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New Delhi Challenger

New Delhi Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1999
Abolished2008
Editions8
LocationNew Delhi, India
CategoryATP Challenger Series
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$50,000

The New Delhi Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.[1] It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Series. It was held eight times in New Delhi, in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2008. It was also held i 2014, 2015 and 2016, but halted from 2017 due to lack of funds.[2] Now Delhi hosts Delhi Open Challenger as of 2025.[3]

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1999 India Leander Paes India Mahesh Bhupathi 7–5, 6–4
2000–02 Not held
2003 Switzerland Ivo Heuberger Thailand Danai Udomchoke 6–2, 6–3
2004–06 Not held
2007 (1) Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Chinese Taipei An Jae-sung 7–5, 6–4
2007 (2) Russia Mikhail Elgin Czech Republic Tomáš Cakl 7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–3
2008 (1) Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun United States Brendan Evans 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2008 (2) Japan Go Soeda Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2008 (3) Republic of Ireland Conor Niland Czech Republic Tomáš Cakl 6–4, 6–4
2008 (4) Germany Dieter Kindlmann United Kingdom Josh Goodall 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runner-ups Score
1999 Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
United Kingdom Barry Cowan
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2000–02 Not held
2003 Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev
Russia Dmitry Vlasov
Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Andy Ram
7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–2
2004–06 Not held
2007 (1) South Africa Rik de Voest
South Africa Wesley Moodie
India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007 (2) China Yu Xinyuan
China Zeng Shaoxuan
Russia Pavel Chekhov
Russia Mikhail Elgin
6–3, 6–3
2008 (1) Australia Colin Ebelthite
Australia Sam Groth
Kuwait Mohammad Ghareeb
Ukraine Illya Marchenko
2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
2008 (2) India Harsh Mankad
India Ashutosh Singh
United States Brendan Evans
India Mustafa Ghouse
7–5, 6–3
2008 (3) United Kingdom Josh Goodall
United Kingdom James Ward
Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo
6–4, 6–1
2008 (4) India Harsh Mankad
India Ashutosh Singh
India Rohan Gajjar
India Purav Raja
4–6, 6–4, [11–9]

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis New Delhi Challenger Men Scores - Challenger Men - Singles Live". www.tennis24.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ^ archive, From our online (15 February 2017). "Delhi Challenger on hold due to lack of dedication & funds". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Delhi Open Challenger". The Hindu. 10 February 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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