# Travemünde Challenger

The Travemünde Challenger also known as the ATP Travemünde Challenger was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1951 as a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament called the Travemünde International. The tournament ran annually until 1988 when it was discontinued.

## History

In 1908 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde (Travemünde Lawn Tennis Tournament) was first established. That tournament was an open clay court event for men and women that mainly attracted German tennis players, though some foreign international players did participate in the tournament. In 1922 the Harvesterhuder Tennis and Hockey Club then organized the event now branded as the Internationales Rasentennisturnier Travemünde in Travemünde and built the first tennis facility with a clubhouse on behalf of the city. In 1947 the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club was founded.
In 1950 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde was succeeded a new Travemünde International tournament in 1951. The tournament ran as a combined event until 1980 when the women's tournament was discontinued. The men's event carried but it was downgraded from the world tour and became a challenger tournament in 1981 called the Travemünde Challenger it continued until 1988, when the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club ended the event due to financial problems with cost of hosting tournament.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1951 | Nils Rohlsson | Herbert Ludwig Tübben | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1952 | Umberto Bergamo | Gianni Clerici | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1953 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Milan Matouš | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1954 | Erwin Balestra | Mario Belardinelli | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1955 | Wayne Van Voorhees | Tony Mottram | 6–2, 1–6, 6–2 |
| 1956 | Ken Rosewall | Ladislav Legenstein | 8–6, 3–6, 6–0 |
| 1957 | Istvan Sikorski | Abe Segal | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1958 | Mervyn Rose | Sven Davidson | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1959 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) | Luis Ayala | 11–9, 6–3 |
| 1960 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist (3) | Ramanathan Krishnan | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1961 | Robin Sanders | Milan Branović | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1962 | Wolfgang Stuck | Ladislav Legenstein | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1963 | Niki Pilic | Wolfgang Stuck | 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–1 |
| 1964 | Martin Mulligan | Gene Scott | 11–9, 4–6, 5–7, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1965 | Wolfgang Stuck (2) | Ingo Buding | 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1966 | Niki Pilic (2) | Sergio Tacchini | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1967 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Leschly | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1968 | Jan Kukal | Ion Țiriac | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 11–9 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Ilie Năstase (2) | Istvan Gulyas | 6–2, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4 |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1970 | Attila Korpás | Barry Phillips-Moore | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1971 | Harald Elschenbroich | Karl Meiler | 7–9, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1972 | Péter Szőke | Dick Crealy | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1973 | Toshiro Sakai | Robert Machan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 7–6 |
| 1974 | Robert Machan | Toshiro Sakai | 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1975 | Jan Kukal (2) | Péter Szőke | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 1976 | Hans Kary | Robert Machan | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 |
| 1977 | Balazs Taroczy | Robert Machan | 6–0, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1978 | Birger Andersson | Pavel Sevcik | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1979 | Buster Mottram | Peter McNamara | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1980 | Steve Krulevitz | Robert Machan | 6–1, 7–5 |
| ↓ ATP Challenger Tour ↓ ||||
| 1981 | Ulrich Pinner | Peter Elter | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1982 | Dominique Bedel | Wolfgang Popp | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1983 | Michael Westphal | Rolf Gehring | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1984 | Vadim Borisov | Alejandro Ganzábal | 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1986 | Alex Stepanek | Massimo Cierro | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1987 | Ronnie Bathman | Wojtek Kowalski | 7–6, 6–3 |
| 1988 | Conny Falk | Hugo Armando | 6–4, 6–4 |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1951 | Mary Terán de Weiss | Erika Vollmer | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1952 | Dottie Head Knode | Ingrid Metzner | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1953 | Dottie Head Knode (2) | Helena Matouš | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1954 | Edda Buding | Inge Hoffert Buderus | 6–2, 5–1, ret. |
| 1956 | Ingrid Metzner | Elizabeth von Aspern | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1958 | Erika Vollmer | Karin Warnke | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1966 | Helga Niessen | Sonja Pachta | 8–6, 6–0 |
| 1967 | Helga Schultze | Helga Niessen | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1968 | Gail Sherriff | Alena Palmeova | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Helga Niessen (2) | Kora Schediwy | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1970 | Erzsebet Polgar | Katalin Borka | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (3) | Birgitta Lindström | 6–8, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1972 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (4) | Judith Szorenyi | 6–2, 6–2 |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1973 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (5) | Kazuko Sawamatsu | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1974 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (6) | Heide Orth | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1975 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (7) | Alena Palmeová-West | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1976 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (8) | Katja Ebbinghaus | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1977 | Katja Ebbinghaus | Helena Anliot | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1980 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (9) | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |