Tennis tournament
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]
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1999
Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi
7–5, 6–4
2000–02
Not held
2003
Ivo Heuberger
Danai Udomchoke
6–2, 6–3
2004–06
Not held
2007 (1)
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
An Jae-sung
7–5, 6–4
2007 (2)
Mikhail Elgin
Tomáš Cakl
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , 6–3
2008 (1)
Lu Yen-hsun
Brendan Evans
5–7, 7–6(7–5) , 6–3
2008 (2)
Go Soeda
Lu Yen-hsun
6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2008 (3)
Conor Niland
Tomáš Cakl
6–4, 6–4
2008 (4)
Dieter Kindlmann
Josh Goodall
7–6(7–3) , 6–3
Year
Champions
Runner-ups
Score
1999
Noam Behr Eyal Ran
Barry Cowan Wesley Whitehouse
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
2000–02
Not held
2003
Radoslav Lukaev Dmitry Vlasov
Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–2
2004–06
Not held
2007 (1)
Rik de Voest Wesley Moodie
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2007 (2)
Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan
Pavel Chekhov Mikhail Elgin
6–3, 6–3
2008 (1)
Colin Ebelthite Sam Groth
Mohammad Ghareeb Illya Marchenko
2–6, 7–6(7–5) , [10–8]
2008 (2)
Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh
Brendan Evans Mustafa Ghouse
7–5, 6–3
2008 (3)
Josh Goodall James Ward
Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo
6–4, 6–1
2008 (4)
Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh
Rohan Gajjar Purav Raja
4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
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