Porto Challenger

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Porto Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
LocationPorto, Portugal
CategoryATP Challenger (1982–1998, 2021–)
SurfaceClay

The Porto Challenger is a professional tennis tournament in Portugal played on clay courts that was part of the ATP Challenger Series. Held in Porto, the first edition of the tournament was in 1982, then it was contested every year from 1987 to 1994, biannually in 1991, 1992 and 1993. It continued as a semi regular event until 1998, before returning in 2021.

Past finals[]

Singles[]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1982 Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. Spain Juan Avendaño 6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1983-1986 Not contested
1987 Sweden Christian Bergström Austria Alex Antonitsch 6–1, 6–3
1988 Netherlands Paul Dogger Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1989 Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov Spain Javier Sánchez 7–6, 7–5
1990 Netherlands Mark Koevermans Argentina Franco Davín 6–3, 6–3
1991 Italy Stefano Pescosolido Argentina Roberto Azar 6–1, 6–1
1991 (2) Belgium Bart Wuyts Canada Martin Wostenholme 6–3, 7–5
1992 Spain José Francisco Altur Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri 1–6, 7–6, 7–5
1992 (2) Spain Jordi Arrese Sweden Lars Jönsson 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
1993 Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Spain Jordi Arrese 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
1993 (2) Argentina Franco Davín Argentina Gabriel Markus 6–4, 6–3
1994 Austria Gilbert Schaller Uruguay Marcelo Filippini 6–2, 7–5
1995 Not contested
1996 Australia Richard Fromberg Spain Galo Blanco 6–3, 7–6
1997 Not contested
1998 Morocco Younes El Aynaoui Austria Stefan Koubek 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1999–2020 Not contested
2021 Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek France Quentin Halys 6–2, 6–1

Doubles[]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1982 Belgium Libor Pimek
Belgium Thierry Stevaux
United States Andy Kohlberg
South Africa Robbie Venter
4–6, 7–6, 7–5
1983-1986 Not contested
1987 Sweden Conny Falk
Sweden Stefan Svensson
Sweden Ronnie Båthman
Denmark Michael Tauson
7–5, 5–7, 6–3
1988 Netherlands Michiel Schapers
Netherlands Huub van Boeckel
Soviet Union Andrei Olhovskiy
Soviet Union Alexander Zverev
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1989 Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Carlos Costa
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Belgium Denis Langaskens
6–4, 6–3
1990 Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Argentina Christian Miniussi
Spain Jose Clavet
Spain Francisco Roig
6–0, 6–3
1991 Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Anzari
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Mark Koevermans
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991 (2) Czechoslovakia Josef Čihák
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Anzari
Spain Juan Carlos Báguena
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
7–5, 6–2
1992 Australia Carl Limberger
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Anzari
United States Brian Devening
Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1992 (2) United States Doug Eisenman
Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
Spain Jordi Arrese
Spain Àlex Corretja
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1993 Netherlands Menno Oosting
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Spain Jordi Burillo
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 7–6
1993 (2) South Africa Johan de Beer
South Africa Brent Haygarth
Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Federico Mordegan
6–2, 2–6, 7–6
1994 Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
Mexico Jorge Lozano
Argentina Roberto Saad
7–6, 6–3
1995 Not contested
1996 Portugal Emanuel Couto
Portugal Nuno Marques
Portugal Bernardo Mota
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
1997 Not contested
1998 Spain Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Spain Jairo Velasco Jr.
Italy Cristian Brandi
Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
7–5, 6–4
1999–2020 Not contested
2021 Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina Renzo Olivo
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), [11–9]

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