1983 ATP Challenger Series

none 1983 ATP Challenger Series 275px 3 January 1983 – 27 November 1983 6th 35 1982 1984 The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1983 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 35 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.atpworldtour.com ATP Tour, Inc. About the Challenger Circuit http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Challenger/ABOUT.aspx 2009-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100227095535/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tournaments/Challenger/ABOUT.aspx 2010-02-27 dead Schedule January Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJanuary 3 Perth ChallengerAUS Perth, AustraliaGrass – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw AUS Wally Masur 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 USA Juan Farrow RSA 1928 Eddie Edwards USA Dave Siegler AUS Ken Barton AUS Wayne Hampson AUS Peter Johnston AUS Broderick DykeUSA John Benson AUS Chris Johnstone3–6, 6–4, 7–6 AUS Peter Doohan AUS Michael FancuttJanuary 10 No tournaments scheduled.January 17 No tournaments scheduled.January 24 No tournaments scheduled.January 31 No tournaments scheduled. February Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsFebruary 7 Nairobi ChallengerKEN Nairobi, KenyaClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw NED Michiel Schapers 6–3, 6–4 USA John Austin AUT Hans-Peter Kandler AUT Gerald Mild USA Phil Lehnhoff MEX Juan Hernández AUT Bernhard Pils PER Fernando MaynettoUSA John Austin USA Larry Stefanki6–2, 6–3 USA Phil Lehnhoff USA Mark WagnerFebruary 14 Ogun ChallengerNGR Ogun, NigeriaHard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Larry Stefanki 5–7, 6–3, 8–6 USA Mike Barr FIN Leo Palin IND Sashi Menon USA Leif Shiras AUT Helmar Stiegler AUT Gerald Mild AUT Bernhard PilsGBR Robin Drysdale ZIM Haroon Ismail4–6, 7–6, 9–7 AUT Hans-Peter Kandler AUT Gerald MildFebruary 21 Kuwait City ChallengerKUW Kuwait City, KuwaitHard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 4–6, 6–3 SUI Heinz Günthardt SWE Magnus Tideman TCH Stanislav Birner FRG Michael Westphal HUN Zoltán Kuhárszky AUS Rod Frawley TCH Libor PimekIND Vijay Amritraj ROU 1965 Ilie Năstase6–3, 3–6, 6–2 AUS Broderick Dyke AUS Rod Frawley Lagos OpenNGR Lagos, NigeriaHard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Craig Wittus 6-3, 4–6, 11-9 NED Michiel Schapers AUT Hans-Peter Kandler USA Jonathan Canter GBR Colin Dowdeswell USA Rick Fagel AUT Bernhard Pils USA Leif ShirasUSA Wesley Cash USA John Mattke6–3, 3–6, 6–3 USA Jonathan Canter USA Joe MeyersFebruary 28 Palm Hills International Tennis ChallengerEGY 1972 Cairo, EgyptClay – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw SWE Henrik Sundström 6–7, 6–2, 6–0 ESP Juan Avendaño ESP Fernando Luna ITA Gianluca Rinaldini AUS Brad Drewett ESP Ángel Giménez SWE Stefan Simonsson ESP Sergio CasalAUS Broderick Dyke AUS Rod Frawley6–3, 6–2 AUS Brad Drewett GBR John Feaver Kaduna ChallengerNGR Kaduna, NigeriaClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw FRA Patrice Kuchna 7–5, 6–4 AUT Hans-Peter Kandler NED Huub van Boeckel USA Joe Meyers USA Mike Barr FRA Thierry Pham SWE Ola Hellgren AUT Bernhard PilsUSA Mike Barr SUI Jakob Hlasek6–4, 6–1 AUT Bernhard Pils AUT Helmar Stiegler March Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsMarch 7 Tunis ChallengerTUN Tunis, TunisiaClay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw SWE Henrik Sundström 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 FRA Thierry Tulasne SWE Magnus Tideman ESP Fernando Luna ESP Manuel Orantes ESP Juan Aguilera ESP Sergio Casal FRG Peter ElterSWE Per Hjertquist FRA Gilles Moretton6–4, 6–3 USA Peter Herrmann FRG Damir KeretićMarch 14 No tournaments scheduled.March 21 No tournaments scheduled.March 28 São Paulo ChallengerBRA São Paulo, BrazilClay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw HUN Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 PAR Víctor Pecci USA Tony Giammalva BRA Carlos Kirmayr USA Trey Waltke BRA João Soares PUR Ernie Fernández USA Steve MeisterHUN Zoltán Kuhárszky BRA Gabriel Mattos6–2, 3–6, 6–3 PAR Víctor Pecci URU Hugo Roverano April Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsApril 4 Curitiba ChallengerBRA Curitiba, BrazilHard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw HUN Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–2, 7–6 BRA Júlio Góes BRA Edvaldo Oliveira CHI Pedro Rebolledo ARG Eduardo Bengoechea USA Steve Meister BRA Thomaz Koch USA Pender MurphyAUS David Carter USA Steve Meister6–3, 6–3 BRA Givaldo Barbosa BRA João Soares Johannesburg ChallengerRSA 1928 Johannesburg, South AfricaHard – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA John Austin 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 USA Robert Van't Hof RSA 1928 Mike Myburg RSA 1928 Christo van Rensburg RSA 1928 Denys Maasdorp RSA 1928 Danie Visser ISR David Schneider USA Richard MeyerUSA Richard Meyer RSA 1928 Frew McMillan6–4, 6–4 RSA 1928 Eddie Edwards RSA 1928 Raymond MooreApril 11 Ashkelon ChallengerISR Ashkelon, IsraelHard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw ISR Shlomo Glickstein 6–3, 6–3 ISR Amos Mansdorf ISR David Schneider AUT Robert Reininger GBR Colin Dowdeswell SWE Per-Ola Lindquist AUT Peter Feigl NED Huub van BoeckelSWE Stefan Svensson NED Huub van Boeckel6–4, 4–6, 6–3 USA Rodney Crowley USA Rand EvettApril 18 Hypo Group Tennis InternationalITA Bari, ItalyClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw ITA Corrado Barazzutti 6–0, 6–1 ARG Carlos Castellan ESP Juan Aguilera NZL Bruce Derlin CHI Alejandro Pierola FRG Eric Jelen ARG Martín Jaite ITA Francesco CancellottiITA Luca Bottazzi ITA Simone Colombo6–2, 3–6, 6–3 ITA Mario Calautti NZL Bruce Derlin Tokyo ChallengerJPN Tokyo, JapanHard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw JPN Tsuyoshi Fukui 6–4, 6–0 GBR Michael Wayman USA Jeff Turpin AUS Peter Johnston USA Joel Bailey AUS John Frawley AUS Simon Youl FIN Leo PalinUSA Charles Strode USA Morris Strode6–3, 6–4 USA David Dowlen USA Jeff TurpinApril 25 Galatina ChallengerITA Galatina, ItalyClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw ITA Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–1 ESP Miguel Mir SUI Roland Stadler ESP Juan Aguilera USA Jimmy Brown IRI Mansour Bahrami ESP Emilio Sánchez USA Bruce FoxworthNZL Bruce Derlin NED Huub van Boeckel6–2, 7–5 CHI Iván Camus SUI Ivan Dupasquier Nagoya ChallengerJPN Nagoya, JapanHard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw FIN Leo Palin 6–4, 6–2 USA Joel Bailey USA Morris Strode AUS Greg Whitecross USA Jeff Turpin JPN Shinichi Sakamoto USA Leif Shiras USA Charles StrodeUSA Joel Bailey USA Jeff Turpin6–4, 3–6, 7–6 USA Charles Strode USA Morris Strode May Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsMay 2 Parioli ChallengerITA Parioli, ItalyClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Jimmy Brown 6–1, 6–2 ITA Corrado Barazzutti ESP Sergio Casal SWE Stefan Simonsson USA Bruce Foxworth ITA Francesco Cancellotti ARG Ricardo Cano FRG Ulrich PinnerBRA Givaldo Barbosa BRA Ney Keller6–3, 6–2 ITA Gianni Marchetti ITA Enzo Vattuone Solihull ChallengerGBR Solihull, Great BritainClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw RSA 1928 Robbie Venter 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 AUS Broderick Dyke USA Egan Adams AUS John McCurdy GBR Jonathan Smith ESP Gabriel Urpí ISR Steve Krulevitz GBR Andrew JarrettGBR Andrew Jarrett GBR Jonathan Smith6–2, 4–6, 6–4 RSA 1928 Raymond Moore ISR David SchneiderMay 9 Lee-on-Solent ChallengerGBR Lee-on-Solent, Great BritainClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw RSA 1928 Robbie Venter 6–3, 6–1 GBR Jeremy Bates USA Scott Lipton ISR David Schneider USA Bruce Foxworth AUS Syd Ball GBR Jonathan Smith GBR Nick BrownAUS Charlie Fancutt AUS Greg Whitecross6–3, 3–6, 6–4 GBR Andrew Jarrett GBR Jonathan SmithMay 16 Spring OpenUSA Spring, USAHard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Leif Shiras 6–1, 6–0 AUS Ross Case USA Sean Brawley USA Lloyd Bourne USA Butch Walts USA David Dowlen USA Juan Farrow USA Andy KohlbergZIM Andrew Pattison USA Butch Walts7–6, 6–7, 6–4 IND Anand Amritraj USA Lloyd BourneMay 23 No tournaments scheduled.May 30 Tampere OpenFIN Tampere, FinlandClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw YUG Marko Ostoja 6–4, 6–2 USA Scott Lipton USA Pender Murphy USA Jim Gurfein SWE Peter Svensson FRG Eric Jelen NZL Bruce Derlin SWE Jörgen WindahlDEN Peter Bastiansen DEN Michael Mortensen6–4, 6–1 USA Mike Barr YUG Marko Ostoja June Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJune 6 Dortmund ChallengerFRG Dortmund, West GermanyClay – $25,000 – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw FRG Hans-Dieter Beutel 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 FRA Jérôme Vanier USA Jim Gurfein FRG Hans Schwaier ITA Luca Bottazzi FRA Christophe Freyss ECU Ricardo Ycaza ARG Gustavo GuerreroGBR Colin Dowdeswell GBR Andrew Jarrett6–7, 6–4, 6–3 NZL Bruce Derlin FRG Karl MeilerJune 13 Brescia ChallengerITA Brescia, ItalyClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw SUI Roland Stadler 6–3, 6–1 PAR Víctor Pecci ITA Simone Colombo BRA Ivan Kley AUT Helmar Stiegler ITA Francesco Cancellotti ESP Fernando Soler ITA Paolo CanèCHI Iván Camus ECU Raúl Viver6–2, 5–7, 6–4 BRA Dácio Campos BRA Eduardo OncinsJune 20 No tournaments scheduled.June 27 Travemünde ChallengerFRG Travemünde, West GermanyClay – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw FRG Michael Westphal 7–5, 6–2 FRG Rolf Gehring ITA Simone Colombo ECU Raúl Viver ESP Eduardo Osta SUI Jakob Hlasek ARG Eduardo Bengoechea FRG Ulrich PinnerRSA 1928 Mike Myburg RSA 1928 Christo van Rensburg7–5, 6–3 FRG Harald Theissen FRG Michael Westphal July Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsJuly 4 Essen ChallengerFRG Essen, West GermanyClay – $25,000 – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw FRG Rolf Gehring 6–4, 6–3 ESP José López-Maeso USA Steve Meister USA Rick Fagel NZL David Mustard USA Scott Lipton FRG Peter Elter SWE Joakim NyströmRSA 1928 Mike Myburg RSA 1928 Christo van Rensburg6–4, 6–2 GBR Nick Brown GBR Steve ShawJuly 11 No tournaments scheduled.July 18 Santos ChallengerBRA Santos, BrazilClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw BRA Júlio Góes 6–2, 6–3 BRA Carlos Kirmayr COL Javier Restrepo BRA Ivan Kley FIN Leo Palin URU Daniel Montes de Oca USA Bruce Kleege USA Junie ChatmanUSA Junie Chatman FIN Leo Palin7–6, 6–2 BRA Edvaldo Oliveira BRA Fernando RoeseJuly 25 Campos ChallengerBRA Campos, BrazilHard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Rocky Royer 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 BRA Carlos Kirmayr BRA Givaldo Barbosa BRA Fernando Roese BRA Roger Guedes USA Junie Chatman BRA Thomaz Koch BRA Ney KellerBRA Thomaz Koch BRA José Schmidt7–6, 6–2 BRA Júlio Góes BRA Ney Keller Neu-Ulm ChallengerFRG Neu-Ulm, West GermanyClay – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw TCH Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 6–4 AUS Trevor Allan TCH Jaroslav Navrátil FRG Stefan Hermann TCH Miloslav Mečíř NED Michiel Schapers ITA Simone Colombo HUN Balázs TaróczySUI Heinz Günthardt HUN Balázs Taróczy6–2, 6–4 GBR Andrew Jarrett GBR Jonathan Smith August Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsAugust 1 No tournaments scheduled.August 8 No tournaments scheduled.August 15 Le Touquet ChallengerFRA Le Touquet, FranceClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw PER Pablo Arraya 6–2, 6–3 ARG Roberto Argüello ARG Carlos Gattiker FRG Hans-Dieter Beutel ESP Fernando Soler FRA Christophe Casa FRA Patrice Kuchna ESP Gabriel UrpíARG Carlos Gattiker ARG Alejandro Gattiker7–6, 6–2 FRA Tarik Benhabiles FRA Jean-Louis HailletAugust 22 Vigo ChallengerESP Vigo, SpainClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw RSA 1928 Henri de Wet 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 USA Pender Murphy ESP Gabriel Urpí ITA Luca Bottazzi ARG Roberto Argüello ESP Ernesto Vázquez ARG Horacio de la Peña MEX Francisco MacielESP Lorenzo Fargas ESP Gabriel Urpí6–4, 4–6, 6–2 CHI Iván Camus ECU Raúl ViverAugust 29 No tournaments scheduled. September Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsSeptember 5 International Tournament of MessinaITA Messina, ItalyClay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw BOL Mario Martinez 6–7, 6–0, 9–7 FRA Patrice Kuchna SWE Johan Carlsson SWE Peter Carlsson ESP Juan Aguilera PER Pablo Arraya AUS Trevor Allan SWE Jan SandbergARG Carlos Gattiker ARG Alejandro Gattiker7–5, 6–2 ESP Juan Aguilera PER Pablo ArrayaSeptember 12 Thessaloniki ChallengerGRE Thessaloniki, GreeceClay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw ARG Horacio de la Peña 5–7, 7–6, 7–5 RSA 1928 Rory Chappell RSA 1928 Mike Myburg SWE Peter Carlsson USA Andy Andrews GBR Steve Shaw USA Billy Nealon FRA Jacques HervetDEN Peter Bastiansen DEN Michael Mortensen7–6, 7–5 RSA 1928 Mike Myburg FIN Leo PalinSeptember 19 No tournaments scheduled.September 26 No tournaments scheduled. October Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsOctober 3 No tournaments scheduled.October 10 No tournaments scheduled.October 17 Sydney ChallengerAUS Sydney, AustraliaHard – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw AUS Simon Youl 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 AUS John Frawley AUS Wally Masur AUS Lawrence Hall AUS Russell Barlow USA Jonathan Canter BRA Eduardo Oncins NZL David LewisAUS Michael Fancutt AUS Wally Masur7–5, 6–3 AUS Peter Carter AUS Mark KratzmannOctober 24 Helsinki ChallengerFIN Helsinki, FinlandHard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw USA Erick Iskersky 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 ISR Amos Mansdorf FIN Olli Rahnasto SWE Peter Lundgren USA Randy Druz DEN Peter Bastiansen ITA Luca Bottazzi FIN Leo PalinFIN Kimmo Alkio FIN Olli Rahnasto6–4, 5–7, 6–3 USA Erick Iskersky GBR Richard LewisOctober 31 No tournaments scheduled. November Week ofTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalistsNovember 7 No tournaments scheduled.November 14 No tournaments scheduled.November 21 Benin City ChallengerNGR Benin City, NigeriaHard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw NGR Nduka Odizor 6–4, 6–2 ITA Ferrante Rocchi PUR Ernie Fernández FRA Thierry Pham NGR David Imonitie FRA Jacques Hervet AUT Bernhard Pils AUT Hans-Peter KandlerZIM Haroon Ismail NGR Nduka Odizor7–6, 7–6 FRA Jacques Hervet FRA Thierry Pham Statistical information These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1983 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players). Titles won by player TotalPlayer S  D 3 Zoltan Kuharszky HUN 2 12 Henrik Sundström SWE 2 02 Robbie Venter RSA 1928 2 02 John Austin John Austin (tennis) USA 1 12 Wally Masur AUS 1 12 Nduka Odizor NGR 1 12 Leo Palin FIN 1 12 Larry Stefanki USA 1 12 Peter Bastiansen Peter Bastiansen (tennis) DEN 0 22 Charlie Fancutt AUS 0 22 Alejandro Gattiker ARG 0 22 Carlos Gattiker ARG 0 22 Haroon Ismail ZIM 0 22 Andrew Jarrett GBR 0 22 Michael Mortensen DEN 0 22 Mike Myburg RSA 1928 0 22 Huub van Boeckel NED 0 22 Christo van Rensburg RSA 1928 0 21 Pablo Arraya PER 1 01 Corrado Barazzutti ITA 1 01 Hans-Dieter Beutel FRG 1 01 Jimmy Brown Jimmy Brown (tennis) USA 1 01 Francesco Cancellotti ITA 1 01 Horacio de la Peña ARG 1 01 Henri de Wet RSA 1928 1 01 Tsuyoshi Fukui JPN 1 01 Rolf Gehring FRG 1 01 Vitas Gerulaitis USA 1 01 Shlomo Glickstein ISR 1 01 Júlio Góes BRA 1 01 Erick Iskersky USA 1 01 Patrice Kuchna FRA 1 01 Mario Martinez Mario Martinez (tennis) BOL 1 01 Marko Ostoja YUG 1 01 Rocky Royer USA 1 01 Michiel Schapers NED 1 01 Leif Shiras USA 1 01 Tomáš Šmíd TCH 1 01 Roland Stadler SUI 1 01 Michael Westphal FRG 1 01 Craig Wittus USA 1 01 Simon Youl AUS 1 01 Kimmo Alkio FIN 0 11 Vijay Amritraj IND 0 11 Joel Bailey Joel Bailey (tennis) USA 0 11 Givaldo Barbosa BRA 0 11 Mike Barr Mike Barr (tennis) USA 0 11 John Benson John Benson (tennis) USA 0 11 Luca Bottazzi ITA 0 11 Iván Camus CHI 0 11 David Carter David Carter (tennis) AUS 0 11 Wesley Cash USA 0 11 Junie Chatman USA 0 11 Simone Colombo ITA 0 11 Bruce Derlin NZL 0 11 Colin Dowdeswell GBR 0 11 Robin Drysdale GBR 0 11 Broderick Dyke AUS 0 11 Lorenzo Fargas ESP 0 11 Rod Frawley AUS 0 11 Heinz Günthardt SUI 0 11 Per Hjertquist SWE 0 11 Jakob Hlasek SUI 0 11 Chris Johnstone AUS 0 11 Ney Keller BRA 0 11 Thomaz Koch BRA 0 11 John Mattke USA 0 11 Gabriel Mattos BRA 0 11 Frew McMillan RSA 1928 0 11 Steve Meister USA 0 11 Richard Meyer Richard Meyer (tennis) USA 0 11 Gilles Moretton FRA 0 11 Ilie Năstase ROU 1965 0 11 Andrew Pattison ZIM 0 11 Olli Rahnasto FIN 0 11 José Schmidt BRA 0 11 Jonathan Smith Jonathan Smith (tennis) GBR 0 11 Charles Strode USA 0 11 Morris Strode USA 0 11 Stefan Svensson SWE 0 11 Balázs Taróczy HUN 0 11 Jeff Turpin USA 0 11 Gabriel Urpi ESP 0 11 Raul Viver ECU 0 11 Butch Walts USA 0 11 Greg Whitecross AUS 0 1 Titles won by nation TotalNation  S  D 18 USA8 107 AUS2 56 RSA 19283 34 HUN2 24 SWE2 24 BRA1 33 FRG3 03 ITA2 13 ARG1 23 FIN1 23 NED1 23 SUI1 23 GBR0 33 ZIM0 32 FRA1 12 NGR1 12 DEN0 21 BOL1 01 TCH1 01 ISR1 01 JPN1 01 PER1 01 YUG1 01 CHI0 11 ECU0 11 IND0 11 NZL0 11 ROU 19650 11 ESP0 1 See also 1983 Grand Prix Association of Tennis Professionals International Tennis Federation References External links Official ATP World Tour Website: Results Archive ITF Tennis: Tournament Search https://web.archive.org/web/20100212204958/http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/tournamentSearch.asp 2010-02-12 Category:ATP Challenger Tour seasons Category:1983 in men's tennis