Fergana Challenger

Fergana Challenger
2014 Fergana Challenger
Event nameFergana
LocationFergana, Uzbekistan
VenueIstiklol Tennis Club
SurfaceHard
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 ATP World Tour
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S/28Q/16D
Prize Money$50,000
 WTA Tour
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
Draw32S/16D
Prize Money$25,000
Chinese Taipei player Lu Yen-hsun reached both singles and doubles finals in 2005, defeating Danai Udomchoke in the singles, losing with him in doubles
2000 runner-up Igor Kunitsyn from Russia eventually clinched his first career Challenger singles title in Fergana over Prakash Amritraj in 2004
South African Rik de Voest won two back-to-back doubles titles, in 2001 with Kunitsyn and 2002 with Stegmann

The Fergana Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's Circuit. It has been held annually at the Istiklol Tennis Club in Fergana, Uzbekistan, since 2000.

Past finals

Men's Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2014 Slovenia Blaž Kavčič Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev 6–4, 7–6(10–8)
2013 Moldova Radu Albot Serbia Ilija Bozoljac 7–6(11–9), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
2012 India Yuki Bhambri Israel Amir Weintraub 6–3, 6–3
2011 Israel Dudi Sela Australia Greg Jones 6–2, 6–1
2010 Russia Evgeny Kirillov China Zhang Ze 6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2009 Slovakia Lukáš Lacko Australia Samuel Groth 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2008 Czech Republic Pavel Šnobel Switzerland George Bastl 7–5, 6–3
2007 France Antony Dupuis Russia Pavel Chekhov 6–1, 6–4
2006 Thailand Danai Udomchoke Austria Alexander Peya 6–0, 6–2
2005 Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun Thailand Danai Udomchoke 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
2004 Russia Igor Kunitsyn India Prakash Amritraj 6–4, 7–5
2003 Finland Tuomas Ketola South Africa Louis Vosloo 6–2, 6–3
2002 Chinese Taipei Wang Yeu-tzuoo Finland Tuomas Ketola 6–3, 6–1
2001 Switzerland Ivo Heuberger Sweden Fredrik Jonsson 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2000 Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Russia Igor Kunitsyn 4–6, 6–0, 6–4

Women's Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2014 Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova Japan Nao Hibino6–3, 6–4
2013 Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
2012 Croatia Donna Vekić Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok 6–2, 6–2
2011 Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–3, 6–4
   ITF $25,000 event   

Men's Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2014 Belarus Sergey Betov
Belarus Alexander Bury
Colombia Nicolás Barrientos
Russia Stanislav Vovk
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–3]
2013 Uzbekistan Farrukh Dustov
Tunisia Malek Jaziri
Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
6–3, 6–3
2012 South Africa Raven Klaasen
South Africa Izak van der Merwe
Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
6–3, 6–4
2011 United States John Paul Fruttero
South Africa Raven Klaasen
Chinese Taipei Im Kyu-tae
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
6–0, 6–3
2010 United States Brendan Evans
Japan Toshihide Matsui
China Gong Maoxin
China Li Zhe
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2009 Russia Pavel Chekhov
Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2008 Russia Konstantin Kravchuk
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Russia Alexander Krasnorutskiy
Uzbekistan Vaja Uzakov
6–4, 6–1
2007 Germany Daniel Brands
United States John Paul Fruttero
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
Austria Martin Slanar
7–6(7–1), 7–5
2006 Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), [14–12]
2005 Uzbekistan Murad Inoyatov
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
Thailand Danai Udomchoke
6–1, 6–3
2004 Netherlands Raven Klaasen
Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer
India Harsh Mankad
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–3, 6–1
2003 South Africa Justin Bower
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk
Ukraine Orest Tereshchuk
3–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–4
2002 South Africa Rik de Voest
South Africa Dirk Stegmann
Finland Tuomas Ketola
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–3, 7–5
2001 South Africa Rik de Voest
Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Canada Simon Larose
Australia Michael Tebbutt
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
2000 Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Lior Mor
Brazil Daniel Melo
Brazil Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–0

Women's Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2014 Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Mari Tanaka
Japan Nao Hibino
India Prarthana Thombare
6–1, 6–4
2013 Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Belarus Polina Pekhova
Slovakia Michaela Hončová
Ukraine Veronika Kapshay
6–4, 6–2
2012 Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiya Kichenok
Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 6–1
2011 Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova
Uzbekistan Albina Khabibulina
United States Elizaveta Anna Nemchinov
Turkmenistan Anastasiya Prenko
6–3, 6–3
   ITF $25,000 event   

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