León Challenger

The Torneo Internacional Challenger León (formerly known as Challenger Ficrea, presentado por ultra, Torneo Internacional AGT and Abierto Internacional Leon) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and was part of the ITF Women's Circuit until 2016. It was held annually in León, Mexico, from 2003 until 2023. In 2024, it was moved to Acapulco, Mexico with an increased prize money fund of $164,000.^[1]

Torneo Internacional Challenger León
2024 GNP Seguros Tennis Open
Tournament information
Event name	Torneo Internacional Challenger León
Location	Acapulco (ATP), León (WTA)
Venue	Club Campestre de León
Surface	Hard
Website	Website
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour 125 Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $164,000+H
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $10,000

38-year-old Dick Norman from Belgium defeated Marcel Felder to take the 2009 singles title in Mexico City

In 2007, eventual French top-tenner Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won his second Challenger singles title in two weeks after Tallahassee

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2024	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	Adam Walton	6–3, 6–3
2023	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	Juan Pablo Ficovich	6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
2020–22	Not held
2019	Blaž Rola	Liam Broady	6–4, 4–6, 6–3[2]
2018	Christopher Eubanks	John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
2017	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	Roberto Quiroz	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2016	Michael Berrer	João Souza	6–3, 6–2
2015	Austin Krajicek	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4
2014	Rajeev Ram	Sam Groth	6–2, 6–2
2013	Donald Young	Jimmy Wang	6–2, 6–2
2012	Denis Zivkovic	Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2011	Bobby Reynolds	Andre Begemann	6–3, 6–3
2010	Santiago González	Michał Przysiężny	3–6, 6–1, 7–5[3]
2009	Dick Norman	Marcel Felder	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
2008	Dawid Olejniczak	Sam Warburg	6–4, 6–3
2007	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Bruno Echagaray	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
2006	Rik de Voest	Glenn Weiner	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
2005	Amer Delić	Jeff Morrison	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2004	Jeff Morrison	Lu Yen-hsun	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2003	Adrián García	Santiago González	7–5, 6–3

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2024	Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha	Luke Johnson Skander Mansouri	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2023	Aziz Dougaz Antoine Escoffier	Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]
2020–22	Not held
2019	Lucas Miedler Sebastian Ofner	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 6–4, [10–6][4]
2018	Gonzalo Escobar Manuel Sánchez	Bradley Mousley John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–4
2017	Leander Paes Adil Shamasdin	Luca Margaroli Caio Zampieri	6–1, 6–4
2016	Santiago González Mate Pavić	Sam Groth Leander Paes	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
2015	Austin Krajicek Rajeev Ram	Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 7–5
2014	Samuel Groth Chris Guccione	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	6–4, 6–3
2013	Chris Guccione Matt Reid	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6–3, 7–5
2012	John Peers John-Patrick Smith	César Ramírez Bruno Rodríguez	6–3, 6–3
2011	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	Andre Begemann Chris Eaton	6–3, 6–2
2010	Santiago González Vasek Pospisil	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2009	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Víctor Estrella João Souza	6–3, 6–3
2008	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	Brendan Evans Alex Kuznetsov	6–4, 6–1
2007	Miguel Gallardo Valles Carlos Palencia	Brendan Evans Brian Wilson	6–3, 6–3
2006	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos André Ghem	Rik de Voest Glenn Weiner	6–4, 0–6, [10–3]
2005	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot	6–1, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–4)
2004	Nathan Healey Tuomas Ketola	Lu Yen-hsun Danai Udomchoke	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
2003	Huntley Montgomery Andres Pedroso	Bruno Echagaray Jean-Julien Rojer	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Renata Zarazúa	Ana Sofía Sánchez	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
2015	Danielle Lao	Aleksandrina Naydenova	3–6, 6–3, 7–5

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Chanel Simmonds Renata Zarazúa	Sabastiani León Nazari Urbina	6–0, 6–2
2015	Maria Fernanda Alves Danielle Lao	Kim Grajdek Mayo Hibi	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–4]

References

1. "GNP Seguros Tennis Open, Acapulco Prize Money 2024". Retrieved 15 December 2024.
2. "Po slabi sezoni eksplozija Blaža Role in lovorika na Challengerju v Mehiki". tenisportal.si (in Slovenian). 28 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. "Obtuvo Santiago González el Título del singles de Challenger de León". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). 18 April 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
4. Schume, Harald (28 April 2019). "Doppel-Challenger-Titel für Weissborn, Ofner, Miedler" (in German). Österreichischer Tennisverband [de]. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

External links

• Official website