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Volkswagen Challenger

Field	Value
name	Volkswagen Challenger
type	defunct
founded	1993
ended	2012
editions	19
event name	Volkswagen Challenger
location	Wolfsburg, Germany
venue	Tennisclub Grün-Gold
Wolfsburg
category	ATP Challenger Tour
surface	Carpet (indoor)
draw	32S/29Q/16D
website	Official Website

Wolfsburg

The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.

Many players won two titles, Axel Pretzsch Ruben Bemelmans in singles Robert Lindstedt, Jean-Claude Scherrer and Martin Sinner in doubles. But only Axel Pretzsch won both titles simultaneously.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2012	NED Igor Sijsling	POL Jerzy Janowicz	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(11–9)
2011	BEL Ruben Bemelmans (2)	GER Dominik Meffert	6–7(8), 6–4, 6–4
2010	Not held
2009	BEL Ruben Bemelmans (1)	ITA Stefano Galvani	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
2008	IRL Louk Sorensen	UZB Farrukh Dustov	7–6(7), 4–6, 6–4
2007	NED Robin Haase	GER Daniel Brands	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
2006	GER Alexander Waske	TPE Yeu-tzuoo Wang	6–2, 6–4
2005	GER Dieter Kindlmann	GER Tobias Summerer	7–5, 4–1 retired
2004	CZE Michal Tabara	GER Florian Mayer	6–4, 6–3
2003	GER Axel Pretzsch (2)	GBR Arvind Parmar	6–7(1), 7–6(5), 6–4
2002	GER Jakub Záhlava	BEL Dick Norman	6–4, 6–2
2001	FIN Jarkko Nieminen	GER Andy Fahlke	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2000	RUS Andrei Stoliarov	ESP Óscar Burrieza López	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1999	GER Axel Pretzsch (1)	ITA Diego Nargiso	walkover
1998	SUI Ivo Heuberger	GER Dirk Dier	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1997	GER Jens Knippschild	GER Arne Thoms	6–4, 6–3
1996	ITA Gianluca Pozzi	SWE Thomas Johansson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1995	GER David Prinosil	GER Martin Sinner	6–4, 7–6
1994	GER Alexander Mronz	CAN Albert Chang	6–3, 7–5
1993	ITA Cristiano Caratti	GER Lars Koslowski	6–7, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2012	LTU Laurynas Grigelis
BLR Uladzimir Ignatik	POL Tomasz Bednarek
FRA Olivier Charroin	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
2011	GER Matthias Bachinger
GER Simon Stadler	GER Dominik Meffert
DEN Frederik Nielsen	3–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]
2010	Not held
2009	USA Travis Rettenmaier
GBR Ken Skupski	UKR Sergey Bubka
RUS Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–4
2008	AUS Carsten Ball
RSA Izak van der Merwe	GBR Richard Bloomfield
GBR Ken Skupski	7–6(5), 6–3
2007	AUT Alexander Peya
GER Lars Uebel	GBR Joshua Goodall
CZE Jan Mertl	6–4, 6–4
2006	SUI Jean-Claude Scherrer (2)
ITA Uros Vico	GER Frank Moser
GER Sebastian Rieschick	7–6(3), 6–7(5), 10–8
2005	GER Philipp Petzschner
AUT Alexander Peya	PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
CRO Lovro Zovko	6–2, 6–4
2004	SWE Robert Lindstedt (2)
SUI Jean-Claude Scherrer (1)	ESP Juan Ignacio Carrasco
BRA Josh Goffi	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(5)
2003	GER Karsten Braasch
GER Axel Pretzsch	AUT Alexander Peya
PAK Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 6–2
2002	CZE Jan Hernych
RSA Shaun Rudman	ITA Filippo Messori
ITA Gianluca Pozzi	7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–3
2001	SWE Robert Lindstedt (1)
SWE Fredrik Lovén	GER Jan Boruszewski
GER Markus Menzler	7–6(5), 6–7(7), 6–4
2000	GER Jan-Ralph Brandt
GER Martin Sinner (2)	CZE Tomáš Cibulec
CZE Leoš Friedl	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
1999	BRA Adriano Ferreira
VEN Maurice Ruah	GER Karsten Braasch
GER Dirk Dier	walkover
1998	RUS Marat Safin
FR Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić	GER Jan-Ralph Brandt
GER Thomas Messmer	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1997	ITA Nicola Bruno
ITA Laurence Tieleman	SWE Henrik Holm
SWE Nils Holm	7–6, 6–4
1996	GER Dirk Dier
GER Arne Thoms	USA Jim Pugh
NED Joost Winnink	6–4, 6–4
1995	GER Martin Sinner (1)
NED Joost Winnink	GER Dirk Dier
GER Lars Koslowski	7–5, 6–3
1994	USA Rich Benson
MAS Adam Malik	AUS Wayne Arthurs
AUS Simon Youl	7–6, 6–4
1993	USA Donald Johnson
IND Leander Paes	SWE Jan Apell
DEN Michael Mortensen	7–6, 6–1

References

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