The Knoxville Challenger is a 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 uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on indoor

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s. It is currently part of the

ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...

. It is held annually in

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Di ...

, United States, since 2000. The Knoxville Challenger is held at Goodfriend Tennis Center on the campus of the

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. The tournament is the second of three indoor Challenger tournaments at college venues to end the USTA Pro Circuit season. The

Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger The Charlottesville Men's Pro Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourt, hard courts. It is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and held annually in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, since 2009. Past finals Singles ...

(University of Virginia) is held the week before, and the Champaign Challenger (University of Illinois) is the week after.

Past finals

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

Official website
{{ATP Challenger Tour ATP Challenger Tour Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States Tennis in Tennessee Recurring sporting events established in 2000