Palm Beach Gardens Challenger Explained

Type:itf women's circuit
Palm Beach Gardens Challenger
Event Name:Palm Beach Gardens Challenger
Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
Venue:Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center
Category:ITF $50,000 tournaments (2003–2005)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (2006–2008)
Surface:Clay / Outdoor
Draw:32S/32Q/16D
Prize Money:US$50,000 (2003–2005)
US$25,000 (2006–2008)

The Palm Beach Gardens Challenger was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event was classified as an ITF $50,000 Tournament from 2003 to 2005 and ITF $25,000 Tournament from 2006 to 2008. It was held annually in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States, from 2003 through to 2008. It was part of the ITF Women's Circuit from 2003-2008; a tier below the Women's Tennis Association.

History

The tournament made was downgraded in 2006 due to sponsorship reasons, and was shut down in 2008.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2008 Soledad Esperón 6–4, 6–1
2007 Rossana de los Ríos 7–5, 6–4
2006 Jorgelina Cravero 6–4, 6–4
2005 Bethanie Mattek 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Sesil Karatantcheva 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2003 Lindsay Lee-Waters 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2008 Maria Fernanda Alves
Michaela Paštiková
3–6, 6–3, 10–5
2007 Monique Adamczak
Aleke Tsoubanos
7–5, 2–6, 6–3
2006 Angela Haynes
Raquel Kops-Jones
6–3, 6–3
2005 Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Līga Dekmeijere
Nana Miyagi
6–3, 6–2
2003 Melinda Czink
Erica Krauth
6–1, 6–2

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