# 2004 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2004 calendar comprised 146 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 to $150,000.

## Schedule
### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.01. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger I | $ 050,000 | Hard | Juan Mónaco | Ramón Delgado André Sá |
| 26.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Gilles Elseneer | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 26.01. | United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Scott Humphries Brian Vahaly |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 02.02. | Poland | Wroclaw Challenger | $ 150,000 | Hard (i) | Karol Beck | Dominik Hrbatý Michael Kohlmann |
| 02.02. | United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Sébastien de Chaunac | Jordan Kerr Todd Perry |
| 02.02. | Serbia and Montenegro | Belgrade Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Branislav Sekáč Orest Tereshchuk |
| 02.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michal Tabara | Robert Lindstedt Jean-Claude Scherrer |
| 09.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Julien Jeanpierre | Michal Mertiňák Alexander Waske |
| 09.02. | United States | Joplin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Lu Yen-hsun | Lu Yen-hsun Bruno Soares |
| 16.02. | France | Challenger 42 | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Julien Benneteau | Yves Allegro Jean-François Bachelot |
| 23.02. | Vietnam | Heineken Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Arvind Parmar | Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.03. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Tomáš Berdych | Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen |
| 01.03. | Japan | Kyōto Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michal Tabara | Rik de Voest Fred Hemmes |
| 08.03. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alejandro Falla | Sebastián Quintero Óscar Rodríguez |
| 08.03. | Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Dennis van Scheppingen | Jaroslav Levinský Alexander Waske |
| 15.03. | Mexico | Mexiko City Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Florian Mayer | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |
| 15.03. | United States | Boca Raton Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Jürgen Melzer | Igor Andreev Dmitry Tursunov |
| 15.03. | Slovakia | Sarajevo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Gilles Elseneer | Jaroslav Levinský Alexander Waske |
| 22.03. | Italy | Cagliari Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Didac Pérez | Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti |
| 22.03. | France | Saint-Brieuc Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay (i) | Olivier Mutis | Christophe Rochus Tom Vanhoudt |
| 22.03. | Australia | Tasmania Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | Rik de Voest Lu Yen-hsun |
| 29.03. | South Korea | Busan Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Alexander Peya | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
| 29.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | Marc López Fernando Vicente |
| 29.03. | Australia | Canberra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Peter Luczak | Łukasz Kubot Zbynek Mlynarik |
| 29.03. | Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alejandro Falla | Federico Browne Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.04. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Mariano Delfino | Tuomas Ketola Rogier Wassen |
| 05.04. | United States | Calabasas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ivo Karlović | Ilija Bozoljac Dušan Vemić |
| 12.04. | Mexico | León Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Jeff Morrison | Nathan Healey Tuomas Ketola |
| 12.04. | Italy | Olbia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stefano Pescosolido | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
| 19.04. | Bermuda | Bermuda Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Luis Horna | Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt |
| 19.04. | Mexico | Mexiko City Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Florian Mayer | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |
| 19.04. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
| 19.04. | Italy | Naples Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Gilles Müller | Tomas Behrend Giorgio Galimberti |
| 26.04. | France | Aix-en-Provence Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Thierry Ascione Jean-François Bachelot |
| 26.04. | Italy | Rome Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.05. | Czech Republic | Ostrava Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Janko Tipsarević | Tuomas Ketola Petr Pála |
| 10.05. | United States | Forest Hills Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Juan Pablo Guzmán | Jason Marshall Bruno Soares |
| 10.05. | Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Adrián García | Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský |
| 10.05. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Peter Luczak | Devin Bowen Peter Luczak |
| 10.05. | Italy | Sanremo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Potito Starace | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
| 17.05. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger I | $ 125,000 | Clay | Jan Hernych | Karol Kučera Cyril Suk |
| 17.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stéphane Robert | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Delfino |
| 17.05. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn | Raven Klaasen Jean-Julien Rojer |
| 24.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | Giovanni Lapentti Rik de Voest |
| 24.05. | Italy | Turin Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Álex Calatrava | Leonardo Azzaro Giorgio Galimberti |
| 31.05. | Czech Republic | Prostějov Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Radek Štěpánek | Dominik Hrbatý Jaroslav Levinský |
| 31.05. | Germany | Schickedanz Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | Adrián García Janko Tipsarević |
| 31.05. | Great Britain | Surbiton Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Karol Beck | Nathan Healey Jim Thomas |
| 31.05. | United States | Tallahassee Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Cecil Mamiit | Matías Boeker Noam Okun |
| 31.05. | Italy | Sassuolo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Potito Starace | Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.06. | United States | Forest Hills Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Justin Gimelstob | Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob |
| 07.06. | Switzerland | Lugano Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Álex Calatrava | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Giorgio Galimberti |
| 07.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomáš Berdych | Janko Tipsarević Lovro Zovko |
| 14.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Tomáš Berdych | Tomas Behrend Emilio Benfele Álvarez |
| 21.06. | Andorra | Andorra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Tomáš Berdych | Gilles Müller Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
| 21.06. | Italy | Reggio Emilia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Olivier Mutis | Tomas Behrend Tomas Tenconi |
| 28.06. | Spain | Córdoba Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Gilles Müller | Brandon Coupe Tripp Phillips |
| 28.06. | Italy | Mantua Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
| 28.06. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Álex Calatrava | Marc-Kevin Goellner Álex López Morón |
| 28.06. | Germany | Internationale Badische Meisterschaften um den Techem Cup – Zell | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Elsner | Jean-Claude Scherrer Alexander Waske |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Peter Wessels | Paul Logtens Raemon Sluiter |
| 05.07. | Hungary | Budaörs Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Ignacio González King | Ignacio González King Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
| 05.07. | Great Britain | Nottingham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Nathan Healey Tuomas Ketola |
| 05.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dieter Kindlmann | Vadim Davletshin Alexander Kudryavtsev |
| 05.07. | Italy | San Benedetto Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniele Bracciali | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
| 12.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Michael Russell | Brian Baker Frank Dancevic |
| 12.07. | Italy | Rimini Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Tomas Tenconi | Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti |
| 12.07. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger 2 | $ 050,000 | Hard | André Sá | Alejandro Hernández André Sá |
| 12.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Alex Bogdanovic | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut |
| 19.07. | Netherlands | Hilversum Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Fred Hemmes Melle van Gemerden |
| 19.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Kevin Kim | Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips |
| 19.07. | Brazil | Campos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Ricardo Mello Iván Miranda |
| 19.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Boris Pašanski | Andres Dellatorre Diego Moyano |
| 19.07. | Spain | Valladolid Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Nicolas Mahut | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut |
| 19.07. | Italy | Recanati Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Uros Vico | Massimo Dell'Acqua Uros Vico |
| 25.07. | San Marino | San Marino Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Potito Starace | Massimo Bertolini Tom Vanhoudt |
| 25.07. | Spain | Segovia Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Paul-Henri Mathieu | Igor Kunitsyn Vladimir Voltchkov |
| 25.07. | United States | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Matías Boeker | Matías Boeker Amer Delić |
| 25.07. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
| 25.07. | Russia | Togliatti Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Teymuraz Gabashvili Dmitry Vlasov |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 02.08. | Poland | Poznań Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Tomáš Zíb | Adam Chadaj Stéphane Robert |
| 02.08. | United States | Denver Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Brian Baker | Brian Baker Rajeev Ram |
| 02.08. | Italy | Trani Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Filippo Volandri | Massimo Bertolini Álex López Morón |
| 02.08. | Brazil | Gramado Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ricardo Mello | Santiago González Bruno Soares |
| 02.08. | Russia | Saransk Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Ladislav Švarc | Alexey Kedryuk Vadim Kutsenko |
| 02.08. | Romania | Timișoara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Marc Gicquel | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău |
| 09.08. | United States | Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament | $ 050,000 | Hard | Noam Okun | Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips |
| 09.08. | France | Cordenons Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | Leonardo Azzaro Kornél Bardóczky |
| 09.08. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Jan Minář | Julian Knowle Alexander Peya |
| 09.08. | Ecuador | Manta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Giovanni Lapentti | Marcos Daniel Santiago González |
| 09.08. | Russia | St. Petersburg Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jean-René Lisnard | Mikhail Elgin Andrei Mishin |
| 16.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Julien Jeanpierre | Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips |
| 16.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Tomáš Cibulec David Škoch |
| 16.08. | Germany | Deutsche Vermögensberatung Challenger Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tobias Summerer | Philipp Petzschner Christopher Kas |
| 16.08. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Jean-François Bachelot Melle van Gemerden |
| 23.08. | Italy | Manerbio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | Petr Luxa Martin Štěpánek |
| 23.08. | Uzbekistan | Bukhara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Michal Mertiňák | Michal Mertiňák Pavel Šnobel |
| 30.08. | Ukraine | Kyiv Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | Albert Portas Sergio Roitman |
| 30.08. | Germany | Black Forest Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Santiago Ventura | Gabriel Trifu Alexander Waske |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.09. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Peter Wessels | George Bastl Björn Phau |
| 06.09. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Ashley Fisher Robert Lindstedt |
| 06.09. | Ukraine | Donezk Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | Igor Kunitsyn Uros Vico |
| 06.09. | Germany | Rhein-Main Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Leonardo Azzaro | Ota Fukárek Jan Vacek |
| 06.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Victor Ioniță | Salvador Navarro Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
| 06.09. | Italy | Genova Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Juan Antonio Marín | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex López Morón |
| 13.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stéphane Robert | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Mariano Delfino |
| 13.09. | Iran | Tehran Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Oliver Marach Jean-Claude Scherrer |
| 20.09. | Poland | Szczecin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |
| 20.09. | United States | Covington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | Paul Goldstein K. J. Hippensteel |
| 20.09. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Yuri Schukin | Not completed |
| 20.09. | China | Beijing Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips |
| 27.09. | France | Grenoble Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Karol Kučera | Uros Vico Lovro Zovko |
| 27.09. | United States | College Station Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | André Sá | Paul Goldstein Brian Vahaly |
| 27.09. | Croatia | Dubrovnik Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Juan Pablo Brzezicki Martín Vassallo Argüello |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 04.10. | United States | Austin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Robert Kendrick | André Sá Bruno Soares |
| 04.10. | Spain | Seville Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Tomas Behrend Alexander Waske |
| 04.10. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Giovanni Lapentti | Santiago González Alejandro Hernández |
| 04.10. | Italy | Rome Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nicolas Coutelot | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy |
| 11.10. | United States | Tiburon Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | K. J. Hippensteel | André Sá Bruno Soares |
| 11.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Gabriel Trujillo Soler |
| 18.10. | United States | Bolton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Marcos Baghdatis | Jeff Coetzee Jim Thomas |
| 18.10. | Canada | Burbank Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Kevin Kim | Nick Rainey Brian Wilson |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.11. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Novak Djokovic | Simon Aspelin Todd Perry |
| 01.11. | United States | Homestead Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Răzvan Sabău | Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner |
| 01.11. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King |
| 01.11. | Australia | Caloundra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | Luke Bourgeois Lu Yen-hsun |
| 08.11. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Marcos Baghdatis | Simon Aspelin Graydon Oliver |
| 08.11. | Argentina | Buenos Aires Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Oliver Marach | Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King |
| 08.11. | United States | Nashville Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Justin Gimelstob | Jason Marshall Travis Parrott |
| 15.11. | Ukraine | Dnipro Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Andrei Pavel | Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský |
| 15.11. | France | Champaign Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Justin Gimelstob | Brian Baker Rajeev Ram |
| 15.11. | Finland | Helsinki Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Peter Wessels | Robert Lindstedt Lu Yen-hsun |
| 15.11. | Bolivia | Santa Cruz Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King |
| 15.11. | Germany | Okal Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Waske | Christopher Kas Philipp Petzschner |
| 15.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Miguel Gallardo Valles | Santiago González Alejandro González |
| 22.11. | Luxembourg | Luxemburg Challenger | $ 150,000 | Hard (i) | Joachim Johansson | Massimo Bertolini Petr Luxa |
| 22.11. | Netherlands | Groningen Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Peter Wessels | Alexander Waske Rogier Wassen |
| 22.11. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Ramón Delgado | Sergio Roitman Santiago Ventura |
| 22.11. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Tuomas Ketola | Lukáš Dlouhý Igor Zelenay |
| 22.11. | Réunion | La Réunion Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Michal Tabara | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
| 29.11. | Mauritius | Mauritius Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard | Andrei Pavel | Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu |
| 29.11. | Brazil | Aracaju Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Nicolás Lapentti | Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King |
| 29.11. | Italy | Milan Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | George Bastl | Daniele Bracciali Julian Knowle |
| 29.11. | Iran | Kish Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Tomas Behrend Rogier Wassen |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.12. | Mexico | Guadalajara Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Santiago González Alejandro González |
| 06.12. | Austria | Ischgl Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Dick Norman | Leonardo Azzaro Christopher Kas |