Inside Info and Daily Commentary on the ATP Tour


I understand you have to be hardcore, bordering on being a flat-out tennis lunatic, to follow the ATP Challenger Circuit, but I've recently started doing it and realized it's definitely worthwhile. So here's a page devoted solely to the Challengers, who as you'll see, are not only players who are seeking to make it big one day in the future, but also players who were big in the past, or remain big in the present.

Week of 6/9/08

Sofia, Bulgaria (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Mariano Puerta:

Kosice, Slovakia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Nicolas Devilder:
Simon Greul:
Tomas Zib:
Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen:
Dominik Hrbaty:
Jan Hajek: lost to Andis Juska in the first round.

Milan, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Teimuraz Gabashvili:
Jesse Levine:
Pablo Andujar:
Diego Hartfield:
Martin Verkerk:
Jean-Rene Lisnard:




Week of 6/2/08

Yuba City, California (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Amer Delic: lost to Daniel King-Turner in the first round.
Kevin Kim: lost to Carsten Ball in the second round.
Sam Warburg: Runner-Up. Lost to Michael Yani in the final.
Jan-Michael Gambill: lost to Samuel Groth in the first round.

Prostejov, Czech Republic (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Tomas Berdych: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the quarterfinals.
Igor Andreev: lost to Christophe Rochus in the second round.
Marin Cilic: lost to Flavio Cipolla in the second round.
Agustin Calleri: Winner. Defeated Martin Vassallo Arguello in the final.
Albert Montanes: lost to Martin Vassallo Arguello in the second round.
Denis Gremelmayr: lost to Vince Spadea in the first round.
Thomaz Bellucci: lost to Agustin Calleri in the semifinals.
Christophe Rochus: lost to Martin Vassallo Arguello in the semifinals.
Vince Spadea: lost to Sergio Roitman in the second round.
Martin Vassallo Arguello: Runner-Up. Lost to Agustin Calleri in the final.
Teimuraz Gabashvili: lost to Agustin Calleri in the second round.
Dominik Hrbaty: lost to Rik De Voest in the first round.

Sassuolo, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Horacio Zeballos in the second round.
Dick Norman: lost to Martin Crugnolla in the second round.
Martin Verkerk: lost to Joao Souza in the first round.
Mariano Puerta: lost to David Marrero in the quarterfinals.

Furth, Germany (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Victor Hanescu: retired to Marc Lopez in the first round.
Jesse Levine: lost to Santiago Giraldo in the quarterfinals.
Simon Greul: lost to Daniel Koellerer in the quarterfinals.
Diego Hartfield: lost to Simon Greul in the first round.
Alexander Peya: lost to Santiago Giraldo in the semifinals.

Surbiton, Great Britain (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Marcos Baghdatis: withdrew to Robert Smeets in the second round.
Arnaud Clement: lost to Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the quarterfinals.
Kei Nishikori: retired to Stephane Bohli in the first round.
Kevin Anderson: Runner-Up. Lost to Frank Dancevic in the final.
Gilles Muller: retired to Frank Dancevic in the first round.
Ryan Sweeting: lost to Alex Kuznetsov in the first round.
Paul Capdeville: lost to Robert Smeets in the first round.
Frank Dancevic: Winner. Defeated Kevin Anderson in the final.




Week of 5/26/08

Carson, Calfornia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Amer Delic: Winner. Defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. in the final.
Kevin Kim: lost to Nicholas Monroe in the first round.
Sam Warburg: lost to Daniel King-Turner in the first round.
Robert Kendrick: lost to Samuel Groth in the first round.
Taylor Dent: lost to Cecil Mamiit in the first round.
Ryan Sweeting: lost to Phillip King in the second round.

Izmir, Turkey (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Yen-Hsun Lu: lost to Fernando Vicente in the second round.
Kei Nishikori: lost to Ilia Marchenko in the second round.
Gilles Muller: Winner. Defeated Kristian Pless in the final.
Jesse Levine: lost to Prakash Amritraj in the first round.
Danai Udomchoke: lost to Gilles Muller in the second round.
Ricardo Mello: lost to Kei Nishikori in the first round.
George Bastl: lost to Vladimir Obradovich in the second round.
Fernando Vicente: retired to Vladimir Obradovich in the quarterfinals.

Alessandria, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Diego Hartfield: lost to Simone Vagnozzi in the second round.
Alberto Martin: lost to Simone Vagnozzi in the semifinals.

Karlsruhe, Germany (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Teimuraz Gabashvili: Winner. Defeated Tobias Kamke in the final.
Bjorn Phau: lost to Teimuraz Gabashvili in the semifinals.
Martin Verkerk: lost to Tobias Kamke in the semifinals.
Tomas Zib: lost to Franco Ferreiro in the second round.




Week of 5/19/08

New Delhi, India (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Yen-Hsun Lu: Runner-Up. Lost to Go Soeda in the final.
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi: lost to Yen-Hsun Lu  the quarterfinals.
Gilles Muller: lost to Alexandre Kudryavtsev in the quarterfinals.
Ricardo Mello: lost to Go Soeda in the quarterfinals.
Kristian Pless: lost to Guillero Alcaide in the second round.

Fergana, Uzbekistan (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Danai Udomchoke: lost to Konstantin Kravchuk in the quarterfinals.
George Bastl: Runner-Up. Lost to Pavel Snobel in the final.




Week of 5/12/08

Bradenton, Florida (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Amer Delic: lost to Santiago Gonzalez in the first round.
Kevin Kim: lost to Lester Cook in the first round.
Jesse Levine: Winner. Defeated Robert Kendrick in the final.
Robert Kendrick: Runner-Up. Lost to Jesse Levine in the final.
Mariano Puerta: lost to Jesse Levine in the quarterfinals.

Bordeaux, France (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Fabrice Santoro: lost to Igor Kunitsyn in the first round.
Marc Gicquel: lost to Eduardo Schwank in the quarterfinals.
Younes El Aynaoui: lost to Marc Gicquel in the second round.
Florent Serra: lost to Daniel Munoz-De La Nava in the first round.
Arnaud Clement: lost to Igor Kunitsyn in the semifinals.
Eduardo Schwank: Winner. Defeated Igor Kunitsyn in the final.
Kevin Anderson: retired to Stephane Bohli in the first round.
Vince Spadea: lost to Thierry Ascione in the first round.
Igor Kunitsyn: Runner-Up. Lost to Eduardo Schwank in the final.

New Delhi, India (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Yen-Hsun Lu: Winner. Defeated Brendan Evans in the final.
Gilles Muller: lost to Travis Rettenmaier in the first round.
Ricardo Mello:
lost to Ilia Marchenko in the first round.

Marrakech, Morocco (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: lost to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the quarterfinals.
Frank Dancevic: lost to Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the second round.
Gael Monfils: Winner. Defeated Jeremy Chardy in the final.
Nicolas Massu: lost to Gael Monfils in the semifinals.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Jeremy Chardy in the semifinals.
Peter Luczak: lost to Jeremy Chardy in the first round.
Teimuraz Gabashvili: lost to Peter Polansky in the first round.
Martin Vassallo Arguello: lost to Nicolas Massu in the quarterfinals.
Dominik Hrbaty: lost to Martin Vassallo Arguello in the first round.

Aarhus, Denmark (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Oscar Hernandez: lost to Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the semifinals.
Dominik Meffert: lost to Simon Greul in the first round.
Ivan Navarro: lost to Eric Prodon in the semifinals.

Zagreb, Croatia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Denis Gremelmayr: retired to Antonio Veic in the second round.
Carlos Berlocq: Runner-Up. Lost to Christophe Rochus in the final.
Werner Eschauer: lost to Carlos Berlocq in the quarterfinals.
Sergiy Stakhovsky: lost to Franco Ferreiro in the first round.
Alexander Peya: lost to Jiri Vanek in the first round.
Christophe Rochus: Winner. Defeated Carlos Berlocq in the final.

San Remo, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Santiago Ventura: lost to Diego Junqueira in the quarterfinals.
Dick Norman: lost to Diego Junqueira in the first round.
George Bastl: lost to Nicolas Devilder in the first round.





Week of 5/5/08

Tunica Resorts, Mississippi (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Donald Young: lost to Scoville Jenkins in the second round.
Bobby Reynolds: lost to Ruben Bemelmans in the second round.
John Isner: lost to Carsten Ball in the quarterfinals.
Wayne Odesnik: lost to Ivan Miranda in the quarterfinals.
Robert Kendrick: lost to Todd Widom in the second round.
Mariano Puerta: retired to Izak Van Der Merwe in the first round.

Ostrava, Czech Republic (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Sergio Roitman: lost to Jan Hernych in the second round.
Sergiy Stakhovsky: lost to Olivier Marach in the first round.
Younes El Aynaoui: lost to Adrian Cruciat in the second round.
Lukas Dlouhy: retired to Olivier Marach in the second round.
Jan Hernych: Runner-Up. Lost to Jiri Vanek in the final.

Telde, Spain (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Peter Luczak: lost to Miguel Angel Lopez Jean in the second round.
Ivan Navarro: lost to Teimuraz Gabashvili in the quarterfinals.
Rik De Voest:
lost to David Marrero in the first round.
Teimuraz Gabashvili: Winner. Defeated Pablo Andujar in the final.

Rabat, Morocco (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the semifinals.
Frank Dancevic: lost to Ivo Klec in the second round.
Martin Vassallo Arguello: Runner-Up. Lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the final.
Paul Capedeville: retired to Thomaz Bellucci in the quarterfinals.

Dresden, Germany (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Michael Berrer: lost to Daniel Brands in the second round.
Jurgen Melzer: lost to Simon Greul in the first round.
Rainer Schuettler: lost to Woong-Sun Jun in the semifinals.
Philipp Petzschner: lost to Boy Westerhof in the second round.
Simon Greul: withdrew to Andreas Beck in the semifinals.

Rijeka, Croatia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Oscar Hernandez: lost to Dick Norman in the quarterfinals.
Viktor Troicki: lost to Christophe Rochus in the semifinals.
Nicolas Massu: Winner. Defeated Christophe Rochus in the final.
Christophe Rochus: Runner-Up. Lost to Nicolas Massu in the final.
Alexander Peya: lost to Nicolas Massu in the second round.
Dick Norman: lost to Nicolas Massu in the semifinals.




Week of 4/28/08

Tunis, Tunisia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Julien Benneteau: lost to Nicolas Massu in the quarterfinals.
Florent Serra: lost to Dusan Vemic in the semifinals.
Nicolas Massu: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the semifinals.
Dominik Hrbaty: lost to Julien Benneteau in the first round.

Prague, Czech Republic (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Jiri Vanek: lost to Jan Hernych in the first round.
Jan Hernych: Winner. Defeated Lukas Dlouhy in the final.
Dominik Meffert: lost to Jan Hernych in the quarterfinals.

Lanzarote, Spain (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Yen-Hsun Lu: Runner-Up. Lost to Stephane Bohli in the final.
Rik De Voest: lost to Bjorn Phau in the quarterfinals.
Gilles Muller:
lost to Alex Bogdanovic in the second round.
Danai Udomchoke: lost to Rik De VOest in the first round.

Rome, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Eduardo Schwank: Winner. Defeated Eric Prodon in the final.
Alex Kuznetsov: lost to David Guez in the first round.
Simon Greul: lost to Daniel Koellerer in the quarterfinals.
Dick Norman: lost to Adrian Mannarino in the first round.




Week of 4/21/08

Paget, Bermuda (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Dudi Sela: lost to Kei Nishikori in the second round.
Donald Young: lost to Peter Luczak in the quarterfinals.
John Isner:
lost to Vince Spadea in the second round.
Marcel Grannollers-Pujol:
lost to Viktor Troicki in the quarterfinals.
Ernests Gulbis:
lost to Kei Nishikori in the quarterfinals.
Kei Nishikori:
Winner. Defeated Viktor Troicki in the final.
Nicolas Massu:
lost to Ernests Gulbis in the second round.
Robby Ginepri: lost to Pablo Cuevas in the first round.
Vince Spadea:
lost to Carlos Berlocq in the quarterfinals.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Benjamin Becker: lost to Martin Fischer in the second round.
Bobby Reynolds: Winner. Defeated Igor Kunitsyn in the final.
Igor Kunitsyn: Runner-Up. Lost to Bobby Reynolds in the final.
Robert Kendrick: retired to Andis Juska in the second round.
Amer Delic: lost to Igor Kunitsyn in the semifinals.
Sam Warburg: lost to Alex Kuznetsov in the second round.
Scoville Jenkins: retired to Kevin Kim in the first round.
Ryan Sweeting: lost to Benedikt Dorsch in the first round.

Cremona, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Kevin Anderson: lost to Stephane Bohli in the second round.
Eduardo Schwank: Winner. Defeated Bjorn Phau in the final.
Rik De Voest: lost to Eduardo Schwank in the quarterfinals.
Danai Udomchoke: lost to Adrian Hernandez in the quarterfinals.
Dick Norman: lost to Stephane Bohli in the first round.



Week of 4/14/08

Florianopolis, Brazil (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Gustavo Kuerten: lost to Franco Ferreiro in the second round.
Ricardo Mello: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the semifinals.

Tallahassee, Florida (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Benjamin Becker: lost to Robert Kendrick in the semifinals.
Bobby Reynolds: Winner. Defeated Robert Kendrick in the final.
Robert Kendrick: Runner-Up. Lost to Bobby Reynolds in the final.
Scoville Jenkins: lost to Alex Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals.
Ryan Sweeting: lost to Robert Kendrick in the quarterfinals.

Busan, Korea (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Yen-Hsun Lu: Runner-Up. Retired to Go Soeda in the final.
Rik De Voest: lost to Yen-Hsun Lu in the semifinals.
Danai Udomchoke:
lost to Kristian Pless in the quarterfinals.

Athens, Greece (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Kevin Anderson: lost to Adrian Cruciat in the semifinals.
Lukas Dlouhy: retired to Marc Lopez inn the first round.

Mexico City, Mexico (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Sam Warburg: Runner-Up. Lost to Dawid Olejniczak in the final.
Mariano Puerta: lost to George Bastl in the first round.
George Bastl: lost to Sam Warburg in the semifinals.

Chiasso, Switzerland (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Alberto Martin: Runner-Up. Lost to Younes El Aynaoui in the final.
Nicolas Devilder: lost to Younes El Aynaoui in the semifinals.
Simon Greul: lost to Younes El Aynaoui in the quarterfinals.
Younes El Aynaoui: Winner. Defeated Alberto Martin in the final.



Week of 4/7/08

Humacao, Puerto Rico (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Rainer Schuettler: lost to Martin Fischer in the second round.
Bobby Reyolds: lost to Alex Bogdanovic in the first round.
Benjamin Becker:
lost to Ivan Miranda in the second round.
Amer Delic:
lost to Gilles Muller in the quarterfinals.
Igor Kunitsyn:
lost to Thiago Alves in the second round.
Gilles Muller: Winner.
Defeated Ivan Miranda in the final.
Scoville Jenkins:
lost to Brendan Evans in the first round.

Monza, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Albert Montanes: Winner. Defeated Alberto Martin in the final.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: lost to Vicktor Troicki in the first round.
Viktor Troicki: lost to Alberto Martin in the semifinals.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Nicolas Devilder in the second round.


Week of 3/31/08

Napoli, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Potito Starace: Winner. Defeated Marcos Daniel in the final.
Santiago Ventura: lost to Thiemo De Bakker in the first round.
Werner Eschauer: lost to Philipp Petzschner in the first round.
Florent Serra: lost to Potito Starace in the quarterfinals.
Guillermo Coria: lost to Flavio Cipolla in the first round.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Marcos Daniel in the first round.
Nicolas Massu: lost to Pablo Andujar in the first round.
Sergiy Stakhovsky: lost to Florent Serra in the first round.
Edouard Roger-Vassellin: lost to Ilia Bozoljac in the first round.

St. Brieuc, France (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Marcel Granollers-Pujol: Runner-Up. Lost to Christophe Rochus in the final.
Denis Gremelmayr: lost to Josselin Ouanna in the first round.
Boris Pashanski: lost to Diego Junqueira in the second round.
Christophe Rochus: Winner. Defeated Marcel Granollers-Pujol in the final.


Week of 3/24/08

Barletta, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Werner Eschauer: lost to Gianluca Naso in the second round.
Martin Vassallo Arguello: lost to Yuri Schukin in the second round.
Boris Pashanski: Runner-Up. Lost to Mikhail Kukushkin in the final.
Guillermo Coria: lost to Werner Eschauer in the first round.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin: lost to Boris Pashanski in the second round.

Leon, Mexico (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Fernando Vicente: lost to Louk Sorensen in the second round.
Dick Norman: lost to Horacio Zeballos in the first round.
Ricardo Mello: Runner-Up. Lost to Bruno Echagaray in the final.


Week of 3/17/08

Sunrise, Florida (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Fernando Gonzalez: lost to Chris Guccione in the quarterfinals.
Jarkko Nieminen: lost to Jurgen Melzer in the first round.
Potito Starace: lost to Sebastien Grosjean in the quarterfinals.
Andreas Seppi: lost to Robin Haase in the second round.
Janko Tipsarevic:
lost to Robin Haase in the quarterfinals.
Sebastien Grosjean:
Runner-Up. Lost to Robin Haase in the final.
Marc Gicquel:
lost to Chris Guccione in the first round.
Evgeny Korolev:
lost to Fernando Gonzalez in the first round.
Stefan Koubek:
retired to Rainer Schuettler in the first round.
Robin Haase: Winner.
Defeated Sebastien Grosjean in the final.
Nicolas Massu:
lost to Kei Nishikori in the first round.
Kei Nishikori:
lost to Sebastien Grosjean in the second round.
Jurgen Melzer:
lost to Sebastien Grosjean in the semifinals.

San Luis Potosi, Mexico (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Oscar Hernandez: lost to Joao Souza in the first round.
Dick Norman: lost to Simon Stadler in the first round.
Mariano Puerta: Runner-Up. Withdrew to Brian Dabul in the final.
Scoville Jenkins: lost to Brian Dabul in the second round.

Meknes, Morocco (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Thierry Ascione: lost to Jiri Vanek in the semifinals.
Marcel Granollers-Pujol: lost to Jeremy Chardy in the first round.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin: lost to Denis Istomin in the second round.
Christophe Rochus: lost to Jiri Vanek in the quarterfinals.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Jiri Vanek in the first round.


Week of 3/10/08

Salinas, Ecuador (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Eduardo Schwank: lost to Paolo Lorenzi in the quarterfinals.
Juan Pablo Brzezicki: lost to Ramon Delgado in the second round.
Dick Norman: lost to Paolo Lorenzi in the first round.
Ricardo Mello: lost to Juan Pablo Brzezicki in the first round.

Tanger, Morocco (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Edouardo Roger Vasselin: lost to Christophe Rochus in the second round.
Santiago Ventura: lost to Ivan Navarro in the first round.
Christophe Rochus: defeated Denis Istomin in the quarterfinals.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Marcel Granollers-Pujol in the first round.
Thierry Ascione: lost to Blaz Kavcic in the first round.


Week of 3/3/08

Kyoto, Japan (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Danai Udomchoke: lost to Martin Slanar in the second round.
Yen-Hsun Lu: lost to Matthias Bachinger in the semifinals.

Bogota, Colombia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Martin Vassallo Arguello: lost to Ivan Navarro in the semifinals.
Robert Kendrick: lost to Ivan Navarro in the quarterfinals.
Eduardo Schwank: lost to Juan Sebastian Cabal in the first round.
Diego Hartfield: lost to Martin Vassallo Arguello in the quarterfinals.
Mariano Puerta: lost to Ivan Navarro in the first round.
Dick Norman: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the first round.



Week of 2/25/08

Cherbourg, France (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Thierry Ascione: Winner. Defeated Kristian Pless in the final.
Lukas Dlouhy: lost to Thierry Ascione in the quarterfinals.
Christophe Rochus: lost to Adrian Mannarino in the second round.
Kevin Kim: lost to Alex Bogdanovic in the quarterfinals.


Santiago, Chile (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Mariano Puerta: lost to Marc Lopez in the first round.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo: lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the quarterfinals.
Eduardo Schwank: Runner-Up. Lost to Thomaz Bellucci in the final.
Ivan Navarro: lost to Thiago Alves in the first round.


Wolfsburg, Germany (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Philipp Petzschner: lost to Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.



Week of 2/18/08

Bensancon, France (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Fabrice Santoro: lost to Karol Beck in the second round.
Marc Gicquel: Winner. Defeated Alexander Peya in the final.
Rainer Schuettler: lost to Philipp Petzschner in the first round.
Philipp Petzschner: lost to Alexander Peya in the quarterfinals.



Week of 2/11/08

East London, South Africa (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Ivan Ljubicic: Winner. Defeated Stefan Koubek in the final.
Stefan Koubek: Runner-Up. Lost to Ivan Ljubicic in the final.
Thomas Johansson: lost to Ivan Ljubicic in the semifinals.
Jonas Bjorkman: lost to Augustin Gensse in the first round.


Belgrade, Serbia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Janko Tipsarevic: retired to Ilia Bozoljac in the first round.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin: lost to Philipp Petzschner in the second round.
Viktor Troicki: lost to Roko Karanusic in the semifinals.
Alexander Peya: lost to Roko Karanusic in the second round.



Week of 2/4/08

Bergamo, Italy (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Fabrice Santoro: lost to Andreas Seppi in the semifinals.
Nicolas Mahut: lost to Julien Benneteau in the semifinals.
Julien Benneteau: Runner-Up. Lost to Andreas Seppi in the final.
Marc Gicquel: lost to Igor Kunitsyn in the first round.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: lost to Thierry Ascione in the first round.
Rainer Schuettler: lost to Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round.
Robin Haase: lost to Fabrice Santoro in the second round.



Week of 1/28/08 (in order of quality of tournament)

Dallas, Texas (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Robert Kendrick: retired to Stephane Bohli in the semifinals.
Denis Gremelmayr: lost to Ryan Sweeting in the second round.
Amer Delic: Winner. Defeated Stephane Bohli in the final.
Christophe Rochus: lost to Stephane Bohli in the second round.
Kevin Kim: lost to Stephane Bohli in the quarterfinals.
Jan-Michael Gambill: lost to Benedikt Dorsch in the first round.
Scoville Jenkins: lost to Denis Gremelmayr in the first round.

Wroclaw, Poland (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Radek Stepanek: lost to Jurgen Melzer in the quarterfinals.
Nicolas Mahut: lost to Jerzy Janowicz in the first round.
Florian Mayer: lost to Lukas Dlouhy in the first round.
Jurgen Melzer: Runner-Up. Lost to Kristof Vliegen in the final.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez: lost to Kristof Vliegen in the quarterfinals.
Kristof Vliegen: Winner. Defeated Jurgen Melzer.
Gilles Muller: lost to Steve Darcis in the first round.
Rainer Schuettler: lost to Jurgen Melzer in the semifinals.


Guangzhou, China
(click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Chris Guccione: lost to Danai Udomchoke in the semifinals.
Yen-Hsun Lu: lost to Martin Pedersen in the first round.
Danai Udomchoke: Runner-Up. Lost to Bjorn Rehnquist in the final.



Week of 12/31/07 (in order of quality of tournament)

Sau Paulo, Brazil (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Carlos Berlocq: defeated Franco Ferreiro in the quarterfinals.
Mariano Zabaleta: lost to Bruno Soares in the first round.
Juan Pablo Brzezicki: defeated Frank Moser in the second round.


Noumea, New Caledonia (click here for the draw in PDF format)

Biggest names (and current status in the tournament)

Nicolas Devilder: lost to Stephane Bohli in the first round.
Kevin Kim: lost to Augustin Gensse in the first round.
Scoville Jenkins: lost to David Guez in the second round.