# 2003 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 2003 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 135 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $150,000.

## Schedule
### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 30.12. 2002 | Brazil | Aberto de São Paulo | $ 025,000 | Hard | Flávio Saretta | Federico Browne Rogier Wassen |
| 20.01 | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Karol Beck | Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg |
| 20.01 | United States | Hilton Waikoloa Village USTA Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Robby Ginepri | Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick |
| 20.01 | United States | Challenger of Dallas | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Simon Greul | Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries |
| 20.01 | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Mario Ančić | Aleksandar Kitinov Magnus Larsson |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.02. | Poland | KGHM Polish Indoors | $ 150,000 | Hard (i) | Karol Kučera | Petr Luxa David Škoch |
| 03.02. | United States | Joplin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Bob Bryan | Martín García Graydon Oliver |
| 03.02. | Yugoslavia | Belgrad Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Dennis van Scheppingen | Ilija Bozoljac Nenad Zimonjić |
| 10.02. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Waske | Ota Fukárek Jordan Kerr |
| 17.02. | France | Challenger 42 | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Thierry Ascione | David Škoch Lovro Zovko |
| 17.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Axel Pretzsch | Karsten Braasch Axel Pretzsch |
| 24.02. | France | Challenger Ford de Cherbourg-Octeville | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Sergio Roitman | Benjamin Cassaigne Rik de Voest |
| 24.02. | Great Britain | Wrexham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Wesley Moodie | Daniele Bracciali Federico Luzzi |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.03. | France | Besançon Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard (i) | Cyril Saulnier | Jonathan Erlich Julian Knowle |
| 03.03. | Japan | Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Michal Tabara | Amir Hadad Andy Ram |
| 10.03. | Vietnam | Heineken Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Amir Hadad | Rik de Voest Wesley Moodie |
| 10.03. | Ecuador | Abierto Internacional de Salinas | $ 025,000 | Hard | Giovanni Lapentti | Martín García Sebastián Prieto |
| 10.03. | Slovakia | Sarajevo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Richard Gasquet | Tomáš Berdych Jaroslav Levinský |
| 10.03. | Australia | Hobart Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Satoshi Iwabuchi | Federico Browne Rogier Wassen |
| 17.03. | Italy | Cagliari Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Filippo Volandri | Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter |
| 24.03. | Italy | Torneo Internazionale di Tennis Città della Disfida Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Rafael Nadal | Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.04. | United States | Calabasas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jérôme Golmard | Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries |
| 07.04. | Italy | Sanremo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Daniele Bracciali Amir Hadad |
| 14.04. | Bermuda | XL Bermuda Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Flávio Saretta | Robert Kendrick Mark Merklein |
| 14.04. | Mexico | San Luis Potosí Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dick Norman | Alex Bogomolov Jr. Frédéric Niemeyer |
| 21.04. | India | Indian Oil Servo ATP Challenger Bangalore | $ 025,000 | Hard | Grégory Carraz | Rodolphe Cadart Grégory Carraz |
| 21.04. | Mexico | León Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Ota Fukárek Jordan Kerr |
| 21.04. | Italy | Naples Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Richard Gasquet | Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti |
| 28.04. | France | Aix-en-Provence Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Stephen Huss Myles Wakefield |
| 28.04. | India | Indian Oil Servo ATP Challenger New Delhi | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ivo Heuberger | Radoslav Lukaev Dmitry Vlasov |
| 28.04. | Italy | Rome Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Giorgio Galimberti | Amir Hadad Martín Vassallo Argüello |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.05. | United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Josh Goffi Travis Parrott |
| 12.05. | United States | Forest Hills Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries |
| 12.05. | Croatia | Zagreb Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Kristof Vliegen | Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood |
| 12.05. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Tuomas Ketola | Justin Bower Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
| 12.05. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Stephen Huss Myles Wakefield |
| 19.05. | Czech Republic | ECM Prague Open | $ 100,000 | Clay | Sjeng Schalken | Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil |
| 19.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Johan Settergren | Ignacio González King Juan Pablo Guzmán |
| 26.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jiří Vaněk | Leonardo Azzaro Gergely Kisgyörgy |
| 26.05. | Italy | Turin Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Óscar Serrano | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Gabriel Trujillo Soler |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 02.06. | Czech Republic | Unicredit Czech Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Radek Štěpánek | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch |
| 02.06. | Germany | Schickedanz Open | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jan Frode Andersen | Denis Gremelmayr Simon Greul |
| 02.06. | Great Britain | Surbiton Trophy | $ 050,000 | Grass | Wesley Moodie | Joshua Eagle Andrew Kratzmann |
| 02.06. | United States | Tallahassee Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | Not completed |
| 02.06. | Italy | Sassuolo Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mariano Albert-Ferrando | Paul Baccanello Stefano Galvani |
| 09.06. | Italy | Biella Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Filippo Volandri | Stefano Galvani Martín Vassallo Argüello |
| 09.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Tomas Behrend | Mariano Delfino Patricio Rudi |
| 09.06. | United States | Atlantic City Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Björn Rehnquist | Tripp Phillips Ryan Sachire |
| 09.06. | South Korea | Busan Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Kim Young-jun | Toshihide Matsui Michihisa Onoda |
| 16.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Werner Eschauer | Sebastián Prieto Jim Thomas |
| 16.06. | Switzerland | Lugano Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Diego Moyano | Joan Balcells Juan Albert Viloca |
| 23.06. | Andorra | Andorra Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Grégory Carraz | Rik de Voest Tuomas Ketola |
| 23.06. | Italy | Reggio Emilia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Richard Gasquet | Joseph Sirianni Rogier Wassen |
| 30.06. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Stephen Huss Myles Wakefield |
| 30.06. | Spain | Pozoblanco Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Stefano Pescosolido | Brandon Coupe Noam Okun |
| 30.06. | Italy | Mantua Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Vincenzo Santopadre | Enzo Artoni Martín Vassallo Argüello |
| 30.06. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Juan Pablo Guzmán | Fred Hemmes Rogier Wassen |
| 30.06. | Germany | Internationale Badische Meisterschaften um den Techem Cup – Zell | $ 025,000 | Clay | Janko Tipsarević | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Frank Dancevic | Lu Yen-hsun Danai Udomchoke |
| 07.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Todd Larkham | Fred Hemmes Edwin Kempes |
| 07.07. | Great Britain | West of England Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Massimo Dell'Acqua | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut |
| 07.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Kornél Bardóczky Gergely Kisgyörgy |
| 14.07. | Finland | Helsinki Challenger I | $ 125,000 | Clay (i) | Davide Sanguinetti | Robert Lindstedt Robin Söderling |
| 14.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jeff Salzenstein | Jan Hernych Uros Vico |
| 14.07. | Hungary | Budaörs Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Tomáš Berdych | Leonardo Azzaro Gergely Kisgyörgy |
| 14.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Nicolas Mahut | Martin Lee Arvind Parmar |
| 14.07. | Italy | Olbia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | Alessio di Mauro Vincenzo Santopadre |
| 14.07. | Russia | Togliatti Cup | $ 025,000 | Hard | Dudi Sela | Jun Kato Alexander Peya |
| 21.07. | Brazil | Campos do Jordão Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Giovanni Lapentti | Rik de Voest Giovanni Lapentti |
| 21.07. | Netherlands | Hilversum Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Martin Verkerk | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 21.07. | Great Britain | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Frank Dancevic | Jonathan Erlich Takao Suzuki |
| 21.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Robin Söderling | Igor Andreev Dmitry Vlasov |
| 21.07. | Spain | Valladolid Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Gilles Müller | Jun Kato Łukasz Kubot |
| 21.07. | Italy | Recanati Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Daniele Bracciali | Manuel Jorquera Frank Moser |
| 28.07. | Spain | Segovia Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Ota Fukárek Tripp Phillips |
| 28.07. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Julio Peralta | Marcos Daniel Alexandre Simoni |
| 28.07. | United States | Denver Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Arvind Parmar | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
| 28.07. | Russia | St. Petersburg Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Florian Mayer | Mikhail Elgin Orest Tereshchuk |
| 28.07. | Italy | Trani Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Mariano Delfino Matias O'Neille |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 04.08. | San Marino | San Marino Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | Massimo Bertolini Tom Vanhoudt |
| 04.08. | United States | Binghamton Professional Tennis Tournament | $ 050,000 | Hard | Ivo Karlović | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
| 04.08. | Russia | Mordovia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Martin Štěpánek | Kornél Bardóczky Martin Štěpánek |
| 04.08. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | Viktor Bruthans Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| 11.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Ivo Karlović | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
| 11.08. | Uzbekistan | Bukhara Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Alexey Kedryuk Vadim Kutsenko |
| 11.08. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Tomáš Berdych | Noam Behr Ota Fukárek |
| 11.08. | Italy | Banca Marche Tennis Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Todd Perry Thomas Shimada |
| 18.08. | Italy | Manerbio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Olivier Patience | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 18.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Stan Wawrinka | Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter |
| 18.08. | Germany | BMW Challenger Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Elsner | Irakli Labadze Rogier Wassen |
| 25.08. | Italy | Brindisi Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Galo Blanco | Iván Navarro Mario Radić |
| 25.08. | Germany | Black Forest Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Gorka Fraile | Franz Stauder Alexander Waske |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.09. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Robin Söderling | Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram |
| 01.09. | Ukraine | Kyiv Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Irakli Labadze | Ignacio González King Juan Pablo Guzmán |
| 01.09. | Germany | Rhein-Main Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dieter Kindlmann | Karsten Braasch Franz Stauder |
| 01.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Daniel Elsner | Alexander Peya Rogier Wassen |
| 01.09. | Italy | Genova Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Daniele Bracciali Vincenzo Santopadre |
| 01.09. | Brazil | Gramado Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Marcos Daniel | Marcos Daniel Alexandre Simoni |
| 08.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Clay | Marc López | Ignacio González King Juan Pablo Guzmán |
| 08.09. | Ukraine | Donetsk Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Tomáš Cakl | Harsh Mankad Jason Marshall |
| 08.09. | Bulgaria | Sofia Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Stéphane Robert | Ilia Kushev Luben Pampoulov |
| 15.09. | France | St. Jean de Luz Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Irakli Labadze | Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut |
| 15.09. | Poland | Szczecin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Nicolás Massú | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 15.09. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard | Lee Hyung-taik | Alex Kim Lee Hyung-taik |
| 15.09. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mario Radić | Ionuț Moldovan Yuri Schukin |
| 15.09. | United States | Mandeville Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Sébastien de Chaunac Zack Fleishman |
| 15.09. | Mexico | Mexiko City Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Adrián García | Huntley Montgomery Andres Pedroso |
| 15.09. | Iran | Tehran Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Daniel Köllerer Philipp Müllner |
| 22.09. | France | Grenoble Challenger | $ 075,000 | Hard (i) | Richard Gasquet | Paul Baccanello Harel Levy |
| 22.09. | United States | San Antonio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Dmitry Tursunov | Paul Goldstein Jeff Morrison |
| 29.09. | United States | Fresno Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Alex Kim | Diego Ayala Travis Parrott |
| 29.09. | Netherlands | Groningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Kristof Vliegen | Amir Hadad Harel Levy |
| 29.09. | Spain | Seville Challenger | $ 037.500 | Clay | Luis Horna | Óscar Hernández Albert Portas |
| 29.09. | India | Tumkur Open | $ 025,000 | Hard | Philipp Kohlschreiber | Prakash Amritraj Rik de Voest |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Albert Portas | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Mariano Delfino |
| 06.10. | India | Dharwad Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana |
| 06.10. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Giovanni Lapentti | Ricardo Mello Alexandre Simoni |
| 13.10. | United States | Tiburon Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | Brandon Coupe Justin Gimelstob |
| 13.10. | India | Belgaum Open | $ 025,000 | Hard | Yuri Schukin | Michal Mertiňák Branislav Sekáč |
| 13.10. | Réunion | La Réunion Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Peter Wessels | Federico Browne Rogier Wassen |
| 20.10. | United States | Torrance Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | Ramón Delgado André Sá |
| 27.10. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Alexander Peya | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
| 27.10. | United States | Waco Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Giovanni Lapentti | Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher |
| 27.10. | Great Britain | Nottingham Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Joachim Johansson | Amir Hadad Harel Levy |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.11. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Marc Rosset | Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy |
| 03.11. | Germany | Okal Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Dennis van Scheppingen | Stephen Huss Robert Lindstedt |
| 10.11. | Ukraine | Dnipro Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard (i) | Irakli Labadze | Jonathan Erlich Harel Levy |
| 10.11. | Finland | Helsinki Challenger II | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Davide Sanguinetti | Robert Lindstedt Robin Söderling |
| 10.11. | United States | Austin Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Paul Goldstein | Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall |
| 17.11. | France | Champaign Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Paul Goldstein | Travis Parrott Bruno Soares |
| 17.11. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger II | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Marc Rosset | Martin Štěpánek Igor Zelenay |
| 17.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Ricardo Mello | Santiago González Alejandro González |
| 24.11. | Italy | Milan Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Dennis van Scheppingen | Davide Sanguinetti Takao Suzuki |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.12. | Austria | Ischgl Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Joachim Johansson | Julian Knowle Alexander Peya |
| 29.12. | New Caledonia | Nouméa Challenger | $ 037.500 | Hard | Guillermo Cañas | Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss |