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The Ethias Trophy is a professional tennis

Tennis

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

Association of Tennis Professionals

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(ATP) Challenger Tour. It has been held annually in Mons

Mons

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, Belgium, since 2005.

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2011 2011 Ethias Trophy – Singles Adrian Mannarino was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Michał Przysiężny.Andreas Seppi won the title, defeating Julien Benneteau 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 in the final.-Seeds:# Xavier Malisse # Andreas Seppi...	Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi Andreas Seppi is a professional tennis player from South Tyrol, northern Italy, who turned professional in 2000. He considers clay and hard courts his favourite surfaces. and is coached by Massimo Sartori....	Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
2010 2010 Ethias Trophy – Singles Janko Tipsarević, the last year's champion, did not defend his title.Adrian Mannarino defeated Steve Darcis 7–5, 6–2 in this year's final.-Seeds:# Xavier Malisse # Arnaud Clément # Olivier Rochus ...	Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino Adrian Mannarino is a professional tennis player from France. Mannarino competes predominantly on the ATP Challenger Series and Futures circuit. His career high rank is #53, achieved on 16 May 2011....	Steve Darcis Steve Darcis Steve Darcis is a male professional tennis player. He achieved his career high ranking of #44 on 12 May 2008.-2007:...	7–5, 6–2
2009 2009 Ethias Trophy – Singles Teymuraz Gabashvili tried to defend his 2008 title but he was eliminated by Xavier Malisse in the second round.Number 1 seed Janko Tipsarević won this tournament, defeating unseeded Sergiy Stakhovsky in the final, 7–6, 6–3.-Seeds:...	Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....	Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky Sergiy Stakhovsky is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Stakhovsky turned professional in 2003 and had been playing mostly at the Challenger level from 2005–2008. His career high in singles of #31 and his high of #86 in doubles...	7–6(4), 6–3
2008	Teymuraz Gabashvili	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...	6–4, 6–4
2007	Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis Ernests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, teaming with Rainer Schüttler, and in 2010 won his first ATP Tour singles title in the Delray Beach, defeating Ivo Karlović in the final...	Kristof Vliegen Kristof Vliegen Kristof Vliegen is a former Belgian tennis player. He plays right-handed and he turned professional in 2001.He was a semi-finalist in Chennai in 2006 and in May of the same year, he reached the final of the ATP tournament in Munich, setting up the first ever all-Belgian men's singles final against...	7–5, 6–3
2006	Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....	Alex Bogdanovic Alex Bogdanovic Aleksa Bogdanovic , also known as his British nickname Alex, is a Serbian-British tennis player born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends.Bogdanovic turned professional in 2002...	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
2005	Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus Olivier Rochus is a Belgian tennis player. He was born in Namur, Belgium, and currently resides in Auvelais, Belgium.-Career:...	Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse Xavier Malisse is a Belgian tennis player. Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, he is the only men's player from his country to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour. He is sponsored by Prince and Lotto. His nickname is "The X-Man"....	6–2, 6–0

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2011 2011 Ethias Trophy – Doubles Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay were the defending champions but Polášek decided not to participate.Zelenay partnered with Dustin Brown, losing in the first round....	Johan Brunström Johan Brunström Johan Brunström is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is 31st, which he reached on March 22, 2010. His career high in singles is 377th, which he reached on September 24, 2007.-Doubles: 10 :... Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Ken Skupski is a professional tennis player who lives in Liverpool, England. He is best known as a doubles player, most successfully partnering Colin Fleming. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, he turned professional in 2007...	Kenny de Schepper Kenny de Schepper Kenny de Schepper is a French professional tennis player.-2011 Challengers and Futures Tournaments:While not having any wins, he has several runner-up finishes in ITF Futures events and has a runner-up finish at an ATP Challenger event - the 2011 Open EuroEnergie de Quimper, where lost to his... Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a male tennis player from France, the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.-2007:...	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2010 2010 Ethias Trophy – Doubles Denis Istomin and Evgeny Korolev did not defend their 2009 title.Top seed Filip Polášek and Igor Zelenay won in the final 3–6, 6–4, [10–5], against Ruben Bemelmans and Yannick Mertens.-Seeds:# Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay ...	Filip Polášek Filip Polášek Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007.... Igor Zelenay Igor Zelenay Igor Zelenay is a professional tennis player. He mainly plays doubles, and his career high rank is 74, achieved on 2 February 2009. His career high in singles is 279, achieved on August 1, 2005.-Doubles:...	Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans Ruben Bemelmans , is a Belgian male professional tennis player. His career-high rank ATP singles ranking was No. 172 reached on October 26, 2009. His best doubles rank is No. 245.... Yannick Mertens Yannick Mertens Yannick Mertens is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Anderlecht, Belgium and currently resides in Lennik, Belgium.-Career:...	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
2009 2009 Ethias Trophy – Doubles Michal Mertiňák and Lovro Zovko were the defending champions, but they chose to not compete this year.Denis Istomin and Evgeny Korolev won the final 6–7, 7–6, [11–9], against Alejandro Falla and Teymuraz Gabashvili.-Seeds:...	Denis Istomin Denis Istomin Denis Istomin is a professional Uzbek tennis player. His career high rank is #39, achieved on August 30, 2010. He is coached by his mother.- 2006 :... Evgeny Korolev Evgeny Korolev Evgeny Korolev is a Kazakhstani tennis player and the cousin of former Russian player Anna Kournikova. He began playing tennis at age four with his father, and picked up his first ATP points at age 15 in three German challenger events...	Alejandro Falla Alejandro Falla Alejandro Falla Ramirez is a professional male tennis player from Colombia. He turned pro in 2000, plays left-handed, weighs 169 lb and measures 6'1" . At the 2006 Wimbledon tournament, Falla upset 9th seed Nikolay Davydenko and at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open he beat 9th seed Tommy Haas in... Teymuraz Gabashvili	6–7(4), 7–6(4), [11–9]
2008	Michal Mertiňák Michal Mertinák Michal Mertiňák is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. He turned professional in 1999, and has won six doubles titles in his career on the ATP Tour. He reached his career high doubles ranking of No. 35 on June 12, 2006. Mertiňák played in the 2005 Davis Cup for Slovakia, who finished... Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić....	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:... Horia Tecău Horia Tecau Horia Tecău is a Romanian tennis player who turned pro in 2003, and is a doubles specialist. Tecău is currently ranked 9th in ATP's doubles ranking, being also his highest doubles ranking achieved on August 8, 2011....	7–5, 6–3
2007	Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek Tomasz Bednarek born November 12, 1981 in Pabianice, Poland) is a professional tennis player from Poland.-Career:He is a doubles' specialist. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of 81 on April 19, 2010... Filip Polášek Filip Polášek Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007....	Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski... Alexander Peya Alexander Peya Alexander Peya is an Austrian male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 92 on April 30, 2007. His career high doubles ranking was No. 48 on January 15, 2007. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and currently resides there.In September 2008 Peya helped Austria to a Davis Cup...	6–2, 5–7, 10–8
2006	Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer is a professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 1998.-Runners-up :-External links:*... Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko Lovro Zovko is a professional Croatian tennis player.-Tennis career:Early on in 2000 and 2001, Zovko reached the Umag final both years with Ivan Ljubičić....	Jordan Kerr Jordan Kerr Jordan Kerr is an Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 356th, which he reached on 7 August 2000. His career high in doubles was at 23rd, which he reached on 18 August 2008... David Škoch David Škoch David Škoch is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic. , he has a good doubles rank and his usual doubles partner is his countryman Jaroslav Levinský.-Wins :...	6–2, 6–4
2005	Christopher Kas Christopher Kas Christopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :... Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner Philipp Petzschner is a professional German tennis player. He is known for his hard-hitting and incredible bursts of speed around the court, and now for controversy in the US Open Men's Doubles Final which he won partnered with Jurgen Melzer against the Polish team of Fystenberg/Matkowski...	Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec Tomáš Cibulec is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003... Tom Vanhoudt Tom Vanhoudt Tom Vanhoudt , is a former professional tennis player from Belgium.Vanhoudt achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 36 in 2001. He participated in 9 Davis Cup ties for Belgium from 1991 to 2002, posting a 4–5 record in doubles.-Doubles titles :-External links:***...	7–6(4), 6–2

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