# 1996 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

## Schedule
### January

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 22.01. | Germany | Heilbronn Open | $ 100,000 | Carpet (i) | Chris Woodruff | Lorenzo Manta Pavel Vízner |
| 29.01. | Germany | Lippstadt Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Hendrik Dreekmann | T. J. Middleton Chris Woodruff |

### February

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.02. | Germany | Volkswagen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Gianluca Pozzi | Dirk Dier Arne Thoms |
| 12.02. | Germany | Hambühren Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Jens Knippschild | Jim Pugh Joost Winnink |
| 19.02. | France | Cherbourg Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Magnus Gustafsson | Marius Barnard Bill Behrens |
| 19.02. | Uruguay | Punta del Este Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Félix Mantilla | Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins |
| 26.02. | Germany | Warsteiner Challenger | $ 125,000 | Carpet (i) | Kenneth Carlsen | Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner |
| 26.02. | Ecuador | Salinas Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Óscar Martínez | Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran |

### March

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 04.03. | United States | Indian Wells Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Jason Stoltenberg | Brett Hansen-Dent Brian MacPhie |
| 04.03. | Sweden | Bromma Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard (i) | Johan Van Herck | Andrew Foster Danny Sapsford |
| 18.03. | Morocco | Agadir Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Christian Ruud | Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg |

### April

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.04. | United States | West Bloomfield Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Grant Stafford | Rikard Bergh Shelby Cannon |
| 01.04. | Mexico | Puerto Vallarta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Geoff Grant | Francisco Montana Jack Waite |
| 08.04. | Italy | Napoli Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Félix Mantilla | Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso |
| 08.04. | Japan | Nagoya Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki |
| 15.04. | Malta | Malta Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Hicham Arazi | Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz |
| 22.04. | United States | Birmingham Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Mariano Zabaleta | Javier Frana Karel Nováček |
| 22.04. | Uzbekistan | Fergana Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Stéphane Simian | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
| 22.04. | Czech Republic | Prague Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Galo Blanco | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
| 29.04. | Uzbekistan | Andijan Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Grant Stafford | Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah |

### May

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 06.05. | Slovenia | Ljubljana Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Hicham Arazi | Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker |
| 06.05. | Israel | Jerusalem Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Grant Stafford | Neville Godwin Leander Paes |
| 06.05. | Slovakia | Bratislava Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | David Škoch | Marcelo Charpentier Gustavo Kuerten |
| 13.05. | Germany | Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Patrik Fredriksson | Ola Kristiansson Mårten Renström |
| 20.05. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger I | $ 075,000 | Clay | Hernán Gumy | Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt |
| 27.05. | Poland | Szczecin Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jimy Szymanski | Tom Vanhoudt Fernon Wibier |

### June

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 03.06. | Germany | Quelle Cup | $ 100,000 | Clay | Hicham Arazi | Joshua Eagle Tom Kempers |
| 03.06. | Germany | Annenheim Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Alex Rădulescu | Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt |
| 03.06. | Colombia | Medellín Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Mauricio Hadad | Pablo Campana Tamer El-Sawy |
| 10.06. | Colombia | Cali Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Mauricio Hadad | Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton |
| 10.06. | Croatia | Zagreb Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Sargis Sargsian | Donald Johnson Jack Waite |
| 10.06. | Germany | ATU Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | Jon Leach Mosé Navarra |
| 17.06. | Slovakia | Košice Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Marcos Górriz | Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango |
| 17.06. | Colombia | Bogotá Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Roberto Jabali | Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton |
| 17.06. | Germany | Wartburg Open | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dennis van Scheppingen | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
| 24.06. | Germany | Nord/LB Open | $ 125,000 | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |

### July

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 01.07. | Italy | Venice Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | Federico Mordegan Vincenzo Santopadre |
| 01.07. | Germany | Müller Cup | $ 050,000 | Clay | Kris Goossens | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |
| 01.07. | France | Montauban Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Andrei Pavel | Gilles Bastié Claude N'Goran |
| 08.07. | Belgium | Ostend Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Thierry Champion | Lucas Arnold Ker David Škoch |
| 08.07. | Great Britain | Bristol Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Ben Ellwood | Petr Pála Andrew Richardson |
| 08.07. | Brazil | São Paulo Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Roberto Jabali | Alejandro Hernández Òscar Ortiz |
| 08.07. | Germany | Oberstaufen Cup | $ 025,000 | Clay | Jens Knippschild | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |
| 15.07. | Great Britain | Manchester Challenger | $ 050,000 | Grass | Ben Ellwood | Max Mirnyi Lior Mor |
| 15.07. | Ecuador | Quito Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Pablo Campana | Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti |
| 15.07. | Netherlands | Scheveningen Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dennis van Scheppingen | Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner |
| 15.07. | Finland | Tampere Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Attila Sávolt | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
| 22.07. | United States | Aptos Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Albert Chang | Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud |
| 29.07. | Turkey | Istanbul Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Ignacio Truyol | Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford |
| 29.07. | Italy | Merano Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Juan Albert Viloca | João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques |
| 29.07. | United States | Lexington Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Steve Bryan | Geoff Grant Grant Stafford |

### August

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 05.08. | Spain | Open Castilla y León | $ 100,000 | Hard | Jérôme Golmard | Jordi Burillo Emilio Sánchez |
| 05.08. | United States | Binghamton Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Vincenzo Santopadre | Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein |
| 05.08. | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Jaime Oncins | Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah |
| 05.08. | Czech Republic | Pilzen Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Dominik Hrbatý | Jan Kodeš Jr. Petr Luxa |
| 12.08. | Poland | Poznań Challenger | $ 100,000 | Clay | Thierry Champion | Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori |
| 12.08. | United States | Bronx Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Tamer El-Sawy | David DiLucia Scott Humphries |
| 12.08. | Spain | Alicante Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Juan Albert Viloca | José Antonio Conde Nuno Marques |
| 19.08. | Austria | Graz Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Juan Albert Viloca | Pablo Albano László Markovits |
| 19.08. | Switzerland | Geneva Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Marcelo Charpentier | Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild |
| 26.08. | Germany | Alpirsbach Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Magnus Norman | Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild |
| 26.08. | Uzbekistan | Samarkand Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Juan Antonio Marín | José Frontera Oleg Ogorodov |

### September

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 02.09. | Aruba | Aruba Challenger | $ 125,000 | Hard | Vince Spadea | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
| 02.09. | Uzbekistan | Tashkent Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Félix Mantilla | Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas |
| 02.09. | Czech Republic | Prostějov Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Andrei Cherkasov | Mathias Huning Jack Waite |
| 02.09. | Portugal | Azores Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Nuno Marques | Marcus Hilpert Christian Saceanu |
| 02.09. | Romania | Brașov Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | George Cosac Dinu Pescariu |
| 09.09. | Hungary | Budapest Challenger II | $ 050,000 | Clay | Răzvan Sabău | László Markovits Attila Sávolt |
| 09.09. | Italy | Olbia Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Omar Camporese | Nicola Bruno Stéphane Simian |
| 09.09. | India | Chennai Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |
| 16.09. | Yugoslavia | Budva Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov |
| 16.09. | Portugal | Oporto Challenger | $ 075,000 | Clay | Richard Fromberg | Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques |
| 16.09. | Germany | Bad Saarow Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Magnus Norman | Jens Knippschild Marcos Ondruska |
| 23.09. | United States | Urbana Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Justin Gimelstob | David DiLucia Scott Humphries |
| 23.09. | China | Beijing Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Yoon Yong-il | Mahesh Bhupathi Peter Tramacchi |
| 23.09. | Spain | Copa Sevilla | $ 025,000 | Clay | Francisco Roig | Ola Kristiansson Tom Vanhoudt |
| 23.09. | North Macedonia | Skopje Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Lars Jönsson | Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov |
| 30.09. | Mexico | Monterrey Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard | Kevin Ullyett | Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell |

### October

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 07.10. | Spain | Barcelona Challenger | $ 125,000 | Clay | Marcelo Filippini | Not completed |
| 14.10. | Egypt | Cairo Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | Alberto Berasategui Germán Puentes |
| 14.10. | Spain | Mallorca Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Dominik Hrbatý | Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori |
| 14.10. | Japan | Tanagura Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Patrik Fredriksson | Brian MacPhie Roger Smith |
| 21.10. | France | Brest Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Guillaume Raoux | Donald Johnson Mark Keil |
| 21.10. | South Korea | Seoul Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Jaime Oncins | Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il |
| 28.10. | Germany | Lambertz Open by STAWAG | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Alexander Volkov | Robbie Koenig Oleg Ogorodov |
| 28.10. | India | Ahmedabad Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Nuno Marques | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes |

### November

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 04.11. | Germany | Neumünster Challenger | $ 025,000 | Carpet (i) | Arne Thoms | Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier |
| 11.11. | Andorra | Andorra Challenger | $ 100,000 | Hard (i) | Justin Gimelstob | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig |
| 11.11. | Brazil | Campinas Challenger | $ 050,000 | Clay | Gustavo Kuerten | Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni |
| 11.11. | Réunion | Réunion Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Patrik Fredriksson | Hendrik Jan Davids Fabrice Santoro |
| 18.11. | United States | Austin Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Sargis Sargsian | Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell |
| 18.11. | Mauritius | Mauritius Challenger | $ 025,000 | Grass | Leander Paes | Patrick Baur Joost Winnink |
| 18.11. | Slovenia | Portorož Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Gianluca Pozzi | Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov |
| 18.11. | Mexico | Puebla Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Alejandro Hernández | Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah |
| 25.11. | United States | Amarillo Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard (i) | Sargis Sargsian | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett |

### December

| Date | Country | Tournament | Prizemoney | Surface | Singles champion | Doubles champions |
| 02.12. | United States | Daytona Beach Challenger | $ 050,000 | Hard | Andrei Cherkasov | Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein |
| 02.12. | Chile | Santiago Challenger | $ 025,000 | Clay | Guillermo Cañas | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez |
| 09.12. | Australia | Perth Challenger | $ 025,000 | Hard | Richard Fromberg | Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter |