The RBC Bank Women's Challenger is a 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

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 held in Raleigh, North Carolina

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, a city in United States

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. Held since 2003, this ITF Circuit

ITF Women's Circuit

The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players. It serves as the developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association...

 event is a $50,000 tournament. It started off being a $25,000 in 2003 and has gone up to $75,000 but is now a $50,000 event, this event was played on outdoor clay court

Clay court

A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...

s. After the 2005 event it was cancelled for 2 years and back on in 2008.

Singles

Year	|Champion	|Runner-up	|Score
2003 (25k)	Tiffany Dabek	Edina Gallovits Edina Gallovits Klaudia Edina Gallovits-Hall is a Romanian female tennis player of Hungarian descent on her father's side. She is currently ranked 75th in the world and her career highest ranking of No. 54 was achieved on April 28, 2008...	3–6, 7-5, 6-3
2004 (50k)	Marissa Irwin Marissa Irwin Marissa Irwin is an American model best known for her appearances on the cover of Bridal Guide and in Seventeen Magazine.A native of Canton, Ohio, she received training from the Barbizon modeling school of Akron. She now lives and works in New York City.Marissa lives with a rare and painful...	Mashona Washington Mashona Washington Mashona Washington is a professional tennis player from the United States.Mashona's career high singles ranking is no. 50 which she reached on November 8, 2004, and her career high doubles ranking is no...	6–3, 6-3
2005 (75k)	Olga Lazarchuk Olga Lazarchuk Olga Lazarchuk  is an Ukrainain tennis player. She took part in the 2005 Indian Open Singles Qualifying but retired in the second round to Mandy Minella. She has won numerous ITF titles. Her favourite court is clay.-References:...	Mary Gambale	6–3, 6–1
2008 (25k)	Chelsey Gullickson Chelsey Gullickson Chelsey Gullickson is an American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 399, which she reached on June 9, 2008. Her career high in doubles is 665, which she reached on July 7, 2008...	Lauren Albanese Lauren Albanese Lauren Albanese is an American tennis player. She began her professional career in 2006.-Singles Titles :-Doubles Titles :-External links:...	6–4, 2–6, 6-3
2009 (50k)	Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin Melanie Oudin is an American tennis player and former World Junior No. 2. Her career high rank is World No. 31, which she achieved on April 19, 2010...	Lindsay Lee-Waters Lindsay Lee-Waters Lindsay Lee-Waters is an American tennis player. Former World No. 33 player, she won eleven singles and sixteen doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation...	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2010 (50k)	Johanna Konta Johanna Konta Johanna Konta is a professional Australian/British tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 239. She is reportedly in the process of becoming a British citizen, but the ITF still mark her as Australian.-Career:The second...	Lindsay Lee-Waters Lindsay Lee-Waters Lindsay Lee-Waters is an American tennis player. Former World No. 33 player, she won eleven singles and sixteen doubles events organized by International Tennis Federation...	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
2011 (50k) 2011 RBC Bank Women's Challenger – Singles Johanna Konta was the defending champion but chose not to participate. Petra Rampre defeated Camila Giorgi in the final 6–3, 6–2.-Seeds:# Michelle Larcher de Brito # Julia Cohen ...	Petra Rampre Petra Rampre Petra Rampre is a professional female tennis player from Slovenia. She turned professional in 1996 and reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 162 on 30 October 2000...	Camila Giorgi	6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Year	|Champion	|Runner-up	|Score
2010 (50k)	Kristie Ahn Kristie Ahn Kristie Haerim Ahn is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 304, which she reached on June 15, 2009. Her career high in doubles is 938, which she reached on November 2, 2009. She will be attending Stanford University as a freshman for the Fall 2010 semester...   Nicole Gibbs Nicole Gibbs Nicole Gibbs is an American tennis player and a 2010 graduate of Crossroads college preparatory school. She plays professional WTA and ITF events while maintaining her amateur status. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 356, which she reached on September 13, 2010. Her career high WTA ranking in...	Alexandra Mueller Alexandra Mueller Alexandra Mueller is a professional American tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On July 6, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 280. On July 18, 2011, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 190. She is coached by Scott Lambdin.-External links:...   Ahsha Rolle Ahsha Rolle Ahsha Rolle is a professional American tennis player. She was born on March 21, 1985 in Miami Shores, Florida. She began playing tennis when she was nine years old.-2007:...	6–3, 6–2
2011 (50k) 2011 RBC Bank Women's Challenger – Doubles Kristie Ahn and Nicole Gibbs were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Sharon Fichman and Marie-Ève Pelletier defeated Beatrice Capra and Asia Muhammed in the final 6–1, 6–3.-Seeds:...	Sharon Fichman Sharon Fichman Sharon Fichman is a Canadian professional tennis player. Fichman was ranked No. 5 on the junior circuit in December 2006. Since turning pro, so far her career highs are No. 114 in singles and No. 83 in doubles. Fichman is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's doubles player.-Early life:Fichman...   Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...	Beatrice Capra Beatrice Capra Beatrice "Trice" Capra is an amateur American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 201, which she reached on September 20, 2010...   Asia Muhammed Asia Muhammed Asia Muhammed is a professional American tennis player. On October 5, 2009, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 348 whilst her best doubles ranking was 179 on August 15, 2011.-External links:...	6–1, 6–3

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