2008 ATP Challenger Series
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2008 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 176 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.[1]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 31 December 2007 – 30 November 2008 | 
| Edition | 31st | 
| Tournaments | 176 | 
| Achievements (singles) | |
| ← 2007  2009 →  | |
Schedule
    
The table below shows the 2008 ATP Challenger Series schedule.
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November
    
+H: Any Challenger or Futures providing hospitality shall receive the points of the next highest prize money level in that category$. /€25,000+H Challengers receive points shown at$/€50,000. Monies shown for Challengers and Futures are on-site prize amounts.
Statistical Information
    
List of players and ATP challenger titles won, last name alphabetically:
 Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago, Florianópolis, Rabat, Tunis (4) Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago, Florianópolis, Rabat, Tunis (4)
 Teymuraz Gabashvili – Telde, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons (4) Teymuraz Gabashvili – Telde, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons (4)
 Go Soeda – Kyoto, Busan, New Delhi, Toyota City (4) Go Soeda – Kyoto, Busan, New Delhi, Toyota City (4)
.svg.png.webp) Kristof Vliegen – Wrocław, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Grenoble (4) Kristof Vliegen – Wrocław, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Grenoble (4)
 Marcos Daniel – Bogotá, Cali, Bogotá (3) Marcos Daniel – Bogotá, Cali, Bogotá (3)
 Nicolas Devilder – Braunschweig, Constanţa, Poznań (3) Nicolas Devilder – Braunschweig, Constanţa, Poznań (3)
 Diego Junqueira – Sanremo, Rimini, Como (3) Diego Junqueira – Sanremo, Rimini, Como (3)
 Yen-Hsun Lu – Waikoloa, New Delhi, Tashkent (3) Yen-Hsun Lu – Waikoloa, New Delhi, Tashkent (3)
 Iván Navarro – Meknes, Córdoba, Medjugorje (3) Iván Navarro – Meknes, Córdoba, Medjugorje (3)
 Bobby Reynolds – Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Knoxville (3) Bobby Reynolds – Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, Knoxville (3)
 Eduardo Schwank – Cremona, Rome, Bordeaux (3) Eduardo Schwank – Cremona, Rome, Bordeaux (3)
 Martín Vassallo Argüello – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Lima (3) Martín Vassallo Argüello – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Lima (3)
 Pablo Andújar – Vigo, San Sebastian (2) Pablo Andújar – Vigo, San Sebastian (2)
 Andreas Beck – Sarajevo, Dresden (2) Andreas Beck – Sarajevo, Dresden (2)
 Ilija Bozoljac – Ljubljana, Banja Luka (2) Ilija Bozoljac – Ljubljana, Banja Luka (2)
 Paul Capdeville – Binghamton, Aracaju (2) Paul Capdeville – Binghamton, Aracaju (2)
 Brian Dabul – San Luis Potosí, Campos do Jordão (2) Brian Dabul – San Luis Potosí, Campos do Jordão (2)
 Amer Delic – Dallas, Carson (2) Amer Delic – Dallas, Carson (2)
 Michail Elgin – Saransk, Samarkand (2) Michail Elgin – Saransk, Samarkand (2)
 Fabio Fognini – Turin, Genova (2) Fabio Fognini – Turin, Genova (2)
 Frederico Gil – Sassuolo, Istanbul (2) Frederico Gil – Sassuolo, Istanbul (2)
 Daniel Gimeno-Traver – Aarhus, Brașov (2) Daniel Gimeno-Traver – Aarhus, Brașov (2)
   Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn, Astana (2) Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn, Astana (2)
 Simon Greul – Freudenstadt, Alphen (2) Simon Greul – Freudenstadt, Alphen (2)
 Jan Hernych – Prague, Bratislava (2) Jan Hernych – Prague, Bratislava (2)
 Denis Istomin – Bukhara, Karshi (2) Denis Istomin – Bukhara, Karshi (2)
 Roko Karanušić – Belgrade, Kolding (2) Roko Karanušić – Belgrade, Kolding (2)
 Robert Kendrick – Louisville, Nashville (2) Robert Kendrick – Louisville, Nashville (2)
 Kevin Kim – Aptos, Tulsa (2) Kevin Kim – Aptos, Tulsa (2)
 Daniel Köllerer – Fürth, Cali (2) Daniel Köllerer – Fürth, Cali (2)
 Giovanni Lapentti – Manta, Quito (2) Giovanni Lapentti – Manta, Quito (2)
 Hyung-Taik Lee – Seoul, Yokohama (2) Hyung-Taik Lee – Seoul, Yokohama (2)
 Alberto Martín – Trnava, Tarragona (2) Alberto Martín – Trnava, Tarragona (2)
 Nicolás Massú – Rijeka, Florianópolis (2) Nicolás Massú – Rijeka, Florianópolis (2)
 Iván Miranda – Salinas, Tunica (2) Iván Miranda – Salinas, Tunica (2)
 Mathieu Montcourt – Reggio Emilia, Tampere (2) Mathieu Montcourt – Reggio Emilia, Tampere (2)
 Gilles Müller – Humacao, Izmir (2) Gilles Müller – Humacao, Izmir (2)
 Björn Rehnquist – Guangzhou, Manchester (2) Björn Rehnquist – Guangzhou, Manchester (2)
.svg.png.webp) Christophe Rochus – St. Brieuc, Zagreb (2) Christophe Rochus – St. Brieuc, Zagreb (2)
 Vincent Spadea – Waco, Calabasas (2) Vincent Spadea – Waco, Calabasas (2)
 Tomas Tenconi – Todi, Napoli (2) Tomas Tenconi – Todi, Napoli (2)
 Filippo Volandri – San Marino, Cordenons (2) Filippo Volandri – San Marino, Cordenons (2)
 Thiago Alves – São Paulo (1) Thiago Alves – São Paulo (1)
 Kevin Anderson – Champaign (1) Kevin Anderson – Champaign (1)
 Thierry Ascione – Cherbourg (1) Thierry Ascione – Cherbourg (1)
 Younes El Aynaoui – Chiasso (1) Younes El Aynaoui – Chiasso (1)
 Alex Bogdanovic – Granby (1) Alex Bogdanovic – Granby (1)
.svg.png.webp) Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote (1) Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote (1)
 Daniel Brands – Timișoara (1) Daniel Brands – Timișoara (1)
 Agustín Calleri – Prostějov (1) Agustín Calleri – Prostějov (1)
 Jérémy Chardy – Graz (1) Jérémy Chardy – Graz (1)
 Flavio Cipolla – Nouméa (1) Flavio Cipolla – Nouméa (1)
 Victor Crivoi – Manerbio (1) Victor Crivoi – Manerbio (1)
.svg.png.webp) Frank Dancevic – Surbiton (1) Frank Dancevic – Surbiton (1)
 Sebastián Decoud – Almaty (1) Sebastián Decoud – Almaty (1)
 Somdev Devvarman – Lexington (1) Somdev Devvarman – Lexington (1)
 Lukáš Dlouhý – Bronx (1) Lukáš Dlouhý – Bronx (1)
 Benedikt Dorsch – Penza (1) Benedikt Dorsch – Penza (1)
 Bruno Echagaray – Leon (1) Bruno Echagaray – Leon (1)
 Marc Gicquel – Besançon (1) Marc Gicquel – Besançon (1)
 Máximo González – San Benedetto (1) Máximo González – San Benedetto (1)
 Santiago González – Belo Horizonte (1) Santiago González – Belo Horizonte (1)
 Marcel Granollers – Tanger (1) Marcel Granollers – Tanger (1)
 Denis Gremelmayr – Eckental (1) Denis Gremelmayr – Eckental (1)
 Robin Haase – Sunrise (1) Robin Haase – Sunrise (1)
 Luis Horna – Lugano (1) Luis Horna – Lugano (1)
 Jesse Huta Galung – Scheveningen (1) Jesse Huta Galung – Scheveningen (1)
 Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon (1) Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon (1)
 John Isner – Lubbock (1) John Isner – Lubbock (1)
 Dieter Kindlmann – New Delhi (1) Dieter Kindlmann – New Delhi (1)
 Evgeny Korolev – Aachen (1) Evgeny Korolev – Aachen (1)
 Łukasz Kubot – Oberstaufen (1) Łukasz Kubot – Oberstaufen (1)
   Mikhail Kukushkin – Barletta (1) Mikhail Kukushkin – Barletta (1)
 Igor Kunitsyn – Donetsk (1) Igor Kunitsyn – Donetsk (1)
.svg.png.webp) Michael Lammer – Puebla (1) Michael Lammer – Puebla (1)
 Jesse Levine – Bradenton (1) Jesse Levine – Bradenton (1)
 Ivan Ljubičić – East London (1) Ivan Ljubičić – East London (1)
 Paolo Lorenzi – Alessandria (1) Paolo Lorenzi – Alessandria (1)
.svg.png.webp) Peter Luczak – Montevideo (1) Peter Luczak – Montevideo (1)
 Nicolas Mahut – Orléans (1) Nicolas Mahut – Orléans (1)
.svg.png.webp) Xavier Malisse – Moncton (1) Xavier Malisse – Moncton (1)
 Adrian Mannarino – Jersey (1) Adrian Mannarino – Jersey (1)
 Leonardo Mayer – Medellín (1) Leonardo Mayer – Medellín (1)
 Ivo Minář – Busan (1) Ivo Minář – Busan (1)
 Gaël Monfils – Marrakech (1) Gaël Monfils – Marrakech (1)
 Albert Montañés – Monza (1) Albert Montañés – Monza (1)
 Conor Niland – New Delhi (1) Conor Niland – New Delhi (1)
 Kei Nishikori – Bermuda (1) Kei Nishikori – Bermuda (1)
 Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City (1) Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City (1)
 Josselin Ouanna – Rennes (1) Josselin Ouanna – Rennes (1)
 Olivier Patience – Cherkassy (1) Olivier Patience – Cherkassy (1)
 Éric Prodon – Miami (1) Éric Prodon – Miami (1)
 Mariano Puerta – Bogotá (1) Mariano Puerta – Bogotá (1)
 Rajeev Ram – Winnetka (1) Rajeev Ram – Winnetka (1)
 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo – La Serena (1) Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo – La Serena (1)
 Laurent Recouderc – Bytom (1) Laurent Recouderc – Bytom (1)
 Pere Riba – Seville (1) Pere Riba – Seville (1)
 Sergio Roitman – Guayaquil (1) Sergio Roitman – Guayaquil (1)
 Lukáš Rosol – Košice (1) Lukáš Rosol – Košice (1)
 Fabrice Santoro – Dnipropetrovsk (1) Fabrice Santoro – Dnipropetrovsk (1)
 Dudi Sela – Vancouver (1) Dudi Sela – Vancouver (1)
 Andreas Seppi – Bergamo (1) Andreas Seppi – Bergamo (1)
 Florent Serra – Szczecin (1) Florent Serra – Szczecin (1)
.svg.png.webp) Robert Smeets – Dublin (1) Robert Smeets – Dublin (1)
 Pavel Šnobel – Fergana (1) Pavel Šnobel – Fergana (1)
 Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg (1) Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg (1)
 Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia (1) Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia (1)
 Potito Starace – Napoli (1) Potito Starace – Napoli (1)
 Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski (1) Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski (1)
 Dmitry Tursunov – Helsinki (1) Dmitry Tursunov – Helsinki (1)
 Adrian Ungur – Sofia (1) Adrian Ungur – Sofia (1)
 Jiří Vaněk – Ostrava (1) Jiří Vaněk – Ostrava (1)
 Santiago Ventura – Bucharest (1) Santiago Ventura – Bucharest (1)
 Martin Verkerk – Athens (1) Martin Verkerk – Athens (1)
 Michael Yani – Yuba City (1) Michael Yani – Yuba City (1)
 Donald Young – Sacramento (1) Donald Young – Sacramento (1)
 Horacio Zeballos – Recanati (1) Horacio Zeballos – Recanati (1)
 Grega Žemlja – Cancún (1) Grega Žemlja – Cancún (1)
The following players won their first ATP challenger title:
 Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago Thomaz Bellucci – Santiago
.svg.png.webp) Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote Stéphane Bohli – Lanzarote
 Daniel Brands – Timișoara Daniel Brands – Timișoara
 Victor Crivoi – Manerbio Victor Crivoi – Manerbio
 Somdev Devvarman – Lexington Somdev Devvarman – Lexington
 Bruno Echagaray – Leon Bruno Echagaray – Leon
 Fabio Fognini – Turin Fabio Fognini – Turin
   Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn Andrey Golubev – Heilbronn
 Santiago González – Belo Horizonte Santiago González – Belo Horizonte
 Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon Marsel İlhan – Ramat Hasharon
 Adrian Mannarino – Jersey Adrian Mannarino – Jersey
 Conor Niland – New Delhi Conor Niland – New Delhi
 Kei Nishikori – Bermuda Kei Nishikori – Bermuda
 Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City Dawid Olejniczak – Mexico City
 Josselin Ouanna – Rennes Josselin Ouanna – Rennes
 Rajeev Ram – Winnetka Rajeev Ram – Winnetka
 Laurent Recouderc – Bytom Laurent Recouderc – Bytom
 Pere Riba – Seville Pere Riba – Seville
 Lukáš Rosol – Košice Lukáš Rosol – Košice
 Andreas Seppi – Bergamo Andreas Seppi – Bergamo
 Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg Louk Sorensen – Wolfsburg
 Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia Sergiy Stakhovsky – Segovia
 Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski Ryan Sweeting – Rimouski
 Adrian Ungur – Sofia Adrian Ungur – Sofia
 Michael Yani – Yuba City Michael Yani – Yuba City
 Horacio Zeballos – Recanati Horacio Zeballos – Recanati
 Grega Žemlja – Cancún Grega Žemlja – Cancún
ATP challenger titles won by nation:
 Argentina 18 (Almaty, Asunción, Bogotá, Bordeaux, Buenos Aires, Campos do Jordão, Como, Cremona, Guayaquil, Medellín, Peru, Prostějov, Recanati, Rimini, Rome, San Benedetto, San Luis Potosí, Sanremo) Argentina 18 (Almaty, Asunción, Bogotá, Bordeaux, Buenos Aires, Campos do Jordão, Como, Cremona, Guayaquil, Medellín, Peru, Prostějov, Recanati, Rimini, Rome, San Benedetto, San Luis Potosí, Sanremo)
 France 17 (Besançon, Braunschweig, Bytom, Cherbourg, Cherkassy, Constanţa, Dnipropetrovsk, Graz, Jersey, Marrakech, Miami, Orléans, Poznań, Reggio Emilia, Rennes, Szczecin, Tampere) France 17 (Besançon, Braunschweig, Bytom, Cherbourg, Cherkassy, Constanţa, Dnipropetrovsk, Graz, Jersey, Marrakech, Miami, Orléans, Poznań, Reggio Emilia, Rennes, Szczecin, Tampere)
 United States 17 (Aptos, Baton Rouge, Bradenton, Calabasas, Carson, Dallas, Knoxville, Louisville, Lubbock, Nashville, Rimouski, Sacramento, Tallahassee, Tulsa, Waco, Winnetka, Yuba City) United States 17 (Aptos, Baton Rouge, Bradenton, Calabasas, Carson, Dallas, Knoxville, Louisville, Lubbock, Nashville, Rimouski, Sacramento, Tallahassee, Tulsa, Waco, Winnetka, Yuba City)
 Spain 14 (Aarhus, Brașov, Bucharest, Córdoba, La Serena, Medjugorje, Meknes, Monza, San Sebastian, Seville, Tanger, Tarragona, Trnava, Vigo) Spain 14 (Aarhus, Brașov, Bucharest, Córdoba, La Serena, Medjugorje, Meknes, Monza, San Sebastian, Seville, Tanger, Tarragona, Trnava, Vigo)
 Russia 11 (Aachen, Barletta, Donetsk, Heilbronn, Helsinki, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons, Samarkand, Saransk, Telde) Russia 11 (Aachen, Barletta, Donetsk, Heilbronn, Helsinki, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mons, Samarkand, Saransk, Telde)
 Italy 10 (Alessandria, Bergamo, Cordenons, Genova, Napoli, Napoli, Nouméa, San Marino, Todi, Turin) Italy 10 (Alessandria, Bergamo, Cordenons, Genova, Napoli, Napoli, Nouméa, San Marino, Todi, Turin)
 Brazil 8 (Bogotá, Bogotá, Cali, Florianópolis, Rabat, Santiago, São Paulo, Tunis) Brazil 8 (Bogotá, Bogotá, Cali, Florianópolis, Rabat, Santiago, São Paulo, Tunis)
 Germany 8 (Alphen, Dresden, Eckental, Freudenstadt, New Delhi, Penza, Sarajevo, Timișoara) Germany 8 (Alphen, Dresden, Eckental, Freudenstadt, New Delhi, Penza, Sarajevo, Timișoara)
.svg.png.webp) Belgium 7 (Düsseldorf, Geneva, Grenoble, Moncton, St. Brieuc, Wrocław, Zagreb) Belgium 7 (Düsseldorf, Geneva, Grenoble, Moncton, St. Brieuc, Wrocław, Zagreb)
 Czech Republic 6 (Bratislava, Bronx, Busan, Košice, Ostrava, Prague) Czech Republic 6 (Bratislava, Bronx, Busan, Košice, Ostrava, Prague)
 Japan 5 (Bermuda, Busan, Kyoto, New Delhi, Toyota City) Japan 5 (Bermuda, Busan, Kyoto, New Delhi, Toyota City)
 Chile 4 (Aracaju, Binghamton, Florianópolis, Rijeka) Chile 4 (Aracaju, Binghamton, Florianópolis, Rijeka)
 Chinese Taipei 3 (New Delhi, Tashkent, Waikoloa) Chinese Taipei 3 (New Delhi, Tashkent, Waikoloa)
 Croatia 3 (Belgrade, East London, Kolding) Croatia 3 (Belgrade, East London, Kolding)
 Netherlands 3 (Athens Scheveningen, Sunrise) Netherlands 3 (Athens Scheveningen, Sunrise)
 Peru 3 (Lugano, Salinas, Tunica) Peru 3 (Lugano, Salinas, Tunica)
.svg.png.webp) Australia 2 (Dublin, Montevideo) Australia 2 (Dublin, Montevideo)
 Austria 2 (Cali, Fürth) Austria 2 (Cali, Fürth)
 Ecuador 2 (Manta, Quito) Ecuador 2 (Manta, Quito)
 Ireland 2 (New Delhi, Wolfsburg) Ireland 2 (New Delhi, Wolfsburg)
 Luxembourg 2 (Humacao, Izmir) Luxembourg 2 (Humacao, Izmir)
 Mexico 2 (Belo Horizonte, Leon) Mexico 2 (Belo Horizonte, Leon)
 Poland 2 (Mexico City, Oberstaufen) Poland 2 (Mexico City, Oberstaufen)
 Portugal 2 (Istanbul, Sassuolo) Portugal 2 (Istanbul, Sassuolo)
 Romania 2 (Manerbio, Sofia) Romania 2 (Manerbio, Sofia)
 Serbia 2 (Banja Luka, Ljubljana) Serbia 2 (Banja Luka, Ljubljana)
 South Korea 2 (Seoul, Yokohama) South Korea 2 (Seoul, Yokohama)
 Sweden 2 (Guangzhou, Manchester) Sweden 2 (Guangzhou, Manchester)
.svg.png.webp) Switzerland 2 (Lanzarote, Puebla) Switzerland 2 (Lanzarote, Puebla)
 Uzbekistan 2 (Bukhara, Karshi) Uzbekistan 2 (Bukhara, Karshi)
.svg.png.webp) Canada 1 (Surbiton) Canada 1 (Surbiton)
 Great Britain 1 (Granby) Great Britain 1 (Granby)
 India 1 (Lexington) India 1 (Lexington)
 Israel 1 (Vancouver) Israel 1 (Vancouver)
 Kazakhstan 1 (Astana) Kazakhstan 1 (Astana)
 Morocco 1 (Chiasso) Morocco 1 (Chiasso)
 Slovenia 1 (Cancún) Slovenia 1 (Cancún)
 South Africa 1 (Champaign) South Africa 1 (Champaign)
 Turkey 1 (Ramat Hasharon) Turkey 1 (Ramat Hasharon)
 Ukraine 1 (Segovia) Ukraine 1 (Segovia)
See also
    
    
References
    
- "About the Challenger Circuit". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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