2004 ATP Challenger Series

2004 ATP Challenger Series

Details
Duration	5 January 2004 – 12 December 2004
Edition	27th
Tournaments	146
Achievements (singles)
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The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2004 calendar comprised 146 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 to $150,000.

Schedule

January

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.01.	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger I	$ 050,000	Hard	Juan Mónaco	Ramón Delgado André Sá
26.01.	Germany	Heilbronn Open	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Gilles Elseneer	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski
	United States	Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Scott Humphries Brian Vahaly

February

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.02.	Poland	Wroclaw Challenger	$ 150,000	Hard (i)	Karol Beck	Dominik Hrbatý Michael Kohlmann
	United States	Challenger of Dallas	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Sébastien de Chaunac	Jordan Kerr Todd Perry
	Serbia and Montenegro	Belgrade Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Branislav Sekáč Orest Tereshchuk
	Germany	Volkswagen Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Michal Tabara	Robert Lindstedt Jean-Claude Scherrer
09.02.	France	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Julien Jeanpierre	Michal Mertiňák Alexander Waske
	United States	Joplin Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Lu Yen-hsun	Lu Yen-hsun Bruno Soares
16.02.	France	Challenger 42	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	Yves Allegro Jean-François Bachelot
23.02.	Vietnam	Heineken Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Arvind Parmar	Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes

March

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.03.	France	Besançon Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Tomáš Berdych	Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen
	Japan	Kyōto Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Michal Tabara	Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes
08.03.	Colombia	Bogotá Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Alejandro Falla	Sebastián Quintero Óscar Rodríguez
	Great Britain	Wrexham Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Dennis van Scheppingen	Jaroslav Levinský Alexander Waske
15.03.	Mexico	Mexico City Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Florian Mayer	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
	United States	Boca Raton Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Jürgen Melzer	Igor Andreev Dmitry Tursunov
	Slovakia	Sarajevo Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Gilles Elseneer	Jaroslav Levinský Alexander Waske
22.03.	Italy	Cagliari Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Didac Pérez	Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti
	France	Saint-Brieuc Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay (i)	Olivier Mutis	Christophe Rochus Tom Vanhoudt
	Australia	Tasmania Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Rik de Voest Lu Yen-hsun
29.03.	South Korea	Busan Challenger	$ 037.500	Hard	Alexander Peya	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
	Italy	Barletta Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Marc López Fernando Vicente
	Australia	Canberra Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Peter Luczak	Łukasz Kubot Zbynek Mlynarik
	Ecuador	Salinas Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Alejandro Falla	Federico Browne Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

April

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.04.	Mexico	San Luis Potosí Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mariano Delfino	Tuomas Ketola Rogier Wassen
	United States	Calabasas Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Ivo Karlović	Ilija Bozoljac Dušan Vemić
12.04.	Mexico	León Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Jeff Morrison	Nathan Healey Tuomas Ketola
	Italy	Olbia Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
19.04.	Bermuda	Bermuda Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Luis Horna	Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt
	Mexico	Mexiko City Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Florian Mayer	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Gabriel Trujillo Soler
	Italy	Naples Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Gilles Müller	Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti
26.04.	France	Aix-en-Provence Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Fabrice Santoro	Thierry Ascione Jean-François Bachelot
	Italy	Rome Challenger I	$ 025,000	Clay	Nicolas Coutelot	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy

May

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.05.	Czech Republic	Ostrava Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Janko Tipsarević	Tuomas Ketola Petr Pála
10.05.	United States	Forest Hills Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Jason Marshall Bruno Soares
	Croatia	Zagreb Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Adrián García	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský
	Slovakia	Košice Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Peter Luczak	Devin Bowen Peter Luczak
	Italy	Sanremo Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Potito Starace	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
17.05.	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger I	$ 125,000	Clay	Jan Hernych	Karol Kučera Cyril Suk
	Hungary	Budapest Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Stéphane Robert	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Delfino
	Uzbekistan	Fergana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Raven Klaasen Jean-Julien Rojer
24.05.	Slovenia	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Jiří Vaněk	Giovanni Lapentti Rik de Voest
	Italy	Turin Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Álex Calatrava	Leonardo Azzaro Giorgio Galimberti
31.05.	Czech Republic	Prostějov Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský
	Germany	Schickedanz Open	$ 050,000	Clay	Jiří Vaněk	Adrián García Janko Tipsarević
	Great Britain	Surbiton Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Karol Beck	Nathan Healey Jim Thomas
	United States	Tallahassee Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	Matías Boeker Noam Okun
	Italy	Sassuolo Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Potito Starace	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King

June

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.06.	United States	Forest Hills Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Justin Gimelstob	Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob
	Switzerland	Lugano Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Álex Calatrava	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Giorgio Galimberti
	Germany	ATU Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	Janko Tipsarević Lovro Zovko
14.06.	Germany	Nord/LB Open	$ 125,000	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	Tomas Behrend Emilio Benfele Álvarez
21.06.	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Tomáš Berdych	Gilles Müller Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
	Italy	Reggio Emilia Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Olivier Mutis	Tomas Behrend Tomas Tenconi
28.06.	Spain	Córdoba Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Gilles Müller	Brandon Coupe Tripp Phillips
	Italy	Mantua Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Alessio di Mauro	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
	France	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Álex Calatrava	Marc-Kevin Goellner Álex López Morón
	Germany	Internationale Badische Meisterschaften um den Techem Cup – Zell	$ 025,000	Clay	Daniel Elsner	Jean-Claude Scherrer Alexander Waske

July

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.07.	Netherlands	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Peter Wessels	Paul Logtens Raemon Sluiter
	Hungary	Budaörs Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Ignacio González King	Ignacio González King Gabriel Trujillo Soler
	Great Britain	Nottingham Challenger	$ 025,000	Grass	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Nathan Healey Tuomas Ketola
	Germany	Oberstaufen Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Dieter Kindlmann	Vadim Davletshin Alexander Kudryavtsev
	Italy	San Benedetto Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
12.07.	Canada	Granby Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Michael Russell	Brian Baker Frank Dancevic
	Italy	Rimini Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger 2	$ 050,000	Hard	André Sá	Alejandro Hernández André Sá
	Great Britain	Manchester Challenger	$ 025,000	Grass	Alex Bogdanovic	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut
19.07.	Netherlands	Hilversum Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Fred Hemmes Melle van Gemerden
	United States	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Kevin Kim	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips
	Brazil	Campos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Takao Suzuki	Ricardo Mello Iván Miranda
	Finland	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Boris Pašanski	Andres Dellatorre Diego Moyano
	Spain	Valladolid Challenger	$ 037.500	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut
	Italy	Recanati Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Uros Vico	Massimo Dell'Acqua Uros Vico
25.07.	San Marino	San Marino Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Potito Starace	Massimo Bertolini Tom Vanhoudt
	Spain	Segovia Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Igor Kunitsyn Vladimir Voltchkov
	United States	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Matías Boeker	Matías Boeker Amer Delić
	Brazil	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
	Russia	Togliatti Cup	$ 025,000	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Teymuraz Gabashvili Dmitry Vlasov

August

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.08.	Poland	Poznań Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Tomáš Zíb	Adam Chadaj Stéphane Robert
	United States	Denver Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Brian Baker	Brian Baker Rajeev Ram
	Italy	Trani Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Filippo Volandri	Massimo Bertolini Álex López Morón
	Brazil	Gramado Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Ricardo Mello	Santiago González Bruno Soares
	Russia	Saransk Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Ladislav Švarc	Alexey Kedryuk Vadim Kutsenko
	Romania	Timișoara Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Marc Gicquel	Florin Mergea Horia Tecău
09.08.	United States	Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament	$ 050,000	Hard	Noam Okun	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips
	France	Cordenons Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Daniel Gimeno Traver	Leonardo Azzaro Kornél Bardóczky
	Austria	Graz Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Jan Minář	Julian Knowle Alexander Peya
	Ecuador	Manta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	Marcos Daniel Santiago González
	Russia	St. Petersburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Jean-René Lisnard	Mikhail Elgin Andrei Mishin
16.08.	United States	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Julien Jeanpierre	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips
	Switzerland	Geneva Challenger	$ 037.500	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	Tomáš Cibulec David Škoch
	Germany	Deutsche Vermögensberatung Challenger Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Tobias Summerer	Philipp Petzschner Christopher Kas
	Uzbekistan	Samarkand Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Jean-François Bachelot Melle van Gemerden
23.08.	Italy	Manerbio Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Petr Luxa Martin Štěpánek
	Uzbekistan	Bukhara Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Michal Mertiňák	Michal Mertiňák Pavel Šnobel
30.08.	Ukraine	Kyiv Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	Albert Portas Sergio Roitman
	Germany	Black Forest Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Santiago Ventura	Gabriel Trifu Alexander Waske

September

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.09.	Turkey	Istanbul Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Peter Wessels	George Bastl Björn Phau
	South Korea	Seoul Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard	Lee Hyung-taik	Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt
	Ukraine	Donezk Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Marco Chiudinelli	Igor Kunitsyn Uros Vico
	Germany	Rhein-Main Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Ota Fukárek Jan Vacek
	Romania	Brașov Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Victor Ioniță	Salvador Navarro Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
	Italy	Genova Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón
13.09.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Stéphane Robert	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Delfino
	Iran	Tehran Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Oliver Marach Jean-Claude Scherrer
20.09.	Poland	Szczecin Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Edgardo Massa	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood
	United States	Covington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Paul Goldstein	Paul Goldstein K. J. Hippensteel
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Banja Luka Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Yuri Schukin	Not completed
	China	Beijing Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips
27.09.	France	Grenoble Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard (i)	Karol Kučera	Uros Vico Lovro Zovko
	United States	College Station Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	André Sá	Paul Goldstein Brian Vahaly
	Croatia	Dubrovnik Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Edgardo Massa	Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martín Vassallo Argüello

October

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.10.	United States	Austin Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Robert Kendrick	André Sá Bruno Soares
	Spain	Seville Challenger	$ 037.500	Clay	Óscar Hernández	Tomas Behrend Alexander Waske
	Ecuador	Quito Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	Santiago González Alejandro Hernández
	Italy	Rome Challenger II	$ 025,000	Clay	Nicolas Coutelot	Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy
11.10.	United States	Tiburon Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	K. J. Hippensteel	André Sá Bruno Soares
	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Stan Wawrinka	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Gabriel Trujillo Soler
18.10.	United States	Bolton Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	Jeff Coetzee Jim Thomas
	Canada	Burbank Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Kevin Kim	Nick Rainey Brian Wilson

November

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.11.	Germany	Lambertz Open by STAWAG	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Novak Djokovic	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry
	United States	Homestead Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Răzvan Sabău	Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner
	Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Óscar Hernández	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King
	Australia	Caloundra Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Luke Bourgeois Lu Yen-hsun
08.11.	Slovakia	Bratislava Challenger	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Marcos Baghdatis	Simon Aspelin Graydon Oliver
	Argentina	Buenos Aires Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Oliver Marach	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King
	United States	Nashville Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Jason Marshall Travis Parrott
15.11.	Ukraine	Dnipro Challenger	$ 125,000	Hard (i)	Andrei Pavel	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský
	France	Champaign Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Brian Baker Rajeev Ram
	Finland	Helsinki Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Peter Wessels	Robert Lindstedt Lu Yen-hsun
	Bolivia	Santa Cruz Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King
	Germany	Okal Cup	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Alexander Waske	Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner
	Mexico	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Santiago González Alejandro González
22.11.	Luxembourg	Luxemburg Challenger	$ 150,000	Hard (i)	Joachim Johansson	Massimo Bertolini Petr Luxa
	Netherlands	Groningen Challenger	$ 075,000	Hard (i)	Peter Wessels	Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen
	Colombia	Bogotá Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Ramón Delgado	Sergio Roitman Santiago Ventura
	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger II	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Tuomas Ketola	Lukáš Dlouhý Igor Zelenay
	Réunion	La Réunion Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Michal Tabara	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana
29.11.	Mauritius	Mauritius Challenger	$ 125,000	Hard	Andrei Pavel	Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu
	Brazil	Aracaju Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King
	Italy	Milan Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	George Bastl	Daniele Bracciali Julian Knowle
	Iran	Kish Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Tomas Behrend Rogier Wassen

December

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.12.	Mexico	Guadalajara Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Santiago González Alejandro González
	Austria	Ischgl Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Dick Norman	Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas