Franken Challenge Explained

Type:	ATP Challenger
Franken Challenge
Current:	2016 Franken Challenge
Event Name:	Franken Challenge
Location:	Fürth, Germany
Venue:	TV Fürth 1860
Category:	ATP Challenger Tour
Surface:	Clay
Draw:	32S/31Q/16D
Prize Money:	€42,500+H
Website:	Website

The Franken Challenge (former Schickedanz Open) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Fürth, Germany, since 1979 (as a club event from 1979 to 1985, as a Futures in 1986, as a Challenger since 1987). After having been on the calendar for 38 years, the 2017 edition had to be cancelled for lack of funding.^[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Score
	Radu Albot	6–3, 6–4
	Taro Daniel	6–3, 6–0
	Tobias Kamke	6–3, 6–2
	João Sousa	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	Blaž Kavčič	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
	João Sousa	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
	Robin Haase	6–4, 6–2
	Peter Luczak	6–2, 6–0
2008	Daniel Köllerer	6–1, 6–3
2007	Peter Luczak	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
2006	Florian Mayer	6–3, 6–1
2005	Albert Portas	7–6(5), 6–2
2004	Jiří Vaněk	7–5, 6–2
2003	Jan Frode Andersen	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2002	Luis Horna	6–4, 6–2
2001	Germán Puentes-Alcañiz	6–4, 6–3
2000	Irakli Labadze	6–4, 6–4
1999	Ronald Agénor	6–2, 7–6
1998	Christian Ruud	6–4, 7–5
1997	Davide Sanguinetti	6–4, 6–2
1996	Hicham Arazi	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1995	Christian Ruud	7–6, 6–4
1994	Kris Goossens	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1993	Mikael Pernfors	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1992	Martin Střelba	6–1, 6–2
1991	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz	6–2, 3–0 retired
1990	Jeff Tarango	6–0, 6–0
1989	Dimitri Poliakov	6–2, 6–1
1988	Hans-Dieter Beutel	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1987	Patrick Baur	6–3, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
	Facundo Argüello Roberto Maytín		6–3, 6–4
	Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos		6–1, 6–3
	Gerard Granollers Jordi Samper Montaña	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
	Colin Ebelthite Rameez Junaid		6–4, 7–5
	Arnau Brugués-Davi João Sousa		7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [11–9]
	Rameez Junaid Frank Moser		6–2, 6–7(2), [10–6]
	Dustin Brown Rameez Junaid		6–3, 6–1
	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura		4–6, 6–1, 10–6
2008	Philipp Marx Alexander Peya		6–3, 6–3
2007	Bruno Echagaray André Ghem		7–6(1), 4–6, 13–11
2006	Vasilis Mazarakis Felipe Parada		6–3, 6–2
2005	Amir Hadad Harel Levy		6–1, 6–2
2004	Adrián García Janko Tipsarević		6–4, 6–4
2003	Denis Gremelmayr Simon Greul		6–3, 1–6, 7–6(5)
2002	Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Gabriel Trujillo Soler		6–2, 6–4
2001	Hugo Armando Andrei Stoliarov		6–0, 6–0
2000	Eduardo Nicolás-Espín Germán Puentes-Alcañiz		6–4, 6–2
1999	Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1998	Álex López Morón Albert Portas		6–4, 6–4
1997	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner		7–5, 6–3
1996	Joshua Eagle Tom Kempers		6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Andrew Kratzmann Brent Larkham		6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1994	Vojtech Flegl Andrew Florent		7–6, 6–1
1993	Nils Holm Lars-Anders Wahlgren		walkover
1992	Rüdiger Haas Udo Riglewski		6–1, 6–3
1991	Marcos Aurelio Gorriz Maurice Ruah		6–2, 6–4
1990	Peter Ballauff Ricki Osterthun		7–6, 4–6, 6–3
1989	Vladimer Gabrichidze Dimitri Poliakov		6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1988	Michael Stich Martin Sinner		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
1987	Nick Fulwood Cyril Suk		4–6, 6–3, 6–2

References

http://www.franken-challenge.de/2017/04/21/franken-challenge-2017-wichtige-information/

External links

Official website