# 1997 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1997 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 107 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

## Schedule
### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.01. | Singapore | Singapore Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Andrei Cherkasov | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
| 20.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Henrik Holm | Olivier Delaître Stéphane Simian |
| 27.01. | Germany | Lippstadt Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Arne Thoms | Henrik Holm Nils Holm |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Jens Knippschild | Nicola Bruno Laurence Tieleman |
| 10.02. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Geoff Grant | Mathias Huning Joost Winnink |
| 17.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Frederik Fetterlein | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett |
| 17.02. | Japan | Kyoto Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Carsten Arriens | Mahesh Bhupathi Wayne Black |
| 17.02. | Uruguay | Punta del Este Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Marco Meneschincheri | Daniel Orsanic Martín Rodríguez |
| 24.02. | Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Oliver Gross | Fernando Meligeni André Sá |
| 24.02. | Germany | Residenza Open Magdeburg | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Petr Luxa | Trey Phillips Chris Wilkinson |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.03. | United States | Indian Wells Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jiří Novák | Nicklas Kulti Michael Tebbutt |
| 31.03. | Italy | Barletta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Carlos Costa | Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt |
| 31.03. | Mexico | Puerto Vallarta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Andrei Merinov | Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.04. | Bermuda | XL Bermuda Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Johan Van Herck | Javier Frana Mark Knowles |
| 07.04. | Italy | Napoli Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | Aleksandar Kitinov Tom Vanhoudt |
| 14.04. | United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Johan Van Herck | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen |
| 14.04. | Croatia | Split Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | Devin Bowen Dinu Pescariu |
| 21.04. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Albert Portas | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Brett Steven | Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic |
| 05.05. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Sébastien Grosjean | Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg |
| 05.05. | Israel | Jerusalem Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Wayne Black | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
| 12.05. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Dominik Hrbatý | Pat Cash Andrew Kratzmann |
| 12.05. | Brazil | Curitiba Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Gustavo Kuerten | Glenn Weiner Herbert Wiltschnig |
| 12.05. | Germany | Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dick Norman | Mark Merklein Jeff Salzenstein |
| 19.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 050,000 | Clay | Steven Randjelovic | Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.06. | Czech Republic | Prostějov Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Bohdan Ulihrach | Jiří Novák David Rikl |
| 03.06. | Germany | Quelle Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Davide Sanguinetti | Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner |
| 09.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dirk Dier | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein |
| 16.06. | Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | David Roditi Tomáš Anzari |
| 16.06. | Germany | Wartburg Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein |
| 23.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Francisco Roig | Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner |
| 30.06. | Italy | Venice Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Julián Alonso | Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri |
| 30.06. | United States | Flushing Meadow Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Gianluca Pozzi | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein |
| 30.06. | Germany | Müller Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt |
| 30.06. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Olivier Mutis | Gabrio Castrichella Daniele Musa |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.07. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | George Cosac Miles Maclagan |
| 07.07. | Great Britain | Bristol Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Stefano Pescosolido | Not completed |
| 07.07. | Canada | Granby Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Wayne Black | Grant Doyle Mark Merklein |
| 07.07. | Colombia | Cali Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Ramón Delgado | Eduardo Medica Mariano Puerta |
| 07.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Davide Sanguinetti | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas |
| 14.07. | France | Contrexéville Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Julián Alonso | Petr Luxa David Škoch |
| 14.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jan-Michael Gambill | Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud |
| 14.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Óscar Burrieza | Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford |
| 14.07. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio |
| 14.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Ionuț Moldovan | Álex Calatrava Tom Vanhoudt |
| 14.07. | Austria | Pörtschach Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Christophe Van Garsse | Jaymon Crabb Mikael Stadling |
| 21.07. | Belgium | Ostend Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Jordi Burillo | Kris Goossens Tom Vanhoudt |
| 21.07. | Great Britain | Newcastle Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Fabrice Santoro | Óscar Burrieza Filippo Veglio |
| 21.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Cyril Buscaglione Régis Lavergne |
| 21.07. | United States | Winnetka Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Gianluca Pozzi | Michael Sell Myles Wakefield |
| 28.07. | Poland | Poznań Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Jeff Tarango | David Rikl Tomáš Anzari |
| 28.07. | Italy | Merano Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Lucas Arnold Ker | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto |
| 28.07. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jean-Philippe Fleurian | João Cunha e Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian |
| 28.07. | United States | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Wayne Black | Wayne Black Brian MacPhie |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 04.08. | Spain | Open Castilla y León | $ 100,000 | Hard | Jordi Burillo | João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques |
| 04.08. | United States | Binghamton Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | David Witt | Brian MacPhie Jeff Salzenstein |
| 04.08. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Roberto Jabali | Gabriel Trifu Glenn Weiner |
| 04.08. | Czech Republic | Pilzen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Vincenzo Santopadre | Petr Luxa Borut Urh |
| 11.08. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Radomír Vašek | Lucas Arnold Ker Tom Vanhoudt |
| 11.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Michael Sell | Nelson Aerts André Sá |
| 11.08. | Italy | Olbia Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Diego Nargiso | Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah |
| 18.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | Diego del Río Mariano Puerta |
| 18.08. | Austria | Nettingsdorf Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Radomír Vašek | Björn Jacob Michael Kohlmann |
| 25.08. | Germany | Alpirsbach Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Fabio Maggi | Mathias Huning Grant Silcock |
| 25.08. | Bolivia | Santa Cruz Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Guillermo Cañas | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.09. | Portugal | Azores Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Cristiano Caratti | Andrei Cherkasov Gastón Etlis |
| 01.09. | Great Britain | Edinburgh Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle |
| 01.09. | Mexico | Guadalajara Challenger I | $ 025,000 | Clay | Alejandro Hernández | Nelson Aerts André Sá |
| 08.09. | Portugal | Espinho Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Marat Safin | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón |
| 08.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jan Frode Andersen | Nebojša Đorđević Dušan Vemić |
| 15.09. | Poland | Szczecin Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Richard Fromberg | Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic |
| 15.09. | United States | Urbana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andrew Richardson | Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett |
| 22.09. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Lucas Arnold Ker | Nelson Aerts Bernardo Martínez |
| 22.09. | United States | Delray Beach Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Todd Martin | Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett |
| 22.09. | Spain | Copa Sevilla | $ 025,000 | Clay | Álex Calatrava | Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann |
| 22.09. | North Macedonia | Skopje Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dušan Vemić | Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger |
| 29.09. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Guillermo Cañas | Lucas Arnold Ker Jaime Oncins |
| 29.09. | Spain | Mallorca Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Álex López Morón | Massimo Ardinghi Guillaume Marx |
| 29.09. | United States | San Antonio Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Daniel Nestor | Doug Flach Jeff Salzenstein |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Carlos Costa | Tamer El-Sawy Nuno Marques |
| 06.10. | Peru | Lima Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto |
| 06.10. | United States | Sedona Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Michael Sell | John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig |
| 13.10. | Egypt | Cairo Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig |
| 13.10. | Ecuador | Challenger Ciudad de Guayaquil | $ 100,000 | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | Gábor Köves Tomas Nydahl |
| 20.10. | France | Brest Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Johan Van Herck | Dave Randall Jack Waite |
| 20.10. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Peter Tramacchi | Edwin Kempes Gouichi Motomura |
| 20.10. | Germany | Okal Cup | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Rainer Schüttler | Lars Rehmann Rainer Schüttler |
| 27.10. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Hendrik Dreekmann | John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.11. | Germany | Neumünster Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Dick Norman | John-Laffnie de Jager Chris Haggard |
| 03.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Luis Herrera | Tamer El-Sawy Maurice Ruah |
| 10.11. | Andorra | Andorra Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Gianluca Pozzi | Nicolas Escudé Jérôme Golmard |
| 10.11. | Puerto Rico | Río Grande Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Franco Squillari | Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic |
| 10.11. | United States | Las Vegas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Christian Vinck | David DiLucia Michael Sell |
| 17.11. | Mexico | Guadalajara Challenger II | $ 100,000 | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | Nelson Aerts André Sá |
| 17.11. | United States | Amarillo Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Peter Tramacchi | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein |
| 17.11. | Slovenia | Portorož Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Orlin Stanoytchev | Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson |
| 24.11. | Argentina | Buenos Aires Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Franco Squillari | Diego del Río Daniel Orsanic |
| 24.11. | United States | Burbank Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andre Agassi | Doug Flach Brian MacPhie |
| 24.11. | Réunion | Réunion Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jan Apell | Clinton Ferreira Jan Siemerink |
| 24.11. | India | Mumbai Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Takao Suzuki | Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva |
| 24.11. | Mexico | Ixtapa Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Steve Campbell | Chris Haggard Maurice Ruah |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.12. | Germany | Bad Lippspringe Challenger | $ 050,000 | Carpet (i) | Michael Kohlmann | Tuomas Ketola Michael Kohlmann |
| 01.12. | India | Ahmedabad Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Vadim Kutsenko | Emanuel Couto João Cunha e Silva |
| 08.12. | Israel | Eilat Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Tuomas Ketola | Patrick Baur Andrei Cherkasov |
| 08.12. | Australia | Perth Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Wayne Arthurs | Jamie Holmes Paul Kilderry |
| 08.12. | Chile | Cerveza Cristal Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Oliver Gross | Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto |
| 08.12. | Germany | Wismar Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Christian Vinck | Lars Burgsmüller Michael Kohlmann |