2005 ATP Challenger Series
# 2005 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2005 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 150 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

## Schedule

### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03.01. | New Caledonia | Nouméa Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Gilles Simon | Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie |
| 03.01. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Ricardo Mello | André Sá Bruno Soares |
| 17.01. | Chile | La Serena Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Enzo Artoni Ramón Delgado |
| 24.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Jiří Vaněk | Sébastien de Chaunac Michal Mertiňák |
| 24.01. | United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | André Sá Eric Taino |
| 24.01. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Giovanni Lapentti Damián Patriarca |
| 24.01. | Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Vladimir Voltchkov | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray |
| 31.01. | France | Challenger 42 | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Thierry Ascione | Nicolas Thomann Alexander Waske |
| 31.01. | Poland | Breslau Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Robin Vik | Lukáš Dlouhý Martin Štěpánek |
| 31.01. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Dieter Kindlmann | Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07.02. | Serbia | Belgrad Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Dick Norman | Igor Kunitsyn Orest Tereshchuk |
| 07.02. | United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Michael Ryderstedt | Rik de Voest Giovanni Lapentti |
| 07.02. | Australia | Burnie Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Chris Guccione | Luke Bourgeois Chris Guccione |
| 14.02. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Gaël Monfils | Jason Marshall Huntley Montgomery |
| 14.02. | United States | Joplin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Frédéric Niemeyer | Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot |
| 21.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Rik de Voest | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
| 21.02. | Germany | Logopark ATP Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Raemon Sluiter | Martin Štěpánek Pavel Šnobel |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07.03. | Japan | Kyōto Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Robin Vik | Pavel Šnobel Michal Tabara |
| 14.03. | United States | Sunrise Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Karol Beck | Rick Leach Travis Parrott |
| 14.03. | Vietnam | Heineken Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jimmy Wang | Cecil Mamiit Eric Taino |
| 14.03. | Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Dennis van Scheppingen | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán |
| 14.03. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Vladimir Voltchkov | Michal Mertiňák Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| 21.03. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Fernando Vicente | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
| 21.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Richard Gasquet | Tom Vanhoudt Kristof Vliegen |
| 21.03. | France | Saint Brieuc Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay (i) | Olivier Patience | Victor Ioniță Gabriel Moraru |
| 28.03. | Italy | Neapel Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Richard Gasquet | Janko Tipsarević Jiří Vaněk |
| 28.03. | Mexico | León Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Amer Delić | Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04.04. | Mexico | Mexiko-Stadt Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Florent Serra | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Šnobel |
| 04.04. | United States | Tallahassee Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Brian Vahaly | Robert Lindstedt Alexander Peya |
| 04.04. | Australia | Canberra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Chris Guccione | Richard Fromberg Chris Guccione |
| 11.04. | Bermuda | Bermuda Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomáš Zíb | Jordan Kerr Sebastián Prieto |
| 11.04. | Mexico | León Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Hard | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Jeff Coetzee Mark Merklein |
| 11.04. | Italy | Olbia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Massimo Bertolini Uros Vico |
| 18.04. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Marcos Daniel | Brian Dabul Marcelo Melo |
| 18.04. | Italy | Monza Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | Nicolas Devilder Olivier Patience |
| 18.04. | Great Britain | Nottingham Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Hard | Robin Vik | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray |
| 25.04. | Tunisia | Tunis Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Gaël Monfils | Tomas Behrend Robert Lindstedt |
| 25.04. | Italy | Rom Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Olivier Patience | Manuel Jorquera Dmitry Tursunov |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 02.05. | United States | Tunica Resorts Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay (i) | James Blake | Michael Russell Dušan Vemić |
| 02.05. | Czech Republic | Ostrava Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Pavel Šnobel Martin Štěpánek |
| 09.05. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Jan Hernych | Jordan Kerr Sebastián Prieto |
| 09.05. | United States | Forest Hills Challenger I | $ 050,000 | Clay | James Blake | Nathan Healey Mark Merklein |
| 09.05. | Italy | Sanremo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Novak Djokovic | Francesco Aldi Tomas Tenconi |
| 16.05. | Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Ivan Ljubičić | Gabriel Trifu Tom Vanhoudt |
| 16.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Răzvan Sabău | Stephen Huss Johan Landsberg |
| 16.05. | Germany | Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
| 16.05. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | Murad Inoyatov Denis Istomin |
| 23.05. | South Korea | Busan Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | Paul Goldstein Rajeev Ram |
| 23.05. | Germany | Ettlingen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Adrián García | Marc López Albert Portas |
| 23.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Paul Baccanello Lovro Zovko |
| 23.05. | Italy | Turin Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | Franco Ferreiro Sergio Roitman |
| 30.05. | Czech Republic | Prostějov Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | Lukáš Dlouhý David Škoch |
| 30.05. | Germany | Schickedanz Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Albert Portas | Amir Hadad Harel Levy |
| 30.05. | Great Britain | Surbiton Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Daniele Bracciali | Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas |
| 30.05. | United States | Yuba City Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Cecil Mamiit | Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob |
| 30.05. | Italy | Sassuolo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Marach | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06.06. | Switzerland | Lugano Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Albert Montañés | Enzo Artoni Juan Pablo Brzezicki |
| 06.06. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
| 06.06. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Răzvan Sabău | Petr Luxa Igor Zelenay |
| 13.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Enzo Artoni Álex López Morón |
| 13.06. | Ecuador | Cuenca Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Zack Fleishman | Goran Dragicevic Mirko Pehar |
| 20.06. | Italy | Reggio nell’Emilia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Thierry Ascione | Irakli Labadze Yuri Schukin |
| 27.06. | Italy | Biella Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Gabriel Trifu Tom Vanhoudt |
| 27.06. | Spain | Córdoba Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Marcos Baghdatis | Vladimir Voltchkov Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| 27.06. | United States | Forest Hills Challenger II | $ 050,000 | Grass | Frédéric Niemeyer | Richard Barker Huntley Montgomery |
| 27.06. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Édouard Roger-Vasselin | Steve Darcis Stefan Wauters |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Melle van Gemerden | Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
| 04.07. | Hungary | Budaörs Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Amir Hadad Harel Levy |
| 04.07. | Italy | Mantua Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti |
| 04.07. | Great Britain | Nottingham Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Grass | Alex Bogdanovic | Josh Goodall Martin Lee |
| 04.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Simon Greul | Oliver Marach Jean-Claude Scherrer |
| 11.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Andy Murray | Nathan Healey Eric Taino |
| 11.07. | Italy | Rimini Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Florent Serra | David Škoch Martin Štěpánek |
| 11.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Daniele Bracciali | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray |
| 18.07. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Marcos Daniel | Brian Dabul Marcelo Melo |
| 18.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Marc Gicquel Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
| 18.07. | United States | Tarzana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Alex Bogomolov Jr. Travis Rettenmaier |
| 25.07. | Poland | Posen Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Łukasz Kubot Filip Urban |
| 25.07. | Brazil | Campos do Jordão Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | André Sá | Kristian Pless Alex Vlaški |
| 25.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | Johan Landsberg Lu Yen-hsun |
| 25.07. | United States | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Dudi Sela | Scoville Jenkins Bobby Reynolds |
| 25.07. | Spain | Valladolid Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Filip Prpic | Matwé Middelkoop Alexander Peya |
| 25.07. | Italy | Recanati Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | Uros Vico Lovro Zovko |
| 25.07. | Russia | Togliatti Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn | Scott Lipsky Mark Nielsen |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 01.08. | Spain | Segovia Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Michael Berrer | Marcel Granollers Álex López Morón |
| 01.08. | Canada | Vancouver Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Dudi Sela | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |
| 01.08. | Italy | Trani Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | Carlos Berlocq Cristian Villagrán |
| 01.08. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | John Paul Fruttero | Lesley Joseph Alex Vlaški |
| 01.08. | Russia | Saransk Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Igor Kunitsyn | Flavio Cipolla Simon Stadler |
| 01.08. | Romania | Timișoara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jean-Christophe Faurel | Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru |
| 08.08. | San Marino | San Marino Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Juan Antonio Marín | Lukáš Dlouhý David Škoch |
| 08.08. | Great Britain | DBI Tennis Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andy Murray | Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips |
| 08.08. | Spain | Pamplona Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Nicolas Devilder | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko |
| 08.08. | Brazil | Gramado Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Flávio Saretta | Goran Dragicevic Mirko Pehar |
| 08.08. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Robin Vik | Julian Knowle Alexander Peya |
| 15.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Thierry Ascione | Cecil Mamiit Brian Vahaly |
| 15.08. | France | Cordenons Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | Not completed |
| 15.08. | Spain | Vigo Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Albert Portas | Lars Uebel Jan Vacek |
| 15.08. | Colombia | Manta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Thiago Alves | Brian Dabul Marcel Felder |
| 15.08. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Ivan Cerović Petar Popović |
| 22.08. | Italy | Manerbio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Oliver Marach | Melle van Gemerden Rogier Wassen |
| 22.08. | Switzerland | Genf Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Werner Eschauer | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura' |
| 22.08. | Uzbekistan | Bukhara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Denis Istomin | Alexey Kedryuk Orest Tereshchuk |
| 29.08. | Ukraine | Kiew Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | Diego Junqueira Martín Vassallo Argüello |
| 29.08. | Germany | Black Forest Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Pavel Šnobel Martin Štěpánek |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05.09. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Jimmy Wang | Harel Levy Noam Okun |
| 05.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Elsner | Ionuț Moldovan Gabriel Moraru |
| 05.09. | Ukraine | Donetzk Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Łukasz Kubot | Mikhail Filima Orest Tereshchuk |
| 05.09. | Italy | Genua Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Potito Starace | Leonardo Azzaro Sergio Roitman |
| 12.09. | France | Orléans Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Cyril Saulnier | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
| 12.09. | Spain | Sevilla Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Marco Mirnegg | Marcos Daniel Fernando Vicente |
| 12.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Leonardo Azzaro Sergio Roitman |
| 19.09. | Poland | Stettin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 19.09. | United States | Lubbock Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Ramón Delgado | Hugo Armando Glenn Weiner |
| 19.09. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | Flavio Cipolla Rainer Eitzinger |
| 26.09. | France | Grenoble Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Marc Gicquel | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
| 26.09. | United States | Tulsa Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Harel Levy | Scott Lipsky David Martin |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03.10. | France | Mons Challenger | $ 125,000 | Carpet (i) | Olivier Rochus | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
| 03.10. | Italy | Rom Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Olivier Patience | Manuel Jorquera Dmitry Tursunov |
| 10.10. | United States | Sacramento Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Rik de Voest | Scott Lipsky David Martin |
| 10.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
| 10.10. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Thiago Alves | Hugo Armando Glenn Weiner |
| 17.10. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Marcos Daniel | Brian Dabul Marcelo Melo |
| 17.10. | United States | Calabasas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Brian Vahaly | Amer Delic Bobby Reynolds |
| 17.10. | Denmark | Kolding Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Dmitry Tursunov | Stephen Huss Johan Landsberg |
| 17.10. | Great Britain | Southampton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Jérôme Haehnel | Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen |
| 24.10. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Alexander Peya Björn Phau |
| 24.10. | United States | Carson Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | Goran Dragicevic Jan-Michael Gambill |
| 24.10. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Giovanni Lapentti Damián Patriarca |
| 31.10. | United States | Boston Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Paul Goldstein | Ramón Delgado André Sá |
| 31.10. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Evgeny Korolev | James Auckland Jamie Delgado |
| 31.10. | South Korea | Busan Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | Paul Goldstein Rajeev Ram |
| 31.10. | Uruguay | Montevideo Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Juan Martín del Potro | Brian Dabul Damián Patriarca |
| 31.10. | Australia | Caloundra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Peter Luczak | Peter Luczak Shannon Nettle |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07.11. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Dominik Hrbatý | Chris Haggard Jean-Claude Scherrer |
| 07.11. | United States | Nashville Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Bobby Reynolds | Ilija Bozoljac Brian Wilson |
| 07.11. | Colombia | Guayaquil Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Marcos Daniel | Juan Martín del Potro Juan Antonio Marín |
| 07.11. | Germany | Bauer Watertechnology Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michael Berrer | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
| 14.11. | Ukraine | Dnipro Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Dick Norman | Lukáš Dlouhý David Škoch |
| 14.11. | Brazil | Aracaju Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Máximo González Sergio Roitman |
| 14.11. | France | Champaign Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Danai Udomchoke | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |
| 14.11. | Finland | Helsinki Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Björn Rehnquist | Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann |
| 14.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Hugo Armando | Werner Eschauer Alexander Satschko |
| 21.11. | Luxembourg | Luxemburg Challenger | $ 150,000 | Hard (i) | Christophe Rochus | Eric Butorac Chris Drake |
| 21.11. | Argentina | Buenos Aires Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Carlos Berlocq | Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto |
| 21.11. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Raemon Sluiter | Filip Polášek Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| 21.11. | Réunion | La Réunion Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Teymuraz Gabashvili Stéphane Robert |
| 21.11. | Great Britain | Sunderland Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Alex Bogdanovic | Frank Moser Sebastian Rieschick |
| 28.11. | United States | Orlando Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Michael Russell | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26.12. | Qatar | Doha Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Olivier Patience | Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach |
