Berlocq, Carlos ARG 68
Riba, Pere ESP 70
Haider-Maurer, Andreas AUT 77
Machado, Rui POR 80
Gimeno-Traver, Daniel ESP 91
Volandri, Filippo ITA 92
Junqueira, Diego ARG 94
Kavcic, Blaz SLO 98
Gil, Frederico POR 100
Chardy, Jeremy FRA 105
Robert, Stephane FRA 107
Prodon, Eric FRA 108
Paire, Benoit FRA 115
Schoorel, Thomas NED 126
Ungur, Adrian ROU 129
Lorenzi, Paolo ITA 135
Beck, Andreas GER 137
Gensse, Augustin FRA 140
Carreno-Busta, Pablo ESP 141
Pospisil, Jaroslav CZE 142
Ciric, Nikola SRB 160
Munoz-De La Nava, Daniel ESP 161
Alternates:
1. Veic, Antonio CRO 163
2. Dancevic, Frank CAN 164
3. Bautista-Agut, Roberto ESP 170
4. Schukin, Yuri KAZ 173
5. Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 174
6. Janowicz, Jerzy POL 176
7. Di Mauro, Alessio ITA 178 8. Reister, Julian GER 181
9. Brands, Daniel GER 183 10. Olaso, Guillermo ESP 188
11. Galvani, Stefano ITA 192
12. Viola, Matteo ITA 194
13. Molteni, Andres ARG 198
14. Giannessi, Alessandro ITA 201
15. Marti, Javier ESP 202
16. Crivoi, Victor ROU 209 17. Navarro, Ivan ESP 210
18. Sousa, Joao POR 214
19. Dustov, Farrukh UZB 223
20. Kellner, Adam HUN 228
Main Draw
(WC)Gianluca Naso (ITA) def. (1)Rui Machado (POR) 4-6 7-5 7-5
(q) Pavol Cervenak (SVK) def. Stephane Robert (FRA) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4
Adrian Ungur (ROU) def. (q) Diego Sebastian Schwartzmann (ARG) 6-3 6-2
Daniel Munoz-De La Nava (ESP) def. (5)Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) 6-4 3-0 ret
Frederico Gil (POR) def. (4)Pere Riba (ESP) 2-6 6-1 3-0 ret
Yuri Schukin (KAZ) def. Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 6-2 3-6 6-3
Nikola Ciric (SRB) def. Frank Dancevic (CAN) 5-7 6-4 6-3 (8)Diego Junqueira (ARG) def. Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) 7-5 2-6 6-3
Riba v Gil R1 is an ATP quality match in a challenger first round. But Fred has allowed his ranking slip to the point he has to play players like this early. He needs the win more, I hope he wins.
Junqueira v Carreno again in R1. Can't see a different result than Carreno winning again.
Kavcic v Vagnozzi R1 should be a cool match to watch. Two lightweights going at it. I like Benoit's chances to take either out in the second round.
Muster should have chances to beat Di Mauro if fit.
Nice draw for T. Muster. Di Mauro is by far one of the easier oppenents. At 5 p.m. tehre should be some spectators. In my opnion it is very important for Thomas as he pushes himself up to his best level with the help of the crowd. If he is able to get on fire there is a slight chance to win 1st round. GL
Marti beat Pashanski in nearly three hours to qualify here. I only saw like the last few minutes but the scoreboard suggests it was a pretty crazy, up-and-down match. Did Boris have match-points or a lead in the second set?
Both Riba and Gil are known as grinders but Pere actually has pop on his serve and forehand, which makes the big difference between these two in terms of quality.
2011 SINGLES HALL OF FAME
Number of Titles (Singles):
5. Carlos Berlocq ARG [5 Clay Outdoor]
4. Rui Machado POR [4 Clay Outdoor]
4. Denis Istomin UZB [1 Clay Outdoor, 3 Hard Outdoor]
3. Ricardo Mello BRA [1 Clay Outdoor, 2 Hard Outdoor]
3. Eric Prodon FRA [3 Clay Outdoor]
3. Dudi Sela ISR [3...
Not sure if it's too early to run it, but as it's the end of the Challenger Year, we might as well.
The 2011 Challenger Player of the Year
Welcome!
The 2011 Challenger Tour has come to an end, and in staying true to the tradition that was built up in the last five years, it is time to elect...
The last Challengers of the year have been played, so it's time for some year-end statistics.
Number of Titles (Singles):
01. Carlos Berlocq ARG 5
02. Denis Istomin UZB 4
02. Rui Machado POR 4
04. Leonardo Mayer ARG 3
04. Ricardo Mello BRA 3
04. Eric Prodon FRA 3
04. Dudi Sela ISR 3...
just thought i could write a thread about our experiences with challenger players
some of them who are specially kind with fans are:
evgeny donskoy
henri kontinen
javier marti
ruben bemelmans
marinko matosevic
john millman
daniel brands
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