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RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
Current event 2020 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameRBC Tennis Championships of Dallas
LocationDallas, United States
VenueT Bar M Racquet Club
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceHard (indoor)
Draw48S/4Q/16D
Prize money$135,400
WebsiteWebsite

The RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas (formerly known as Challenger of Dallas) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, United States, since 1998.

Former RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas players include former world No.1 and 16-time doubles Grand Slam winners, Mike and Bob Bryan, 2014 Wimbledon doubles champions, Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil, U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori, Career Golden Slam achiever, Daniel Nestor, former world No.4, James Blake, Sam Querrey, Kyle Edmund, Frances Tiafoe and Steve Johnson.

Past finals

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Singles

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Robert Kendrick, champion in 2007, is one of ten Americans to have won the singles title in Dallas
Eventual winner of a Career Golden Slam in doubles Daniel Nestor won the first singles title in 1998
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1998 Canada Daniel Nestor Italy Cristiano Caratti 6–1, 6–2
1999 Brazil André Sá Venezuela Jimy Szymanski 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
2000 Not Held
2001 Russia Dmitry Tursunov South Africa Justin Bower 6–2, 6–4
2002 United States Jeff Morrison Netherlands Martin Verkerk 6–4, 6–4
2003 Germany Simon Greul United States Justin Gimelstob 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2004 France Sébastien de Chaunac United States Amer Delić 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2005 Sweden Michael Ryderstedt Brazil André Sá 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–2
2006 United States Kevin Kim United States Robert Kendrick 1–6, 6–4, 6–1
2007 United States Robert Kendrick Germany Benedikt Dorsch 6–3, 6–4
2008 United States Amer Delić Switzerland Stéphane Bohli 6–4, 7–5
2009 United States Ryan Sweeting United States Brendan Evans 6–4, 6–3
2010 United States Ryan Sweeting (2) Australia Carsten Ball 6–4, 6–2
2011 United States Alex Bogomolov Jr. Germany Rainer Schüttler 7–6(7–5), 6–3
2012 United States Jesse Levine Belgium Steve Darcis 6–4, 6–4
2013 United States Rhyne Williams[1] United States Robby Ginepri 7–5, 6–3
2014 United States Steve Johnson Tunisia Malek Jaziri 6–4, 6–4
2015 United States Tim Smyczek United States Rajeev Ram 6–4, 4–1, ret.
2016 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund[2] United Kingdom Daniel Evans 6–3, 6–2
2017 United States Ryan Harrison United States Taylor Fritz 6–3, 6–3
2018 Japan Kei Nishikori[3] United States Mackenzie McDonald 6–1, 6–4
2019 United States Mitchell Krueger United States Mackenzie McDonald 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–1
2020 Austria Jurij Rodionov United States Denis Kudla 7–5, 7–6(12–10)

Doubles

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Jamie Murray from Scotland took the doubles title with American partner Eric Butorac in 2007
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1998 United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
Australia Michael Hill
United States Scott Humphries
6–3, 6–4
1999 Australia Paul Kilderry
Australia Grant Silcock
United States Mitch Sprengelmeyer
South Africa Jason Weir-Smith
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
2000 Not Held
2001 United States Gavin Sontag
Canada Jerry Turek
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić
Croatia Lovro Zovko
3–6, 7–5, 7–5
2002 Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Canada Frédéric Niemeyer
United States Huntley Montgomery
United States Brian Vahaly
7–6(7–1), 6–4
2003 United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Scott Humphries
Argentina Martín García
United States Graydon Oliver
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
2004 Australia Jordan Kerr
Australia Todd Perry
South Africa Rik de Voest
United States Eric Taino
7–5, 6–3
2005 South Africa Rik de Voest
Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti
Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Brazil André Sá
6–4, 6–4
2006 United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
United States Mirko Pehar
Serbia and Montenegro Dušan Vemić
6–3, 6–4
2007 United States Eric Butorac
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
United States Rajeev Ram
United States Bobby Reynolds
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
2008 Germany Benedikt Dorsch
Germany Björn Phau
United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
6–4, 6–4
2009 India Prakash Amritraj
United States Rajeev Ram (2)
United States Patrick Briaud
United States Jason Marshall
6–3, 4–6, 10–8
2010 United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
Canada Vasek Pospisil
Canada Adil Shamasdin
7–6(9–7), 6–3
2011 United States Scott Lipsky (2)
United States Rajeev Ram (3)
Germany Dustin Brown
Germany Björn Phau
7–6(7–3), 6–4
2012 United Kingdom Chris Eaton
United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Jack Sock
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [19–17]
2013 United States Alex Kuznetsov
Germany Mischa Zverev
United States Tennys Sandgren
United States Rhyne Williams
6–4, 6–7(7–4), [10–5]
2014 Australia Samuel Groth
Australia Chris Guccione
United States Ryan Harrison
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
6–4, 6–2
2015 Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Russia Andrey Rublev
Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo
Mexico Luis Patiño
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
2016 United States Nicolas Meister
United States Eric Quigley
United States Sekou Bangoura
South Africa Dean O'Brien
6–1, 6–1
2017 Republic of Ireland David O'Hare
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
6–7(6–8), 6–3, [11–9]
2018 India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
India Leander Paes
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
2019 United States Marcos Giron
United States Dennis Novikov
Croatia Ante Pavić
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2020 United States Dennis Novikov
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
Venezuela Luis David Martínez
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–3, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ Machota, Jon (February 9, 2013). "Strong serve helps Rhyne Williams claim first singles title at Challenger of Dallas". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kyle Edmund sees off Dan Evans in all-British Challenger final". ESPN. February 7, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tennis: Nishikori wins Dallas Challenger event". Kyodo News. February 4, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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