1999 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1999 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 115 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

Schedule January DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 25.01. Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Laurence Tieleman Michael Kohlmann Filippo Veglio

February DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 01.02. Amarillo Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Gabriel Trifu Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Kolkata Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Leander Paes Noam Behr Eyal Ran Warsteiner Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Vladimir Voltchkov Michael Kohlmann Filippo Veglio Punta del Este Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Marcelo Charpentier Lucas Arnold Ker Marcelo Filippini 08.02. Lucknow Challenger I $ 50,000 Grass Tuomas Ketola Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt Volkswagen Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Axel Pretzsch Adriano Ferreira Maurice Ruah 15.02. Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Axel Pretzsch Franz Stauder Patrick Sommer 22.02. Ho Chi Minh Challenger $ 50,000 Hard John van Lottum Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Laguna Hills Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Sébastien Lareau Paul Goldstein Brian MacPhie Cherbourg Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) Sébastien Grosjean Michael Hill Andrew Painter

March DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 01.03. Singapore Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Mosé Navarra Jeff Coetzee Damien Roberts Grenoble Challenger $ 37.500 Hard (i) Julien Boutter Adam Peterson Chris Tontz Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Markus Hantschk Michael Hill Andrew Painter 08.03. Salinas Challenger $ 75,000 Hard Juan Ignacio Chela Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto Besançon Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Ivan Ljubičić Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Kyoto Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Julian Knowle Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta 29.03. Barletta Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Jacobo Díaz Guillermo Cañas Javier Sánchez

April DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 05.04. Napoli Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero Marcos Ondruska Jack Waite 12.04. XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Hernán Gumy Doug Flach Richey Reneberg Nice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Gastón Gaudio Martín García Sebastián Prieto New Delhi Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Leander Paes Noam Behr Eyal Ran 26.04. Espinho Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Gastón Gaudio Joan Balcells Gastón Etlis

May DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 03.05. Ljubljana Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Vladimir Voltchkov Massimo Valeri Tom Vanhoudt 10.05. Birmingham Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Francisco Costa Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Jerusalem Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Lior Mor Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola 24.05. Sofia Challenger II $ 25,000 Clay Marcello Craca Karsten Braasch Tomas Behrend 31.05. Prostějov Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Richard Fromberg Dinu Pescariu Eric Taino Quelle Cup $ 50,000 Clay Ronald Agénor Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska Surbiton Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Sargis Sargsian Scott Draper Todd Woodbridge

June DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 07.06. Maia Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto ATU Cup $ 75,000 Clay Roberto Carretero Emilio Benfele Álvarez Dušan Vemić 14.06. Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Jens Knippschild Albert Portas Germán Puentes Zagreb Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Andrea Gaudenzi Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko 21.06. Biella Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Nicolás Massú Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri Wartburg Open $ 25,000 Clay Juan Albert Viloca Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith Prague Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Michal Tabara Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek 28.06. Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Andrei Pavel Albert Portas Germán Puentes Müller Cup $ 50,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Andrew Painter Byron Talbot Lugano Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Michal Tabara Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek Montauban Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Álex López Morón Simon Aspelin Ota Fukárek

July DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 05.07. Ostend Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Olivier Malcor Marcos Ondruska Steven Randjelovic Bristol Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Raemon Sluiter Jan-Ralph Brandt Jeff Coetzee Granby Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Petr Kralert Kevin Kim Jimy Szymanski Oberstaufen Cup $ 25,000 Clay Alexander Popp Edwin Kempes Petr Luxa 12.07. Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Tomáš Zíb Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt Aptos Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Michael Hill Michael Hill Scott Humphries Contrexéville Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Ronald Agénor Jérôme Hanquez Régis Lavergne Manchester Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Igor Gaudi Jeff Coetzee Neville Godwin 19.07. Newcastle Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Jeff Tarango Marcus Hilpert Vaughan Snyman Olbia Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Stefano Pescosolido Omar Camporese Giorgio Galimberti Scheveningen Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Eyal Ran Tom Vanhoudt Tampere Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Radomír Vašek Petr Dezort Radomír Vašek Winnetka Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Alex O'Brien James Blake Thomas Blake Córdoba Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Oleg Ogorodov Satoshi Iwabuchi Oleg Ogorodov 26.07. Istanbul Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Vadim Kutsenko Gouichi Motomura Oleg Ogorodov Edinburgh Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Héctor Moretti Marcus Hilpert Vaughan Snyman

August DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 02.08. Poznań Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Galo Blanco Massimo Ardinghi Davide Sanguinetti Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Cyril Saulnier Roger Federer Sander Groen Lexington Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Harel Levy Michael Sell Gabriel Trifu Gramado Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Jamie Delgado Antonio Prieto Alexandre Simoni Nettingsdorf Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Georg Blumauer Alexander Peya 09.08. Binghamton Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Antony Dupuis Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Jamie Delgado Daniel Melo Antonio Prieto Madrid Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Ota Fukárek Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield Sopot Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Roberto Carretero Bartłomiej Dąbrowski Michał Gawłowski Vienna Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Michel Kratochvil Julian Knowle Thomas Strengberger 16.08. Prague Challenger II $ 100,000 Clay Davide Sanguinetti Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč Bronx Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Alexander Popp Jeff Coetzee Alejandro Hernández Volvo Sylt Open $ 50,000 Clay Michel Kratochvil Rene Nicklisch Attila Sávolt Bressanone Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Gianluca Luddi David Miketa Radovan Světlík 23.08. Geneva Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Michel Kratochvil Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón Manerbio Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Attila Sávolt Thomas Strengberger Massimo Valeri 30.08. Black Forest Open $ 37.500 Clay Michal Tabara Joan Balcells Thomas Strengberger

September DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.09. Kyiv Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg Quito Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Nicolás Massú Paulo Taicher Andrés Zingman Rhein-Main Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Rene Nicklisch Francisco Cabello Michael Kohlmann Sofia Challenger I $ 25,000 Clay Marcello Craca Karsten Braasch Tomas Behrend 13.09. Brașov Challenger $ 50,000 Clay David Sánchez Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu Budapest Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Stéphane Huet Harel Levy Noam Okun Skopje Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Vasilis Mazarakis Gergely Kisgyörgy Steven Randjelovic 20.09. Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Andreas Vinciguerra Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite Austin Challenger $ 37.500 Hard André Sá Marcos Ondruska Wesley Whitehouse Copa Sevilla $ 25,000 Clay Sebastián Prieto Marcelo Charpentier José Frontera 27.09. San Antonio Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Mark Knowles Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith

October DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 04.10. Tel Aviv Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Ctislav Doseděl Noam Behr Eyal Ran Tulsa Challenger $ 50,000 Hard André Sá Jeff Coetzee Alejandro Hernández 11.10. Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Fernando Vicente Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Hernán Gumy Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic Dallas Challenger $ 37.500 Hard André Sá Paul Kilderry Grant Silcock 18.10. Cairo Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Karim Alami Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Sr. Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Juan Ignacio Chela Pablo Albano Martín García Hongkong Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Stéphane Huet Neville Godwin Michael Hill Houston Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Marcos Ondruska David DiLucia Michael Sell Okal Cup $ 25,000 Carpet (i) George Bastl Petr Pála Pavel Vízner 25.10. Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Roger Federer Martin Damm Max Mirnyi Samarkand Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Oleg Ogorodov Noam Behr Andrei Stoliarov

November DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 01.11. Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Nicolás Massú Antonio Prieto Cristiano Testa Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Raemon Sluiter Lars Burgsmüller Takao Suzuki Yokohama Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Lee Hyung-taik Satoshi Iwabuchi Thomas Shimada 08.11. Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Karim Alami Pablo Albano Martín García Miami Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Marcos Ondruska Jocelyn Robichaud Myles Wakefield 15.11. Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Franco Squillari Guillermo Cañas Martín García Andorra Challenger $ 75,000 Hard (i) Justin Gimelstob Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Puebla Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Michael Sell Óscar Ortiz Marco Osorio Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Bob Bryan Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield 22.11. Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Francisco Costa Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield 29.11. Caracas Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Younes El Aynaoui Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez Nümbrecht Challenger $ 50,000 Carpet (i) George Bastl Dirk Dier Jens Knippschild Urbana Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Frédéric Niemeyer Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas Lucknow Challenger II $ 25,000 Grass Leander Paes Kristian Pless Paradorn Srichaphan

December DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.12. Burbank Challenger $ 37.500 Hard Cecil Mamiit Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Jaipur Challenger $ 25,000 Grass Leander Paes Tomáš Anzari Satoshi Iwabuchi Mexico City Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Federico Browne Gastón Etlis Damián Furmanski Perth Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Paul Kilderry Paul Kilderry Grant Silcock

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