Geneva Open Challenger

Not to be confused with Genoa AON Open Challenger, tennis tournament organized in Genoa, Italy.

The Geneva Open Challenger, also known as IPP Trophy was a tennis tournament held in Geneva, Switzerland from 1988 to 2014. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour. Previously played on outdoor clay courts, it has been played indoors on hard GreenSet courts since 2011, at Sport Center of the Queue d'Arve. Originally, it was held at the Drizia-Miremont Tennis Club. Two-time Swiss champion Stanislas Wawrinka would later enter the world top 10 in the ATP rankings in 2008.

Geneva Open Challenger
2014 Geneva Open Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Venue	Sport Center of the Queue d'Arve
Category	ATP Challenger Series
Surface	Hard / GreenSet / Indoors
Draw	32S/16Q/16D
Prize money	€100,000
Website	Website

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) awarded the Jim McManus Challenger Award to the tournament in 2013. This award honors the best challenger tournament in the world.^[1]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2014	Márcos Baghdatís	Michał Przysiężny	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
2013	Malek Jaziri	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–4, 6–3
2012	Marc Gicquel	Matthias Bachinger	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2011	Malek Jaziri	Mischa Zverev	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2010	Grigor Dimitrov	Pablo Andújar	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
2009	Dominik Meffert	Benjamin Balleret	6–3, 6–1
2008	Kristof Vliegen	Yuri Schukin	6–2, 6–1
2007	Yuri Schukin	Jesse Huta Galung	6–3, 6–2
2006	Jérôme Haehnel	Chris Guccione	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
2005	Werner Eschauer	Damián Patriarca	6–3, 6–1
2004	Stanislas Wawrinka	Christophe Rochus	4–6, 6–4, RET.
2003	Stanislas Wawrinka	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–1, 7–5
2002	Kristof Vliegen	Galo Blanco	6–2, 6–2
2001	Dennis van Scheppingen	Željko Krajan	6–3, 6–2
2000	Nicolas Thomann	Álex Calatrava	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
1999	Michel Kratochvil	Orlin Stanoytchev	6–0, 6–1
1998	Joan Albert Viloca	Younes El Aynaoui	6–3, 6–4
1997	Andrea Gaudenzi	Alberto Martín	6–2, 6–1
1996	Marcelo Charpentier	Oliver Gross	6–2, 3–1, RET.
1995	Younes El Aynaoui	Karim Alami	6–1, 6–4
1994	José Francisco Altur	Martín Rodríguez	7–6, 6–4
1993	Gabriel Markus	Karol Kučera	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1992	Sergio Cortés	Filip Dewulf	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
1991	Marcos Aurelio Górriz	Dinu Pescariu	6–3, 6–2
1990	Roberto Argüello	Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–0
1989	Gilad Bloom	Arnaud Boetsch	6–4, 6–1
1988	Gustavo Giussani	Simone Colombo	6–4, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2014	Johan Brunström Nicholas Monroe	Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald	5–7, 7–5, 10-6
2013	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	František Čermák Philipp Oswald	6–4, 6–3
2012	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
2011	Igor Andreev Evgeny Donskoy	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–2)
2010	Gero Kretschmer Alex Satschko	Philipp Oswald Martin Slanar	6–3, 4–6, [11–9]
2009	Diego Álvarez Juan-Martín Aranguren	Henri Laaksonen Philipp Oswald	6–4, 4–6, [10–2]
2008	Daniel Köllerer Frank Moser	Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx	7–6, 3–6, [10–8]
2007	Sebastián Decoud Yuri Schukin	James Cerretani Olivier Charroin	6–3, 6–7, [10–4]
2006	Michal Navrátil Yuri Schukin	Konstantinos Economidis Lovro Zovko	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2005	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Santiago Ventura	Stéphane Bohli Roman Valent	6–3, 7–5
2004	Tomáš Cibulec David Škoch	Werner Eschauer Herbert Wiltschnig	6–2, 6–4
2003	Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Philipp Petzschner	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
2002	Victor Hănescu Leonardo Olguín	Andrés Schneiter Orlin Stanoytchev	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Diego del Río Orlin Stanoytchev	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	2–6, 7–6, 7–6
2000	Diego del Río Edgardo Massa	Yves Allegro Julien Cuaz	7–5, 7–6
1999	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	7–5, 6–3
1998	Rikard Bergh Jens Knippschild	Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
1997	Diego del Río Mariano Puerta	Guillaume Marx Olivier Morel	6–3, 6–4
1996	Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild	George Bastl Michel Kratochvil	6–1, 6–1
1995	Clinton Ferreira Gábor Köves	Stéphane Manai Patrick Mohr	6–4, 6–2
1994	Luis Lobo Daniel Orsanic	Brett Dickinson Glenn Wilson	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
1993	Jan Apell Nicklas Utgren	Claudio Mezzadri Christian Miniussi	6–4, 6–2
1992	Filip Dewulf Tom Vanhoudt	Alfonso González-Mora Marcelo Rebolledo	6–3, 6–2
1991	Vladimer Gabrichidze Martin Střelba	Roberto Argüello Christian Miniussi	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1990	Henrik Holm Nils Holm	Branislav Stanković Richard Vogel	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
1989	Peter Ballauff Ugo Pigato	Arnaud Boetsch Slava Doseděl	6–4, 6–3
1988	Nevio Devide Stefano Mezzadri	Mihnea-Ion Năstase Srinivasan Vasudevan	7–6, 4–6, 6–4

References

1. Arnaud Cerutti, « Le Geneva Open honoré », La Tribune de Genève, 20 March 2014

External links

• Official website
• Drizia-Miremont Tennis Club
• ITF Search Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• ATP Vault