchiyama

7th

7th

Y. Uchiyama

1

3

Z. Zhang

6th

6th

Z. Zhang

6th

6th

7th

G. Žemlja

1

1

G. Muller

7th

6th

8th

H. Moriya

6th

6th

2

L. Lacko

6 4

3

WC

B. Ouyang

4th

4th

8th

H. Moriya

6th

6th

T.-h. Yang

4th

7th

6th

T.-h. Yang

3

1

L. Grigelis

6th

6 3

4th

8th

H. Moriya

7th

4th

6th

A. Kudryavtsev

5

4th

M. Chiudinelli

5

6th

4th

M. Chiudinelli

7th

6th

M. Chiudinelli

6th

6th

Q

D. Meffert

6th

6th

Q

D. Meffert

1

2

4th

S. Groth

4th

4th

8th

H. Moriya

1

6th

2

6th

Y. Sugita

1

2

2

L. Lacko

6th

3

6th

A. Weintraub

6th

6th

A. Weintraub

6 5

4th

L. Saville

4th

6 7

M. Reid

7th

6th

M. Reid

6th

7th

M. Reid

5

4th

Q

N. Mektic

6th

3

6th

2

L. Lacko

7th

6th

LL

L.-c. Huang

4th

6th

1

Q

N. Mektic

4th

6 6

D. Wu

7th

1

4th

2

L. Lacko

6th

7th

2

L. Lacko

6 10

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Samuel Groth Chris Guccione   victory 02.  Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana   1 round 03.  Alex Bolt Andrew Whittington   Quarter finals 04th  Viktor Baluda Konstantin Kravchuk   Quarter finals

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

6th

7th

T. Itō H. Moriya

2

5

1

S. Groth C. Guccione

7th

6th

L. Lacko G. Žemlja

2

6th

[7]

G. Soeda Y. Uchiyama

6 2

2

G. Soeda Y. Uchiyama

6th

4th

[10]

1

S. Groth C. Guccione

7th

6th

4th

W. Baluda K. Kravchuk

3

6th

[10]

Y. Sugita D. Udomchoke

6 2

2

T. Chen J. Cluskey

6th

3

[4]

4th

W. Baluda K. Kravchuk

6 4

0

WC

D. Cox D. Wu

3

6th

[5]

Y. Sugita D. Udomchoke

7th

6th

Y. Sugita D. Udomchoke

6th

3

[10]

1

S. Groth C. Guccione

6th

7th

WC

M. Gong Z. Zhang

3

1

D. Meffert T. Pütz

3

6 5

J. Delgado G. Muller

6th

6th

J. Delgado G. Muller

7th

2

[10]

Q

H.-h. Lee M. Reid

6th

3

[8th]

3

A. Bolt A. Whittington

6 7

6th

[5]

3

A. Bolt A. Whittington

4th

6th

[10]

J. Delgado G. Muller

2

6th

[12]

WC

S. Liu C. Wang

4th

5

D. Meffert T. Pütz

6th

3

[14]

D. Meffert T. Pütz

6th

7th

D. Meffert T. Pütz

6th

7th

S. Myneni H.-y. Bang

6 5

7th

[12]

S. Myneni H.-y. Bang

3

6 6

2

Sa. Ratiwatana So. Ratiwatana

7th

6 6

[10]

Web links

• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 62 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 77 kB)
• Tournament schedule for individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 39 kB)