Lexington Challenger

The Lexington Challenger (previously known as the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships and the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, and has been held annually at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1995 for men and since 1997 for women.

Lexington Challenger
2023 Lexington Challenger
Tournament information
Event name	Lexington Challenger
Location	Lexington
Venue	Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Website	lexingtonchallenger.com
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $60,000 $275,000 (2020)

Japan's Takao Suzuki, singles winner in 2000, doubles winner in 2003, is one of two players, with Zimbabwe's Wayne Black, to have won both events

Partnering fellow Australian Ellwood, future world No. 1 in singles Lleyton Hewitt took the doubles title in 1998

Eventual World No. 1 in doubles Mark Knowles from The Bahamas was the first to win the singles title in 1995

India's Sania Mirza, a former top-30 player, was the women's singles champion in 2009

Canada's Stéphanie Dubois has reached the singles final three times here, winning the title in 2007 and finishing runner-up in 2005 and 2010

The prize money offered at the tournament is $50,000 for men and $60,000 for women (although in 1997–98 it was $25,000 for women).

In 2020, the tournament was held as a once-off WTA Tour tournament. In 2022, it returned to the ITF Circuit.

Women's results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Renata Zarazúa	Caroline Dolehide	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5
2022	Katie Swan	Jodie Burrage	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑
2021	not held
2020	Jennifer Brady	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–4
↑   WTA International tournament   ↑
2019	Kim Da-bin	Ann Li	6–1, 6–3
2018	Asia Muhammad	Ann Li	7–5, 6–1
2017	Grace Min	Sofia Kenin	6–4, 6–1
2016	Michaëlla Krajicek	Arina Rodionova	6–0, 2–6, 6–2
2015	Nao Hibino	Samantha Crawford	6–2, 6–1
2014	Madison Brengle	Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 6–4
2013	Shelby Rogers	Julie Coin	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
2012	Julia Glushko	Johanna Konta	6–3, 6–0
2011	Chiara Scholl	Amanda Fink	6–1, 6–1
2010	Kurumi Nara	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 6–4
2009	Sania Mirza	Julie Coin	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2008	Melanie Oudin	Carly Gullickson	6–4, 6–2
2007	Stéphanie Dubois	Anne Keothavong	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2006	Camille Pin	Abigail Spears	7–5, 7–5
2005	Natalie Grandin	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 6–3
2004	Camille Pin	Jeon Mi-ra	7–5, 6–3
2003	Miho Saeki	Salome Devidze	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
2002	Virginie Razzano	Samantha Reeves	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)
2001	Katarina Srebotnik	Sabine Klaschka	6–4, 7–5
2000	Jennifer Hopkins	Dawn Buth	6–3, 6–1
1999	Florencia Labat	Annabel Ellwood	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1998	Julie Pullin	Abigail Tordoff	6–4, 6–4
1997	Karin Miller	Liezel Horn	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, 6–2
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Alexis Blokhina   Ava Markham	Olivia Gadecki   Dalayna Hewitt	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
2022	Aldila Sutjiadi   Kateryna Volodko	Jada Hart   Dalayna Hewitt	7–5, 6–3
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑
2021	not held
2020	Hayley Carter   Luisa Stefani	Marie Bouzková   Jil Teichmann	6–1, 7–5
↑   WTA International tournament   ↑
2019	Robin Anderson   Jessika Ponchet	Ann Li   Jamie Loeb	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
2018	Hayley Carter   Ena Shibahara	Sanaz Marand   Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
2017	Priscilla Hon   Vera Lapko	Hiroko Kuwata   Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–4
2016	Hiroko Kuwata   Zhu Lin	Sophie Chang   Alexandra Mueller	6–0, 7–5
2015	Nao Hibino   Emily Webley-Smith	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai   Peangtarn Plipuech	6–2, 6–2
2014	Jocelyn Rae   Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama   Keri Wong	6–4, 6–4
2013	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai   Peangtarn Plipuech	Julia Glushko   Chanel Simmonds	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2012	Shuko Aoyama   Xu Yifan	Julia Glushko   Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), [10–4]
2011	Tamaryn Hendler   Chiara Scholl	Lindsay Lee-Waters   Megan Moulton-Levy	7–6^(11–9), 3–6, [10–7]
2010	Bojana Bobusic   Christina Fusano	Jacqueline Cako   Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–2
2009	Chang Kai-chen   Tetiana Luzhanska	Jacqueline Cako   Alison Riske	6–3, 6–2
2008	Chan Chin-wei   Kimberly Couts	Lindsay Lee-Waters   Melanie Oudin	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2007	Melinda Czink   Lindsay Lee-Waters	Casey Dellacqua   Natalie Grandin	6–2, 7–6^(9–7)
2006	Chan Chin-wei   Abigail Spears	Akgul Amanmuradova   Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 6–1
2005	Vilmarie Castellvi   Samantha Reeves	Kumiko Iijima   Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–1
2004	Claire Curran   Natalie Grandin	Casey Dellacqua   Nicole Sewell	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
2003	Janet Lee   Jessica Lehnhoff	Bryanne Stewart   Christina Wheeler	6–4, 6–3
2002	Nana Miyagi   Irina Selyutina	Rachel McQuillan   Lisa McShea	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 7–5
2001	Lisa McShea   Nana Miyagi	Julie Ditty   Milagros Sequera	6–0, 6–4
2000	Janet Lee   Wynne Prakusya	Sandra Cacic   Renata Kolbovic	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1999	Alexandra Fusai   Florencia Labat	Kim Eun-ha   Julie Pullin	6–4, 6–1
1998	Amanda Grahame   Bryanne Stewart	Nirupama Vaidyanathan   Yi Jingqian	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1997	Elly Hakami   Danielle Jones	Kaoru Shibata   Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 7–5
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑

Men's results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2023	Steve Johnson	Arthur Cazaux	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2022	Shang Juncheng	Emilio Gómez	6–4, 6–4
2021	Jason Kubler	Alejandro Tabilo	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
2020	not held
2019	Jannik Sinner	Alex Bolt	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2018	Lloyd Harris	Stefano Napolitano	6–4, 6–3
2017	Michael Mmoh	John Millman	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2016	Ernesto Escobedo	Frances Tiafoe	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3)
2015	John Millman	Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2014	James Duckworth	James Ward	6–3, 6–4
2013	James Ward	James Duckworth	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012	Denis Kudla	Érik Chvojka	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2011	Wayne Odesnik	James Ward	7–5, 6–4
2010	Carsten Ball	Jesse Levine	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)
2009	Harel Levy	Alex Kuznetsov	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2008	Somdev Devvarman	Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–3
2007	John Isner	Brian Wilson	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 6–4
2006	Lee Hyung-taik	Amer Delic	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2005	Dudi Sela	Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Matias Boeker	Jesse Witten	6–2, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2003	Frank Dancevic	Petr Kralert	7–5, 6–4
2002	Scott Draper	Paul Goldstein	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Paul Goldstein	Jack Brasington	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2000	Takao Suzuki	Justin Gimelstob	2–1 retired
1999	Harel Levy	Kevin Kim	6–4, 7–6
1998	Paul Goldstein	Lee Hyung-taik	6–1, 6–4
1997	Wayne Black	Gianluca Pozzi	6–4, 6–1
1996	Steve Bryan	Nicola Bruno	6–2, 6–4
1995	Mark Knowles	Kenny Thorne	6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Eliot Spizzirri   Tyler Zink	George Goldhoff   Vasil Kirkov	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2022	Yuki Bhambri   Saketh Myneni	Gijs Brouwer   Aidan McHugh	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2021	Liam Draxl   Stefan Kozlov	Alex Rybakov   Reese Stalder	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
2020	not held
2019	Diego Hidalgo   Martin Redlicki	Roberto Maytín   Jackson Withrow	6–2, 6–2
2018	Robert Galloway   Roberto Maytín	Joris De Loore   Marc Polmans	6–3, 6–1
2017	Alex Bolt   Max Purcell	Tom Jomby   Eric Quigley	7–5, 6–4
2016	Luke Saville   Jordan Thompson	Nicolaas Scholtz   Tucker Vorster	6–2, 7–5
2015	Carsten Ball   Brydan Klein	Dean O'Brien   Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
2014	Peter Polansky   Adil Shamasdin	James McGee   Chase Buchanan	6–4, 6–2
2013	Frank Dancevic   Peter Polansky	Bradley Klahn   Michael Venus	7–5, 6–3
2012	Austin Krajicek   John Peers	Tennys Sandgren   Rhyne Williams	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
2011	Jordan Kerr   David Martin	James Ward   Michael Yani	6–3, 6–4
2010	Raven Klaasen   Izak van der Merwe	Kaden Hensel   Adam Hubble	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]
2009	Kevin Anderson   Ryler DeHeart	Amir Hadad   Harel Levy	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
2008	Alessandro da Col   Andrea Stoppini	Olivier Charroin   Erik Chvojka	6–2, 2–6, [10–8]
2007	Brendan Evans   Ryan Sweeting	Ross Hutchins   Phillip Simmonds	6–4, 6–4
2006	Sanchai Ratiwatana   Sonchat Ratiwatana	John Isner   Colin Purcell	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–6]
2005	Scoville Jenkins   Bobby Reynolds	Roger Anderson   Rik de Voest	6–4, 6–4
2004	Matias Boeker   Amer Delic	Harsh Mankad   Jason Marshall	7–5, 6–4
2003	Jonathan Erlich   Takao Suzuki	Matias Boeker   Travis Parrott	6–4, 6–1
2002	Jack Brasington   Glenn Weiner	Brandon Coupe   Eric Taino	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2001	John-Laffnie de Jager   Robbie Koenig	Paul Kilderry   Jack Waite	7–6^(7–1), 7–5
2000	Lorenzo Manta   Laurence Tieleman	Grant Stafford   Wesley Whitehouse	7–6, 7–6
1999	Michael Sell   Gabriel Trifu	Scott Humphries   Kevin Kim	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1998	Ben Ellwood   Lleyton Hewitt	Paul Goldstein   Jim Thomas	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Wayne Black   Brian MacPhie	David DiLucia   Bryan Shelton	6–4, 7–5
1996	Geoff Grant   Grant Stafford	Chad Clark   Tamer El Sawy	7–5, 6–1
1995	Fernon Wibier   Chris Woodruff	Jamie Morgan   Andrew Painter	7–5, 6–2

References

External links

• Official website