Tennis tour
The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1998 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 114 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.[ 1] [ 2]
Schedule
January
February
March
April
May
June
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
01.06.
Czech Republic
Prostějov Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Richard Fromberg
Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
Germany
Quelle Cup
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Christian Ruud
Álex López Morón Albert Portas
Great Britain
Surbiton Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Grass
Gianluca Pozzi
Sandon Stolle Peter Tramacchi
08.06.
Croatia
Split Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Orlin Stanoytchev
Geoff Grant Attila Sávolt
Germany
ATU Cup
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Agustín Calleri
Nuno Marques Nenad Zimonjić
15.06.
Germany
Nord/LB Open
$ 125,000
Clay
Franco Squillari
Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
Croatia
Zagreb Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Jiří Novák
Julián Alonso Mariano Puerta
22.06.
Italy
Biella Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Andrew Ilie
Diego del Río Eric Taino
Germany
Wartburg Open
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Edwin Kempes
Jaime Oncins Cristiano Testa
Czech Republic
Příbram Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Arnaud Di Pasquale
Ota Fukárek Udo Plamberger
29.06.
Italy
Venice Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Adrian Voinea
Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska
United States
Denver Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Takao Suzuki
Michael Hill Glenn Weiner
Germany
Müller Cup
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Márcio Carlsson Jaime Oncins
France
Montauban Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Edwin Kempes
Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
July
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
06.07.
Belgium
Ostend Challenger
$ 0 75,000
Clay
Andrew Ilie
Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
Great Britain
Bristol Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Grass
Denis van Uffelen
Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov
Canada
Granby Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Takao Suzuki
Gouichi Motomura Takao Suzuki
Germany
Oberstaufen Cup
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Wolfgang Schranz
Nuno Marques Rogier Wassen
13.07.
Italy
Merano Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Ctislav Doseděl
Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti
United States
Aptos Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Cecil Mamiit
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
France
Contrexéville Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez
Great Britain
Manchester Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Grass
Chris Wilkinson
Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido
20.07.
Great Britain
Newcastle Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Agustín Calleri
Jeff Coetzee Edwin Kempes
Finland
Tampere Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Tomáš Zíb
Tobias Hildebrand Fredrik Lovén
27.07.
Turkey
Istanbul Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Tomáš Zíb
Petr Luxa Eyal Ran
Netherlands
Scheveningen Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand
United States
Winnetka Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Geoff Grant
Grant Silcock Myles Wakefield
August
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
03.08.
Poland
Poznań Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Christian Ruud
Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez
Spain
Open Castilla y León
$ 100,000
Hard
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek Tomáš Zíb
United States
Lexington Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Paul Goldstein
Ben Ellwood Lleyton Hewitt
Brazil
Gramado Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
André Sá
Jeff Coetzee Damien Roberts
Mexico
Tijuana Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Michael Hill
Michael Hill Scott Humphries
10.08.
United States
Binghamton Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Takao Suzuki
Myles Wakefield Wesley Whitehouse
Brazil
Belo Horizonte Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Francisco Costa
Satoshi Iwabuchi Thomas Shimada
Austria
Nettingsdorf Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Markus Hipfl
Tomáš Krupa Borut Urh
Poland
Sopot Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Michał Chmela
James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić
17.08.
Austria
Graz Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Carlos Costa
Dinu Pescariu Albert Portas
United States
Bronx Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Miles Maclagan
Jared Palmer Takao Suzuki
Poland
Warsaw Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Jiří Vaněk
James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić
24.08.
Switzerland
Geneva Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Juan Albert Viloca
Rikard Bergh Jens Knippschild
31.08.
Austria
Alpirsbach Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Stefan Koubek
Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
Serbia
Belgrade Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Jiří Vaněk
Raemon Sluiter Nenad Zimonjić
Bolivia
Santa Cruz Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Gastón Gaudio
Marcelo Charpentier Andrés Schneiter
September
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
07.09.
Romania
Brașov Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Dinu Pescariu
Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.
Great Britain
Edinburgh Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Tomas Nydahl
Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
Ecuador
Quito Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Nicolás Massú
Adriano Ferreira Óscar Ortiz
Yugoslavia
Budva Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Tomas Behrend
Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
14.09.
Brazil
Florianópolis Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Guillermo Cañas
Jaime Oncins André Sá
Hungary
Budapest Challenger II
$ 0 50,000
Clay
Renzo Furlan
Gábor Köves Thomas Strengberger
North Macedonia
Skopje Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Jordi Mas
Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
21.09.
Poland
Szczecin Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Orlin Stanoytchev Radomír Vašek
United States
Urbana Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Daniel Nestor
Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark
Spain
Copa Sevilla
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Alberto Martín
Alberto Martín Salvador Navarro
28.09.
Portugal
Oporto Challenger
$ 125,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.
Venezuela
Caracas Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard
Adriano Ferreira
Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah
United States
Dallas Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Daniel Nestor
Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark
Italy
Olbia Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Daniele Bracciali
Todd Larkham Chris Wilkinson
October
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
05.10.
Chile
Santiago Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Ota Fukárek Attila Sávolt
United States
San Antonio Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Geoff Grant
David DiLucia Michael Sell
Israel
Tel Aviv Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Gianluca Pozzi
Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara
12.10.
Spain
Barcelona Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Fernando Vicente
José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez
Brazil
São Paulo Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Fernando Meligeni
Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez
United States
San Diego Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Ville Liukko
Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson
19.10.
Egypt
Cairo Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Albert Portas
Albert Portas Álex López Morón
Uruguay
Montevideo Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Eduardo Medica
Francisco Cabello Agustín Calleri
Hong Kong
Hongkong Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Not completed
Germany
Okal Cup
$ 0 25,000
Carpet (i)
Jared Palmer
Tomáš Cibulec Raemon Sluiter
Uzbekistan
Samarkand Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Fredrik Jonsson
Noam Behr Eyal Ran
26.10.
France
Brest Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard (i)
Jérôme Golmard
Neville Godwin Marcos Ondruska
November
Date
Country
Tournament
Prizemoney
Surface
Singles champion
Doubles champions
02.11.
Germany
Lambertz Open by STAWAG
$ 0 50,000
Hard (i)
Hendrik Dreekmann
Menno Oosting Pavel Vízner
09.11.
United States
Las Vegas Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Hard
Cecil Mamiit
Marcos Ondruska Byron Talbot
16.11.
Andorra
Andorra Challenger
$ 100,000
Hard (i)
Justin Gimelstob
Justin Gimelstob Jack Waite
Argentina
Buenos Aires Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
Guillermo Cañas Martín García
Mexico
Puebla Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Vladimir Voltchkov
Alejandro González Mariano Sánchez
United States
Rancho Mirage Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Christian Ruud
Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi
23.11.
Peru
Lima Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Stefan Koubek
Diego del Río Martin Rodriguez
United States
Burbank Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard
Cecil Mamiit
Mike Bryan Mike Bryan
Slovenia
Portorož Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Hard (i)
Rainer Schüttler
Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy
Mexico
Toluca Challenger
$ 0 25,000
Clay
Rogier Wassen
Alejandro Hernández Mariano Sánchez
30.11.
Mexico
Guadalajara Challenger
$ 100,000
Clay
Markus Hipfl
Sander Groen Ali Hamadeh
Germany
Nümbrecht Challenger
$ 0 50,000
Carpet (i)
Christian Vinck
Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy
December
References
Europe
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Lithuania Luxembourg Ireland Italy
Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Africa
Congo Egypt Morocco Rwanda South Africa Tunisia
Asia
Bahrain China Hong Kong India Israel Japan Kazakhstan Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
North America
Bermuda Canada Mexico United States
Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica Dominican Republic Panama
South America
Argentina Brazil Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay
1998 in tennis
Grand Slam Tours
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