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The Volkswagen Challenger was 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
carpet court
A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation describes the surface as a "textile or polymeric material supplied in rolls or sheets of finished product." It is one of the fastest court types, second only to grass co ...
s. It was 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 was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin.
Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...
, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Many players won two titles,
Axel Pretzsch
Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career
Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the ...
Ruben Bemelmans
Ruben Bemelmans (; born 14 January 1988) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 84 in singles, achieved on 28 September 2015, and world No. 128 in doubles, achieved on 1 October 2012. Beme ...
in singles
Robert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand ...
,
Jean-Claude Scherrer
Jean-Claude Scherrer (born 20 July 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 1998.
Career finals
Doubles (2 losses)
External links
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The official personal website of Jean-Claude Sc ...
and
Martin Sinner
Martin Sinner (born 7 February 1968) 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 ...
in doubles. But only
Axel Pretzsch
Axel Pretzsch (born 16 June 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.
Career
Pretzsch, who was Germany's junior champion in 1990 and 1994, played in the main draw of four Grand Slams during his career. He twice made it into the ...
won both titles simultaneously.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
External links
Official website
{{ATP Challenger Tour
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Volkswagen Challenger
The Volkswagen Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennisclub Grün-Gold Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg, Germany, between 1993 and 2012.
Ma ...
Defunct tennis tournaments in Germany