2000 ATP Challenger Series
# 2000 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2000 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 121 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

## Schedule

### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Magnus Larsson | Jan Siemerink John van Lottum |
| 24.01. | United States | Waikoloa Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg |
| 31.01. | United States | Amarillo Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard (i) | Michael Russell | Brian MacPhie Michael Hill |
| 31.01. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Popp | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Andrei Stoliarov | Jan-Ralph Brandt Martin Sinner |
| 14.02. | Poland | Wrocław Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Martin Damm | Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč |
| 14.02. | India | Kolkata Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Tuomas Ketola | Andy Ram Nir Welgreen |
| 14.02. | Great Britain | Hull Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Henrik Andersson | Barry Cowan Neville Godwin |
| 14.02. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Christian Vinck | Giorgio Galimberti Diego Nargiso |
| 21.02. | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jiří Vaněk | Michael Hill Todd Woodbridge |
| 21.02. | India | Ahmedabad Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vadim Kutsenko | Cedric Kauffmann Syed Fazaluddin |
| 28.02. | Singapore | Singapore Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | Neville Godwin Michael Hill |
| 28.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard (i) | Julien Boutter | Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra |
| 28.02. | India | Mumbai Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Leander Paes | Tomáš Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06.03. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Julien Boutter | Julien Boutter Michaël Llodra |
| 06.03. | Japan | Kyoto Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Kevin Ullyett | Martin Hromec Tom Spinks |
| 13.03. | Portugal | Lisbon Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | David Sánchez | João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques |
| 13.03. | Germany | Residenza Open Magdeburg | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Sébastien Lareau | Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier |
| 13.03. | Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | Joan Balcells Mauricio Hadad |
| 20.03. | New Zealand | Hamilton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Michael Joyce | Neville Godwin Michael Hill |
| 27.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Germán Puentes | Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03.04. | Italy | Cagliari Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
| 10.04. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | José de Armas Jimy Szymanski |
| 24.04. | Portugal | Maia Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
| 24.04. | Bermuda | XL Bermuda Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Andrew Ilie | Leander Paes Jan Siemerink |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 08.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón |
| 08.05. | United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Ronald Agénor | Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi |
| 08.05. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vladimir Voltchkov | Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor |
| 15.05. | United States | Armonk Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Salvador Navarro | Paul Kilderry Peter Tramacchi |
| 15.05. | Israel | Jerusalem Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola |
| 15.05. | Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Gastón Etlis | Michaël Llodra Diego Nargiso |
| 15.05. | Great Britain | Edinburgh Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Filip Dewulf | Tommy Robredo Michael Russell |
| 15.05. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mikhail Youzhny | Stefano Galvani Andrei Stoliarov |
| 22.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Edwin Kempes | Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05.06. | Czech Republic | Prostějov Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Andreas Vinciguerra | Alberto Martín Eyal Ran |
| 05.06. | Germany | Quelle Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes |
| 05.06. | Great Britain | Surbiton Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Wayne Arthurs | Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska |
| 05.06. | United States | Tallahassee Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jeff Salzenstein | Mark Knowles Mark Merklein |
| 12.06. | Poland | Szczecin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Bohdan Ulihrach | Alberto Martín Eyal Ran |
| 12.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 075,000 | Clay | Daniel Elsner | Mark Nielsen Andrei Stoliarov |
| 12.06. | United States | Denver Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Lior Mor | Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor |
| 12.06. | Portugal | Espinho Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Tommy Robredo | Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota |
| 19.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Gastón Gaudio | Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango |
| 19.06. | Switzerland | Lugano Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | David Sánchez | Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov |
| 26.06. | Germany | Wartburg Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jan Frode Andersen | Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni |
| 26.06. | Italy | Sassuolo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stefano Tarallo | Álex Calatrava Salvador Navarro |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 03.07. | Italy | Venice Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Agustín Calleri | Julián Alonso Aleksandar Kitinov |
| 03.07. | Germany | Müller Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Germán Puentes | Orlin Stanoytchev Mikhail Youzhny |
| 03.07. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jean-René Lisnard | Lee Pearson Grant Silcock |
| 10.07. | Belgium | Ostend Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Olivier Rochus | Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher |
| 10.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | Paul Hanley Nathan Healey |
| 10.07. | Great Britain | Bristol Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Andy Ram | Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts |
| 10.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il |
| 10.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Clemens Trimmel | Hugo Armando Alexandre Simoni |
| 17.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Bob Bryan | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
| 17.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Mosé Navarra | Dejan Petrović Andy Ram |
| 17.07. | France | Contrexéville Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Vincenzo Santopadre | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
| 24.07. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Wayne Black | Noam Behr Eyal Erlich |
| 24.07. | Spain | Córdoba Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Réginald Willems | Dejan Petrović Andy Ram |
| 24.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Johan Van Herck | Ville Liukko Jarkko Nieminen |
| 24.07. | United States | Winnetka Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il |
| 31.07. | Poland | Poznań Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Christophe Rochus | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner |
| 31.07. | Spain | Open Castilla y León | $ 100,000 | Hard | Sergi Bruguera | Ashley Fisher Jason Weir-Smith |
| 31.07. | United States | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman |
| 31.07. | Brazil | Gramado Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alexandre Simoni | André Sá Eric Taino |
| 31.07. | Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Wayne Arthurs | Daniele Bracciali Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 07.08. | United States | Binghamton Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Justin Bower Jeff Coetzee |
| 07.08. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger I | $ 050,000 | Clay | Albert Montañés | František Čermák Ota Fukárek |
| 07.08. | Poland | Sopot Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Hugo Armando | Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter |
| 07.08. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni |
| 07.08. | Russia | Togliatti Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vadim Kutsenko | Dušan Vemić Lovro Zovko |
| 14.08. | Ukraine | Kyiv Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Jacobo Díaz | Cristian Kordasz Gábor Köves |
| 14.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Petr Luxa Wesley Whitehouse |
| 14.08. | Italy | Bressanone Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | František Čermák | Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts |
| 14.08. | Germany | Volvo Sylt Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Yuri Schukin | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin |
| 21.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Nicolas Thomann | Diego del Río Edgardo Massa |
| 21.08. | Italy | Manerbio Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stefano Tarallo | Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts |
| 21.08. | Germany | BMW Challenger Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nikolay Davydenko | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Luis Horna |
| 28.08. | Germany | Black Forest Open | $ 037.500 | Clay | Michal Tabara | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin |
| 28.08. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Diego Moyano | Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04.09. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Michal Tabara | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl |
| 04.09. | Germany | Rhein-Main Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | Petr Luxa David Škoch |
| 04.09. | Bulgaria | Sofia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stefano Tarallo | Dejan Petrović Orlin Stanoytchev |
| 11.09. | Austria | Linz Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Germán Puentes | Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger |
| 11.09. | North Macedonia | Skopje Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman |
| 18.09. | Italy | Biella Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Filippo Volandri | Martín García Mariano Puerta |
| 18.09. | United States | Houston Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | James Blake | Brent Haygarth Marcos Ondruska |
| 18.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alexandre Simoni | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin |
| 25.09. | United States | San Antonio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Xavier Malisse | Wesley Whitehouse Gareth Williams |
| 25.09. | Spain | Copa Sevilla | $ 037.500 | Clay | Tommy Robredo | Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 02.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Albert Portas | Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas |
| 02.10. | Slovakia | Slovak Open | $ 100,000 | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | Paul Hanley Paul Rosner |
| 02.10. | United States | Austin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andy Roddick | Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher |
| 02.10. | Morocco | Tangier Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Werner Eschauer | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin |
| 09.10. | Egypt | Cairo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Albert Portas | Albert Portas Álex López Morón |
| 09.10. | Mexico | Guadalajara Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | Hugo Armando Alexander Waske |
| 09.10. | France | Grenoble Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Antony Dupuis | Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta |
| 09.10. | United States | Tulsa Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jimy Szymanski | Enrique Abaroa Michael Sell |
| 09.10. | Uzbekistan | Bukhara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Noam Behr | Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov |
| 16.10. | Ecuador | Lima Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Guillermo Coria | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
| 16.10. | Germany | Okal Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Jens Knippschild | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |
| 23.10. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Guillermo Coria | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto |
| 30.10. | Belgium | Charleroi Challenger | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Jan Siemerink | Petr Pála Pavel Vízner |
| 30.10. | United States | Las Vegas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Neville Godwin | Jeff Coetzee Marcos Ondruska |
| 30.10. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Hugo Armando | Francisco Costa Irakli Labadze |
| 30.10. | Japan | Yokohama Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Eric Taino | Yves Allegro Julian Knowle |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 06.11. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Diego Moyano | Irakli Labadze Dušan Vemić |
| 06.11. | United States | Burbank Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andy Roddick | Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer |
| 06.11. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher |
| 13.11. | Uruguay | Montevideo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Guillermo Coria | Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis |
| 13.11. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Rainer Schüttler | Sander Groen Jan Siemerink |
| 13.11. | Japan | Osaka Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Michel Kratochvil | František Čermák Ota Fukárek |
| 13.11. | United States | Rancho Mirage Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | James Blake | Mark Merklein Mitch Sprengelmeyer |
| 20.11. | France | Brest Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Michel Kratochvil | Tuomas Ketola Laurence Tieleman |
| 20.11. | Argentina | Buenos Aires Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Guillermo Coria | Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker |
| 20.11. | United States | Knoxville Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Cristiano Caratti | Karsten Braasch Michael Kohlmann |
| 20.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Brandon Hawk | Zack Fleishman Jeff Williams |
| 27.11. | United States | Urbana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Jeff Salzenstein | Taylor Dent Mardy Fish |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 04.12. | Costa Rica | Costa Rica Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Antony Dupuis | Guillermo Cañas Adrián García |
| 04.12. | Italy | Milan Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Mosé Navarra | George Bastl Giorgio Galimberti |
| 04.12. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Jan Vacek | Kristian Pless Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
