The 2019
Columbus Challenger
The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A, as it has been since 2015, the tournam ...
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 c ...
tournament played on indoor
hard court
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s. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the
2019 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour in 2019 in tennis, 2019 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2019 ATP Challenger Tour calendar had 158 tournaments scheduled, with prize money ranging from $54,160 up to $162,480. It was t ...
. It took place in
Columbus
Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to:
* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
Columbus may also refer to:
Places ...
,
United States
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between 7 and 13 January 2019.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of December 31, 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:
* Martin Joyce
*
John McNally
* Kyle Seelig
*
Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player, who as of April 2022 is the second highest ranked male tennis player from Denmark behind Holger Rune. Mikael Torpegaard is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team.
Earl ...
*
J. J. Wolf
Jeffrey John "J. J." Wolf (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56 on 17 October 2022. Wolf played collegiately at Ohio State University.
Early years
Wolf ...
The following players received entry into the singles main draw using their ITF World Tennis Ranking:
* Tom Jomby
*
Fabien Reboul
Fabien Reboul (born 9 September 1995) is a French tennis player who plays mainly doubles. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 328 achieved on 17 December 2018. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 achieved ...
*
Jelle Sels
Jelle Sels (born 10 August 1995) is a Dutch tennis player.
Sels competes mainly in the Challenger tour circuit.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 127 achieved on 28 November 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of ...
*
João Souza
João Olavo Soares de Souza (; born 27 May 1988) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Before receiving a lifetime ban for match-fixing, Souza competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his hi ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Gijs Brouwer
Gijs Brouwer (born 14 March 1996) is an American-born Dutch tennis player.
Brouwer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 20 February 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 148 achieved on 22 Augu ...
*
João Menezes
João Magalhães Hueb de Menezes (born 17 December 1996) is a Brazilian professional tennis player.
Menezes has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 172 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 488 achieved on 3 ...
Champions
Singles
*
J. J. Wolf
Jeffrey John "J. J." Wolf (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56 on 17 October 2022. Wolf played collegiately at Ohio State University.
Early years
Wolf ...
def.
Mikael Torpegaard
Mikael Torpegaard (born 8 May 1994) is a Danish professional tennis player, who as of April 2022 is the second highest ranked male tennis player from Denmark behind Holger Rune. Mikael Torpegaard is a member of the Denmark Davis Cup team.
Earl ...
6–7
(4–7), 6–3, 6–4.
Doubles
*
Maxime Cressy
Maxime Cressy (born May 8, 1997) is a French-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on August 8, 2022. He has been ranked as high as wo ...
/
Bernardo Saraiva def.
Robert Galloway
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Nathaniel Lammons
Nathaniel Lammons (born August 12, 1993) is an American tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 45, achieved on 7 November 2022. Lammons has won two ATP doubles title. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of Worl ...
7–5, 7–6
(7–3).
References
External links
Official website
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Columbus Challenger
The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A, as it has been since 2015, the tournam ...
2019 in American tennis
January 2019 sports events in the United States