The Budapest Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the latter one of the two simultaneous challengers played in Hungary with the event taking place usually in September. It was part of the

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. It was held annually at the Római Teniszakadémia in

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, Hungary, from 1986 to 2005, when during the 2006 Hungarian floodings the courts were washed away and the event spot was replaced by the WOW Cafe Challenger. The most successful player was

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with three doubles titles.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

Title sponsors

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Open (2003, 2002) *Architect Open (2005, 2004, 2000) *Diego Open (2001) * Medicor Open (1999, 1998, 1997)

References

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