Keio Challenger International Tennis Tournament

The Keio Challenger is a professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

(ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, since 1999 (but tournament didn't exist in years 2003–2006).

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2010	Not Held
2009 2009 Keio Challenger The 2009 Keio Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour...	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	Martin Fischer Martin Fischer (tennis) Martin Fischer is an Austrian professional tennis player. His highest career ranking was No. 117 achieved on October 11, 2010.-Singles :-Runner-Up :- References :...	6–4, 7–6(5)
2008	Lee Hyung-taik Lee Hyung-taik Hyung-Taik Lee is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea. Lee's career-high ranking in singles is World No. 36, which he achieved in August 2007.-Personal life:...	Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	7–5, 6–3
2007	Dudi Sela Dudi Sela David "Dudi" Sela is an Israeli professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub.As a 17-year-old junior, he won the 2003 French Open boys' doubles championship with his doubles...	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–2
2006 - 2003	Not Held
2002	Lee Hyung-taik Lee Hyung-taik Hyung-Taik Lee is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea. Lee's career-high ranking in singles is World No. 36, which he achieved in August 2007.-Personal life:...	John van Lottum John van Lottum John van Lottum is a former tennis player from The Netherlands, who played professionally from 1994–2007...	2–6, 7–6(2), 7–6(6)
2001	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	Gouichi Motomura Gouichi Motomura is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is...	6–2, 6–7(5), 7–6(4)
2000	Eric Taino Eric Taino Eric Taino is a retired minor tour tennis player who represented the Philippines. He started a professional career in 1997. Before turning pro, he played for the UCLA Bruins along with fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim.Taino achieved his highest ranking of World No...	Julian Knowle Julian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...	7–6(5), 6–4
1999	Lee Hyung-taik Lee Hyung-taik Hyung-Taik Lee is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea. Lee's career-high ranking in singles is World No. 36, which he achieved in August 2007.-Personal life:...	Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan Paradorn Srichaphan is a retired professional tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked men's singles player from Thailand and Asia in history, reaching a career high World No. 9. His nickname is "Ball".-Career:...	6–3, 6–0

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2010	Not Held
2009 2009 Keio Challenger The 2009 Keio Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour...	Yang Tsung-hua Yang Tsung-hua Yang Tsung-hua is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside... Yi Chu-huan	Alexey Kedryuk Alexey Kedryuk Alexey Kedryuk is a professional Kazakhstani tennis player.Kedryuk reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 28, 2006, when he became World number 261.... Junn Mitsuhashi	6–7(9), 6–3, [12–10]
2008	Tomáš Cakl Tomáš Cakl Tomáš Cakl is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. He turned pro in 2000, and reached a career high singles ranking of #142 in February 2006. He's mostly been playing challenger tournaments.... Marek Semjan Marek Semjan Marek Semjan is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 30, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 218.-Challenger finals:-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 2 :-External links:...	Brendan Evans Brendan Evans Brendan Evans is an American professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Evans reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 in 2004, when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles alongside Scott Oudesma. Evans competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP... Martin Slanar Martin Slanar -2007:Slanar's career finally got going in 2007. His career-best singles ranking is World No. 198.- External links :* *...	6–3, 7–6(1)
2007	Hiroki Kondo Hiroki Kondo is a Japanese tennis player. On April 12, 2010, he reached his highest ATP Doubles ranking of 179.-Doubles finals: 6 :-External links:*... Go Soeda Go Soeda Go Soeda is a male Japanese tennis player. He is currently coached by Davide Sanguinetti.He started playing tennis at the age of 4, and turned professional in April 2003.- Juniors :...	Satoshi Iwabuchi Satoshi Iwabuchi is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which... Toshihide Matsui Toshihide Matsui Toshihide Matsui is a Japanese tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On June 12, 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 261 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 231 achieved on June 7, 2004....	6–7(5), 6–3, [11–9]
2006 - 2003	Not Held
2002	Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun Lu Yen-hsun is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. As of November 1, 2010, Lu is ranked #33 in the world and #1 in Asia. His favorite surface is hardcourt.- Junior career:... Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No...	Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlovic Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ... Mark Nielsen	7–6(5), 6–3
2001	Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan.... Mitsuru Takada	Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.-Biography:Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, . Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel... Sebastian Jäger	6–3, 6–4
2000	Yves Allegro Yves Allegro Yves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:... Julian Knowle Julian Knowle ----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking...	6–3, 7–6(2)
1999	Satoshi Iwabuchi Satoshi Iwabuchi is a retired professional tennis player from Japan.Iwabuchi won one ATP Tour doubles title in his career, the 2005 Japan Open, where he and Takao Suzuki defeated Simon Aspelin and Todd Perry in straight sets 7-6, 7-6.As of May 17, 2009, Iwabuchi's highest singles ranking was world number 223, which... Thomas Shimada Thomas Shimada Thomas Shimada was a professional tennis player who represented Japan. He turned professional in 1993....	Michael Joyce Kyle Spencer Kyle Spencer Kyle Spencer is a male former tennis player from the United Kingdom.Spencer represented the United Kingdom in the doubles competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, partnering Barry Cowan. The pair was eliminated in the first round there.Spencer's highest ranking in singles was World No...	6–2, 6–4

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