1985 ATP Challenger Series explained

1985 ATP Challenger Series
Duration:	14 January 1985 – 8 December 1985
Edition:	8th
Tournaments:	39
Previous:	1984
Next:	1986

The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1985 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 39 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.^[1]

Schedule

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 7
January 14	Guarujá Challenger Guarujá, Brazil $50,000 – clay – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Juan Avendaño 6–3, 6–3			Fernando Roese Carlos Gattiker Bud Schultz Eleutério Martins
		Ronnie Båthman Magnus Tideman 7–6, 4–6, 6–3	Carlos Gattiker Gustavo Tiberti
January 21	Agadir Challenger Agadir, Morocco $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Gabriel Urpí 2–6, 6–4, 6–0			Eduardo Osta Tom Nijssen Jan Vanlangendonck Peter Bastiansen
		Paolo Canè Claudio Mezzadri 6–4, 6–4	Alessandro de Minicis Olli Rahnasto
January 28

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 4
February 11	Ogun Challenger Ogun, Nigeria $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Gianni Ocleppo 6–4, 6–1			Charles Strode Charlie Fancutt Egan Adams Chris Dunk
		Chris Dunk Charles Strode 7–5, 2–6, 6–3	Egan Adams Mark Wooldridge
February 18	Lagos Open Lagos, Nigeria $75,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Nduka Odizor 6–3, 6–3			Gianni Ocleppo Tony Mmoh Peter Feigl Egan Adams
		Egan Adams Mark Wooldridge 6–4, 6–4	Peter Elter Peter Feigl
	Viña del Mar Challenger Viña del Mar, Chile $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hans Gildemeister 6–3, 6–4			Gustavo Garetto Lawson Duncan José Antonio Fernández Álvaro Fillol
		Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux 7–6, 6–3	Ricardo Acuña Ernie Fernández
February 25	Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger Cairo, Egypt $75,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Fernando Luna 6–3, 6–4	Trevor Allan		Peter Elter Jesus Colas José López-Maeso Tarek El Sakka
		Anand Amritraj Lloyd Bourne 6–4, 2–6, 7–5	Trevor Allan Alberto Tous
	Kaduna Challenger Kaduna, Nigeria $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hans-Peter Kandler 2–6, 6–4, 6–0			Nduka Odizor Oliver Freund Bernhard Pils Sadiq Abdullahi
		Richard Akel Jeff Arons 6–3, 6–3	Haroon Ismail Fotis Vazeos

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 4	Vienna Challenger Vienna, Austria $25,000 – carpet (I) – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Jonas Svensson 6–0, 6–1			Peter Bastiansen Kevin Moir Menno Oosting Carl Limberger
		Peter Carlsson Jonas Svensson 6–3, 6–2	Josef Čihák Alessandro de Minicis
March 11
March 18	Montreal Challenger Montreal, Canada $25,000 – hard (I) – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Andy Kohlberg 6–2, 2–6, 7–6			Stéphane Bonneau John Mattke Kelly Evernden Leif Shiras
		Andy Andrews Tomm Warneke 6–3, 7–6	Kelly Evernden Michael Robertson
March 25	Tunis Challenger Tunis, Tunisia $75,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hans Schwaier 6–4, 6–2			Henrik Sundström Ahmed El-Mehelmy Oliver Freund Libor Pimek
		Hans Gildemeister Víctor Pecci 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	David Mustard Jonathan Smith

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 1	Marrakech Challenger Marrakech, Morocco $50,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Ronald Agénor 2–6, 6–3, 6–4			Marián Vajda Simone Colombo Jordi Arrese Carlos Castellan
		Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 4–6, 6–3, 6–1	Ulf Fischer Goran Prpić
	San Luis Potosí Challenger San Luis Potosí, Mexico $25,000 – clay – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Leonardo Lavalle 4–6, 6–3, 6–4			Alex Antonitsch Tomm Warneke Mark Wooldridge John Mattke
		John Mattke Sashi Menon 7–6, 6–3	Richard Akel Jeff Arons
April 8	Curitiba-1 Challenger Curitiba, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Júlio Góes 6–4, 6–0			Luiz Mattar Christian Miniussi Ronnie Båthman Jon Levine
		Dácio Campos Luiz Mattar 7–6, 6–3	Álvaro Fillol Dominik Utzinger
April 15	Jerusalem Challenger Jerusalem, Israel $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Shlomo Glickstein 6–4, 6–3			Oliver Freund Amos Mansdorf Henri de Wet Jaromir Becka
		Amos Mansdorf Bruce Manson 6–7, 6–4, 7–6	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun
	Rio de Janeiro Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil $50,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Givaldo Barbosa 7–5, 6–3			Carlos Kirmayr Hans-Peter Kandler Dácio Campos Christian Miniussi
		Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley 6–1, 6–3	Marcos Hocevar Alexandre Hocevar
April 22
April 29	Berkeley Challenger Berkeley, USA $25,000 – hard – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Eddie Edwards 6–3, 6–4			Glenn Layendecker Andy Kohlberg Bud Cox Bruce Manson
		Glenn Layendecker Glenn Michibata 6–4, 6–7, 7–5	Matt Doyle John Mattke
	Nagoya Challenger Nagoya, Japan $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Tsuyoshi Fukui 6–2, 6–3			Takayoshi Shibuya Hitoshi Shirato Shinichi Sakamoto Mark Wooldridge
		Sashi Menon Erik Van't Hof 6–3, 6–2	Hitoshi Shirato Eiji Takeuchi
	Parioli Challenger Rome, Italy $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Guillermo Rivas 7–6, 1–6, 7–6			Amos Mansdorf Bruno Orešar Massimo Cierro Josef Čihák
		Claudio Mezzadri Patrizio Parrini 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Paolo Canè Simone Colombo

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 6
May 13	Spring Challenger Spring, USA $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Gary Donnelly 5–7, 6–4, 7–6			Glenn Layendecker Jon Levine Roger Knapp Todd Nelson
		Rill Baxter Glenn Michibata 6–4, 6–3	Roger Knapp Mark Wooldridge
May 20
May 27

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 3	Tampere Open Tampere, Finland $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Jonas Svensson 7–5, 7–5			Stefan Eriksson Milan Šrejber Carlos Kirmayr Josef Čihák
		Dácio Campos Alessandro de Minicis 6–4, 1–6, 6–3	Carlos Kirmayr Luiz Mattar
June 10	Dortmund Challenger Dortmund, West Germany $25,000 – clay – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Francisco Maciel 7–6, 6–2			Bruce Foxworth Bruno Orešar Peter Svensson Tore Meinecke
		Antony Emerson Mark Woodforde 7–6, 6–2	Russell Barlow Mark Buckley
June 17	Bergen-1 Challenger Bergen, Norway $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Jonas Svensson 6–2, 7–6			Christer Allgårdh Massimo Cierro Alessandro de Minicis Thomas Muster
		Peter Svensson Jonas Svensson 7–6, 4–6, 6–3	Stefan Eriksson Peter Lundgren
June 24

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 1	OTB Open Schenectady, USA $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Marius Masencamp 6–0, 3–6, 6–3			Tom Cain Patrick McEnroe Steve DeVries Mark Wooldridge
		Andy Andrews Tomm Warneke 6–4, 7–6	Fred Perrin Norm Schellenger
July 8
July 15	Campos Challenger Campos, Brazil $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Dácio Campos 6–7, 6–3, 6–2			Luiz Mattar Roger Guedes Thomas Stålhandske Pedro Rebolledo
		Dácio Campos Carlos Kirmayr 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Luiz Mattar Belus Prajoux
June 22	PTT İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Florin Segărceanu 6–4, 6–3			Bruce Foxworth Adrian Marcu Milan Šrejber Jeremy Bates
		Leighton Alfred Tom Nijssen 6–2, 6–3	Gustavo Luza Eduardo Masso
July 29	Neu-Ulm Challenger Neu-Ulm, West Germany $25,000 – clay – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Milan Šrejber 0–6, 6–4, 6–2			David de Miguel Karel Nováček Ivan Kley Eric Jelen
		David Mustard Jonathan Smith 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 5	Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship Winnetka, USA $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Barry Moir 2–6, 7–5, 6–2			Mikael Pernfors Bruce Brescia Michael Robertson Kelly Evernden
		Ricky Brown Luke Jensen 6–4, 6–7, 6–4	Kelly Evernden Brian Levine
August 9	Ostend Challenger Ostend, Belgium $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Bruno Orešar 6–4, 7–6			Jorge Bardou David de Miguel Larry Scott Gustavo Luza
		Alain Brichant Jan Vanlangendonck 6–2, 6–2	Massimo Cierro Ivan Kley
August 19
August 26

September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 2	International Tournament of Messina Messina, Italy $50,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Kent Carlsson 6–2, 7–6			Gabriel Urpí David de Miguel Emilio Sánchez Ronnie Båthman
		Jesus Colas David de Miguel 6–1, 7–6	Bruce Derlin David Felgate
September 9	Thessaloniki Challenger Thessaloniki, Greece $25,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Peter Lundgren 3–6, 6–3, 7–6			Hatem McDadi Guillermo Stevens Tony Mmoh Menno Oosting
		Stephan Medem Srinivasan Vasudevan 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	Brian Levine Billy Nealon
September 16
September 23	West Palm Challenger West Palm, USA $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Martin Wostenholme 6–2, 1–6, 6–4			Gary Muller Leonardo Lavalle Nelson Aerts Barry Moir
		Derek Tarr Erik Van't Hof 6–2, 6–0	Leonardo Lavalle Jaime Yzaga
September 30

October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 7
October 14
October 21	BH Tennis Open International Cup Belo Horizonte, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Thomas Muster 6–1, 6–4			Nelson Aerts Ivan Kley Jaime Yzaga Carlos Kirmayr
		Massimo Cierro Júlio Góes 6–3, 6–4	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley
October 28	Bergen-2 Challenger Bergen, Norway $25,000 – hard (I) – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Peter Lundgren 5–7, 7–6, 7–6			Éric Winogradsky Andy Kohlberg Stefan Simonsson Stefan Eriksson
		George Kalovelonis John Letts 7–5, 6–3	Peter Carlsson Johan Carlsson
	Porto Alegre Challenger Porto Alegre, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Mikael Pernfors 6–2, 6–3			César Kist Jordi Arrese Gustavo Guerrero Raúl Viver
		Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans 6–4, 2–6, 7–6	Claudio Mezzadri Ivo Werner

November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 4	Curitiba-2 Challenger Curitiba, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Júlio Góes 6–4, 6–4			Mikael Pernfors Alex Stepanek Jean-Philippe Fleurian João Soares
		Nelson Aerts Alexandre Hocevar 7–6, 6–4	Tom Nijssen Johan Vekemans
November 11	Helsinki Challenger Helsinki, Finland $25,000 – hard (I) – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Andrei Chesnokov 4–6, 6–0, 6–3			Conny Falk Tarik Benhabiles Tony Mmoh Andy Kohlberg
		Ronnie Båthman Stefan Eriksson 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Morten Christensen Patrik Kühnen
	São Paulo Challenger São Paulo, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Francisco Maciel 6–3, 6–3			César Kist Nelson Aerts Marcelo Hennemann Milan Šrejber
		Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6–4, 3–6, 7–6	Ney Keller Mauro Menezes
November 18
November 25	Bahia Challenger Bahia, Brazil $75,000 – hard – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Jaime Yzaga 6–2, 6–0			Horacio de la Peña César Kist Ricardo Acuña Juan Avendaño
		Josef Čihák Tom Nijssen 6–4, 6–3	Víctor Pecci Emilio Sánchez

December

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
December 2	Rio de Janeiro-2 Challenger Rio de Janeiro, Brazil $25,000 – clay – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Víctor Pecci 6–2, 6–7, 6–3			Diego Pérez Emilio Sánchez Jim Gurfein Milan Šrejber
		Carlos di Laura Emilio Sánchez 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Gustavo Guerrero Gustavo Tiberti

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1985 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player

width=50	Total	width=225	Player	width=45 style="background:#efefef"	S	width=45 style="background:#efefef"	D
bgcolor=#efefef	5		3	2
bgcolor=#efefef	4		1	3
bgcolor=#efefef	3		2	1
bgcolor=#efefef	3		1	2
bgcolor=#efefef	3		0	3
bgcolor=#efefef	2		2	0
bgcolor=#efefef	2		2	0
bgcolor=#efefef	2		1	1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		1	1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	2		0	2
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		1	0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		0	1

Titles won by nation

width=50	Total	width=225	Nation	width=45 style="background:#efefef"	S	width=45 style="background:#efefef"	D
bgcolor=#efefef	16		<	--ALL-S-->2	<	--ALL-D-->14
bgcolor=#efefef	11		<	--ALL-S-->7	<	--ALL-D-->4
bgcolor=#efefef	11		<	--ALL-S-->4	<	--ALL-D-->7
bgcolor=#efefef	6		<	--ALL-S-->3	<	--ALL-D-->3
bgcolor=#efefef	5		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->5
bgcolor=#efefef	4		<	--ALL-S-->3	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	4		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->3
bgcolor=#efefef	3		<	--ALL-S-->3	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	3		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->2
bgcolor=#efefef	3		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->2
bgcolor=#efefef	3		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->3
bgcolor=#efefef	3		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->3
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->2	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	2		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->2
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->1	<	--ALL-D-->0
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->1
bgcolor=#efefef	1		<	--ALL-S-->0	<	--ALL-D-->1

See also

• 1985 Grand Prix
• Association of Tennis Professionals
• International Tennis Federation

External links

• Official ATP World Tour Website: Results Archive
• ITF Tennis: Tournament Search

Notes and References

1. Web site: atpworldtour.com . ATP Tour, Inc. . About the Challenger Circuit . 2009-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100227095535/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Challenger/ABOUT.aspx . 2010-02-27 . dead .