The Sporting Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Circolo della Stampa in Turin, Italy, since 2002.

Sporting Challenger
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameTurin
LocationTurin, Italy
VenueCircolo della Stampa
CategoryATP Challenger Tour,
Tretorn SERIE+
SurfaceClay (red)
Draw32S/16Q/16D
Prize money€85,000+H
Websitewww.sporting.to.it
Italian Fabio Fognini, the latest singles champion, beat Argentine Diego Junqueira for the title in 2008
Carlos Berlocq from Argentina won two singles titles in Turin, in 2005 and 2007, and one doubles title in 2008

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2011   Carlos Berlocq   Albert Ramos 6–4, 6–3
2010   Simone Bolelli   Potito Starace 7–6(7), 6–2
2009   Potito Starace   Máximo González 7–6(4), 6–3
2008   Fabio Fognini   Diego Junqueira 6–3, 6–1
2007   Carlos Berlocq   Boris Pašanski 6–4, 6–2
2006   Flavio Cipolla   Marcel Granollers 6–3, 6–3
2005   Carlos Berlocq   Alessio di Mauro 7–5, 6–1
2004   Álex Calatrava   Hermes Gamonal 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
2003   Óscar Serrano   Joan Albert Viloca 6–2, 6–2
2002   Martin Verkerk   Vadim Kutsenko 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2011   Martin Fischer
  Philipp Oswald
  Uladzimir Ignatik
  Martin Kližan
6–3, 6–4
2010   Carlos Berlocq
  Frederico Gil
  Daniele Bracciali
  Potito Starace
6–3, 7–6(5)
2009   Daniele Bracciali
  Potito Starace
  Santiago Giraldo
  Pere Riba
6–3, 6–4
2008   Carlos Berlocq
  Frederico Gil
  Tomáš Cibulec
  Jaroslav Levinský
6–4, 6–3
2007   Pablo Cuevas
  Horacio Zeballos
  Pablo Andújar
  Flávio Saretta
6–3, 6–1
2006   Marcel Granollers
  Marc López
  Leonardo Azzaro
  Flavio Cipolla
6–4, 6–3
2005   Franco Ferreiro
  Sergio Roitman
  Francesco Aldi
  Alessio di Mauro
6–7(7), 7–5, 7–6(2)
2004   Leonardo Azzaro
  Giorgio Galimberti
  Hermes Gamonal
  Adrián García
6–1, 6–3
2003   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
  Jack Brasington
  Dmitry Tursunov
6–4, 6–2
2002   Victor Hănescu
  Óscar Hernández
  Denis Golovanov
  Vadim Kutsenko
6–4, 6–3
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