1996 ATP Challenger Series

1996 ATP Challenger Series

Details
Duration	22 January 1996 – 15 December 1996
Edition	19th
Tournaments	98
Achievements (singles)
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The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

Schedule

January

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
22.01.	Germany	Heilbronn Open	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Chris Woodruff	Lorenzo Manta Pavel Vízner
29.01.	Germany	Lippstadt Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Hendrik Dreekmann	T. J. Middleton Chris Woodruff

February

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.02.	Germany	Volkswagen Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Gianluca Pozzi	Dirk Dier Arne Thoms
12.02.	Germany	Hambühren Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jens Knippschild	Jim Pugh Joost Winnink
19.02.	France	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	Marius Barnard Bill Behrens
	Uruguay	Punta del Este Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins
26.02.	Germany	Warsteiner Challenger	$ 125,000	Carpet (i)	Kenneth Carlsen	Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner
	Ecuador	Salinas Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Óscar Martínez	Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran

March

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.03.	United States	Indian Wells Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Brett Hansen-Dent Brian MacPhie
	Sweden	Bromma Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Johan Van Herck	Andrew Foster Danny Sapsford
18.03.	Morocco	Agadir Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Christian Ruud	Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg

April

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.04.	United States	West Bloomfield Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Grant Stafford	Rikard Bergh Shelby Cannon
	Mexico	Puerto Vallarta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Geoff Grant	Francisco Montana Jack Waite
08.04.	Italy	Napoli Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso
	Japan	Nagoya Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki
15.04.	Malta	Malta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Hicham Arazi	Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz
22.04.	United States	Birmingham Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Mariano Zabaleta	Javier Frana Karel Nováček
	Uzbekistan	Fergana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Stéphane Simian	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Galo Blanco	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
29.04.	Uzbekistan	Andijan Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Grant Stafford	Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah

May

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.05.	Slovenia	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Hicham Arazi	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker
	Israel	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Grant Stafford	Neville Godwin Leander Paes
	Slovakia	Bratislava Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	David Škoch	Marcelo Charpentier Gustavo Kuerten
13.05.	Germany	Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Patrik Fredriksson	Ola Kristiansson Mårten Renström
20.05.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger I	$ 075,000	Clay	Hernán Gumy	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
27.05.	Poland	Szczecin Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Jimy Szymanski	Tom Vanhoudt Fernon Wibier

June

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.06.	Germany	Quelle Cup	$ 100,000	Clay	Hicham Arazi	Joshua Eagle Tom Kempers
	Germany	Annenheim Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Alex Rădulescu	Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt
	Colombia	Medellín Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Pablo Campana Tamer El-Sawy
10.06.	Colombia	Cali Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton
	Croatia	Zagreb Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Sargis Sargsian	Donald Johnson Jack Waite
	Germany	ATU Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Jon Leach Mosé Navarra
17.06.	Slovakia	Košice Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Marcos Górriz	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango
	Colombia	Bogotá Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Roberto Jabali	Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton
	Germany	Wartburg Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
24.06.	Germany	Nord/LB Open	$ 125,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild

July

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.07.	Italy	Venice Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Federico Mordegan Vincenzo Santopadre
	Germany	Müller Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Kris Goossens	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
	France	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Gilles Bastié Claude N'Goran
08.07.	Belgium	Ostend Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Thierry Champion	Lucas Arnold Ker David Škoch
	Great Britain	Bristol Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Petr Pála Andrew Richardson
	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Roberto Jabali	Alejandro Hernández Òscar Ortiz
	Germany	Oberstaufen Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Jens Knippschild	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
15.07.	Great Britain	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Max Mirnyi Lior Mor
	Ecuador	Quito Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Pablo Campana	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti
	Netherlands	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner
	Finland	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
22.07.	United States	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Albert Chang	Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud
29.07.	Turkey	Istanbul Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Ignacio Truyol	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford
	Italy	Merano Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques
	United States	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Steve Bryan	Geoff Grant Grant Stafford

August

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.08.	Spain	Open Castilla y León	$ 100,000	Hard	Jérôme Golmard	Jordi Burillo Emilio Sánchez
	United States	Binghamton Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Vincenzo Santopadre	Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein
	Brazil	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah
	Czech Republic	Pilzen Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Jan Kodeš Jr. Petr Luxa
12.08.	Poland	Poznań Challenger	$ 100,000	Clay	Thierry Champion	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
	United States	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Tamer El-Sawy	David DiLucia Scott Humphries
	Spain	Alicante Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	José Antonio Conde Nuno Marques
19.08.	Austria	Graz Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	Pablo Albano László Markovits
	Switzerland	Geneva Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild
26.08.	Germany	Alpirsbach Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Magnus Norman	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
	Uzbekistan	Samarkand Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	José Frontera Oleg Ogorodov

September

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.09.	Aruba	Aruba Challenger	$ 125,000	Hard	Vince Spadea	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas
	Czech Republic	Prostějov Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Andrei Cherkasov	Mathias Huning Jack Waite
	Portugal	Azores Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Nuno Marques	Marcus Hilpert Christian Saceanu
	Romania	Brașov Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu
09.09.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger II	$ 050,000	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	László Markovits Attila Sávolt
	Italy	Olbia Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Omar Camporese	Nicola Bruno Stéphane Simian
	India	Chennai Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
16.09.	Yugoslavia	Budva Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
	Portugal	Oporto Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Richard Fromberg	Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques
	Germany	Bad Saarow Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Magnus Norman	Jens Knippschild Marcos Ondruska
23.09.	United States	Urbana Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	David DiLucia Scott Humphries
	China	Beijing Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Yoon Yong-il	Mahesh Bhupathi Peter Tramacchi
	Spain	Copa Sevilla	$ 025,000	Clay	Francisco Roig	Ola Kristiansson Tom Vanhoudt
	North Macedonia	Skopje Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Lars Jönsson	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
30.09.	Mexico	Monterrey Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell

October

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.10.	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$ 125,000	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Not completed
14.10.	Egypt	Cairo Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Alberto Berasategui Germán Puentes
	Spain	Mallorca Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
	Japan	Tanagura Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Brian MacPhie Roger Smith
21.10.	France	Brest Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Guillaume Raoux	Donald Johnson Mark Keil
	South Korea	Seoul Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il
28.10.	Germany	Lambertz Open by STAWAG	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Alexander Volkov	Robbie Koenig Oleg Ogorodov
	India	Ahmedabad Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Nuno Marques	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes

November

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.11.	Germany	Neumünster Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Arne Thoms	Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier
11.11.	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
	Brazil	Campinas Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
	Réunion	Réunion Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Hendrik Jan Davids Fabrice Santoro
18.11.	United States	Austin Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Sargis Sargsian	Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell
	Mauritius	Mauritius Challenger	$ 025,000	Grass	Leander Paes	Patrick Baur Joost Winnink
	Slovenia	Portorož Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
	Mexico	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Alejandro Hernández	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah
25.11.	United States	Amarillo Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Sargis Sargsian	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett

December

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.12.	United States	Daytona Beach Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Andrei Cherkasov	Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein
	Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
09.12.	Australia	Perth Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Richard Fromberg	Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter