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Eddleman Pro Tennis Classic

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Eddleman Pro Tennis Classic
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameEddleman Pro Tennis Classic (1991–93)
Eddleman USTA Tennis Classic (1995–96)
Eddleman USTA Challenger (1997–2003)
Founded1991
Abolished2003
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, United States
VenueBrook Highland Racquet Club
CategoryATP Challenger Series
SurfaceClay / Outdoor
Draw32S/16D

The Eddleman Pro Tennis Classic was an ATP Challenger Tour tennis tournament played from 1991 until 2003. It was held at the Brook Highland Racquet Club in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, and was played on outdoor clay courts.[1] The Eddleman U.S. Clay Court Championships took the place of the Challenger event in 1994.[2]

Results

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1991 Argentina Marcelo Ingaramo Argentina Gabriel Markus 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1992 Sweden Mikael Pernfors Brazil Luiz Mattar 7–6, 6–4
1993 Sweden Mikael Pernfors Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri 7–6, 6–3
1994 No challenger event
1995 Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach Czech Republic Jiří Novák 6–4, 7–6
1996 Argentina Mariano Zabaleta United States Bill Behrens 6–4, 6–4
1997 Belgium Johan Van Herck Germany Tommy Haas 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1998 Norway Christian Ruud Belgium Johan Van Herck 2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1999 Brazil Francisco Costa Argentina Martín Rodríguez 6–7, 7–6, 6–3
2000 Haiti Ronald Agénor Thailand Paradorn Srichaphan 7–5, 6–3
2001 Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze United States James Blake 6–2, 6–3
2002 United States Alex Kim United States Cecil Mamiit 7–6(11–9), 6–2
2003 Spain Óscar Hernández United States Alex Kim 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1991 United States Mark Keil
United States Dave Randall
Brazil Nelson Aerts
Brazil Danilo Marcelino
1–6, 7–6, 6–2
1992 United States Bret Garnett
Sweden Tobias Svantesson
Sweden Jan Apell
Sweden Peter Nyborg
6–4, 7–6
1993 United States Bryan Shelton
United States Todd Witsken
Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Javier Frana
7–6, 6–3
1994 No challenger event
1995 United States Ken Flach
United States Bryan Shelton
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
South Africa Brent Haygarth
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1996 Argentina Javier Frana
Czech Republic Karel Nováček
United States Matt Lucena
United States Dave Randall
6–3, 6–1
1997 United States Luke Jensen
United States Murphy Jensen
Sweden Fredrik Bergh
Sweden Rikard Bergh
6–2, 7–6
1998 United States Doug Flach
United States David Witt
Israel Eyal Erlich
United States Eric Taino
7–6, 6–4
1999 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
United States Geoff Grant
United States T. J. Middleton
7–5, 6–3
2000 Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Peter Tramacchi
Australia Lee Pearson
Australia Grant Silcock
6–4, 6–4
2001 United States James Blake
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen
7–5, 6–1
2002 United States Mardy Fish
United States Jeff Morrison
South Africa Paul Rosner
United States Glenn Weiner
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2003 Brazil Josh Goffi
United States Travis Parrott
United States Paul Goldstein
United States Robert Kendrick
6–4, 2–6, 6–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Briefly..." The Gadsden Times. Gadsden, Alabama. 2002-05-07. p. B3.
  2. ^ "Birmingham hosting U.S. clay court event". Times Daily. Florence, Alabama. 1994-04-11. p. 2B.
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