The 2021
Amex-Istanbul Challenger
The Istanbul Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard court. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, T ...
II was a professional
tennis tournament played on
hard courts
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. It was the 35th edition of the tournament which was part of the
2021 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour in 2021 in tennis, 2021 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2021 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 147 tournaments with prize money ranging from $36,680 up to $156,240. It was the 44 ...
. It took place in
Istanbul, Turkey between 13 and 19 September 2021.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 30 August 2021.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Sarp Ağabigün
*
Victor Vlad Cornea
Victor Vlad Cornea (born 24 September 1993) is a Romanian tennis player. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 66 on 2 October 2023. He has won 11 ATP Challenger doubles titles.
He has three Davis Cup participations for Team Romania ...
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Koray Kırcı
Koray Kırcı (born 17 August 1998) is a Turkish tennis player.
Kırcı has a career high ATP singles ranking of 868 achieved on 30 July 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 855 achieved on 29 October 2018.
Kırcı made his A ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Nick Chappell
Nick Chappell (born September 19, 1992) is a Canadian-born American tennis player.
Chappell has a career high ATP singles ranking of 329 achieved on November 8, 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 416 achieved on June 27, 20 ...
* Christopher Heyman
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Laurent Lokoli
Laurent Lokoli (born 18 October 1994) is a French professional tennis player. Lokoli plays primarily ATP Challenger and ITF events. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 169 achieved on 30 January 2023.
Career
Lokoli received a wildca ...
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Aldin Šetkić
Aldin Šetkić (born 21 December 1987) is a Bosnian professional tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player us ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Geoffrey Blancaneaux (born 8 August 1998) is a French tennis player.
He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour.
Blancaneaux has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 134 achieved on 14 November 2022 and a doubl ...
Champions
Singles
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Wu Tung-lin
Wu Tung-lin (; born 12 May 1998), also known as Tony Wu, is a Taiwanese tennis player.
Wu has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 158, achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 246, achiev ...
6–4, 6–2.
Doubles
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Radu Albot /
Alexander Cozbinov
Alexander Cozbinov (born 28 April 1995) is a Moldovan tennis player.
Cozbinov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 420 achieved on 21 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 237 achieved on 8 August 2022.
Cozbinov repre ...
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Artem Sitak 4–6, 7–5,
1–9
References
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2021 in Turkish tennis
September 2021 sports events in Turkey