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The Ciutat de Barcelona Tennis Tournament is a defunct tennis tournament for male professional players that was considered one of the best challengers

ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments...

on the ATP Tour

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...

. The event was held annually in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

, from 1993 to 2006 on clay courts

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...

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Jonas Svensson Jonas Svensson Jonas Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice both times as unseeded player....	Federico Sánchez	6-4, 7-5
1994	Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1994....	Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb is a former professional tennis player from Germany.Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad...	6-3, 7-5
1995	Jordi Burillo Jordi Burillo Jordi Burillo Puig is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one singles title and a doubles title on the ATP Tour in his career...	Carlos Moyà Carlos Moyá Carlos Moya Llompart is a retired former world no. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...	6-3, 6-3
1996	Marcelo Filippini Marcelo Filippini Marcelo Filippini is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay.In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss...	Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...	6-4, 6-4
1997	Carlos Costa	Juan Antonio Marín Juan Antonio Marin Juan Antonio Marín is a former professional male tennis player from Costa Rica. He turned pro in 1996.On October 11, 1999, Marín reached his career-high singles ranking: World No. 55...	6-1, 6-4
1998	Fernando Vicente Fernando Vicente Fernando Vicente Fibla is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29.-Singles: 6 :Wins...	Jan Frode Andersen Jan Frode Andersen Jan Frode Andersen is a Norwegian tennis player. He played tennis for Norway, including competing in at least 60 countries over a span of 8 years after turning professional in 1997. He represented Norway in the Davis Cup for 10 consecutive years compiling a 30-22 record . His highest ATP ranking...	6-3, 6-3
1999	Fernando Vicente Fernando Vicente Fernando Vicente Fibla is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29.-Singles: 6 :Wins...	Sargis Sargsian Sargis Sargsian Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...	6-2, 1-6, 6-2
2000	Albert Portas Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Portas turned professional in 1994...	Óscar Serrano	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
2001	Konstantinos Economidis Konstantinos Economidis Konstantinos Economidis is a professional Greek tennis player. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian Chris Guccione in the first round before losing to Tommy Robredo in the second round. He suffered injury in 2008 and in January 2010 was ranked 653 in the world. He...	Nicolas Coutelot Nicolas Coutelot Nicolas Coutelot is a professional male tennis player from France who reached the top 100 in 2002. He also failed a drugs test in 2004 and was suspended for two months.-1996-2004:...	7-6(4), 6-1
2002	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...	Albert Portas Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Portas turned professional in 1994...	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
2003	Albert Portas Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Portas turned professional in 1994...	Albert Montañés Álbert Montañés Albert Montañés Roca is a professional tennis player from Spain.He first entered the top-100 in 2001 and has been in the top-100 for all but 20 weeks since then...	6-4, 6-4
2004	Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka Stanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. He also holds German citizenship as his father is German. His career ranking high is no. 9, achieved on 9 June 2008. He considers clay his best surface and his backhand his best shot...	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...	6-4, 6-3
2005	Sergio Roitman Sergio Roitman Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-2, 6-3
2006	Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...	Óscar Hernández	6-4, 6-1

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1993	Jordi Burillo Jordi Burillo Jordi Burillo Puig is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one singles title and a doubles title on the ATP Tour in his career... Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....	Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah Maurice Ruah , is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 82 in 1994.... Mario Tabares Mario Tabares Mario Tabares , is a professional tennis player from The Cuba. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	6-2, 4-6, 6-1
1994	Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.... Emilio Sánchez Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...	Francisco Clavet Francisco Clavet Francisco Javier Clavet González is a former tennis player from Spain.From 2009 he has been coaching his countryman Feliciano López.-Singles career titles:* 1990 - Hilversum* 1995 - Palermo* 1996 - Amsterdam... Àlex Corretja Àlex Corretja Àlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...	6-2, 7-5
1995	Luis Lobo Luis Lobo Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.... Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	José Antonio Conde Nuno Marques Nuno Marques Nuno Miguel Bacelar de Vasconcelos Marques is a former Portuguese tennis player. He was the first Portuguese to reach the top 100 ATP rankings and held the record of highest ranked Portuguese player in history until Frederico Gil surpassed him in 2009...	6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
1996	Luis Lobo Luis Lobo Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.... Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Lapentti ----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th... Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti. Though not counted among the top ranked players, he had an unusually long professional career – with many of his accomplishments coming toward the end of his career – and he is popular among spectators and other...	ABD (no winner)
1997	Tamer El Sawy Nuno Marques Nuno Marques Nuno Miguel Bacelar de Vasconcelos Marques is a former Portuguese tennis player. He was the first Portuguese to reach the top 100 ATP rankings and held the record of highest ranked Portuguese player in history until Frederico Gil surpassed him in 2009...	Dinu Pescariu Dinu Pescariu Dinu Dănuţ Mihai Pescariu is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona and in Atlanta . He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 6, 1998, when he became the number 75 of... Davide Sanguinetti Davide Sanguinetti Davide Sanguinetti is an Italian former professional male tennis player.Born in Viareggio in Tuscany, he attended the Harry Hopman academy in Florida and then UCLA...	6-1, 6-2
1998	José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	Massimo Bertolini Massimo Bertolini Massimo Bertolini is a retired professional tennis player from Italy. A doubles specialist, he won two ATP Tour titles and reached two Grand Slam quarter-finals.-Wins :-Runners-up :-External links:... Cristian Brandi Cristian Brandi Cristian Brandi , is a former professional tennis player from Italy.Brandi enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1999	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes	Alberto Martín Alberto Martín ----Alberto Martín Magret is a retired tennis player from Spain. He turned professional in 1995.Martin's best Grand Slam performance was reaching the fourth round of Roland Garros in 2006. En route to this performance, Martín's first round win was his first victory over former World number 1 Andy... Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	7-6(1), 7-6(5)
2000	Tomás Carbonell Tomas Carbonell Tomás Carbonell Lladó is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 with Martín García. Carbonell reached his... Albert Portas Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Portas turned professional in 1994...	Marcus Hilpert Jens Knippschild Jens Knippschild Jens Knippschild is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1992. He has won two doubles titles during his career...	5-7, 6-1, 6-4
2001	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón Álex López Morón Álex López Morón is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is #100 .-Doubles: 2 :Wins -External links:...	František Čermák František Cermák ----František Čermák is a Czech professional tennis player. Čermák turned pro in 1998. He has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and has been a finalist 19 times. He reached his career high doubles ranking of World No. 14 on February 1, 2010... 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 :...	6-4, 6-1
2002	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Emilio Benfele Álvarez Emilio Benfele Álvarez is a professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 after reaching the final in Kitzbühel... Mariano Hood Mariano Hood Mariano Hood is a retire left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won $US806,888 in earnings...	Karsten Braasch Karsten Braasch Karsten Braasch is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 38th, which he reached on 13 June 1994. His career high in doubles was at 36 set at 10 November 1997... Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1996.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	6-4, 6-4
2003	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Mariano Delfino	Enzo Artoni Enzo Artoni Enzo Artoni , is a professional tennis player who represented Italy.During his career Artoni won 2 doubles titles. He enjoyed most of his pro tour tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 69 in 2005.-Wins :-Runner-up :-External links:... Sergio Roitman Sergio Roitman Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....	7-5, 6-3
2004	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Emilio Benfele Álvarez Emilio Benfele Álvarez is a professional tennis player from Spain who retired in 2005. His favourite surface was clay, and he achieved his only ATP final in 2000 after reaching the final in Kitzbühel... Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Gabriel Trujillo Soler is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...	Ignacio González King Diego Moyano	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2005	Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Gabriel Trujillo Soler is a Spanish professional tennis player.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:*...	Álex López Morón Álex López Morón Álex López Morón is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is #100 .-Doubles: 2 :Wins -External links:... Albert Portas Albert Portas Albert Portas Soy is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Portas turned professional in 1994...	7-5, 6-4
2006	Tomas Behrend Tomas Behrend Tomas Ugo Behrend is a former professional German Brazilian-born tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 74th, which he reached on October 3, 2005. His career high in doubles was at 43 set at October 15, 2007.Behrend retired in 2007 and said he regrets never having the opportunity to... Flavio Cipolla Flavio Cipolla Flavio Cipolla is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Italy. He reached the second round at the French Open of 2007, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. He reached the 3rd round of the 2008 US Open...	Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Pablo Andújar Alba is a professional male tennis player from Spain. Andújar has played since he was 6 years old and has won 4 Challengers and several futures. He trained in Valencia, Spain in the Tennis Club El Collao. He has been in the 2010 Australian Open, but he lost to Gilles Simon 6–4, 6–1,... Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers i Pujol is a professional tennis player from Spain who turned professional in 2003. He reached his highest singles ranking of World Number 33 on August 1, 2011, and his highest doubles ranking of World Number 5.-2006:Granollers made the first round of the Wimbledon tournament in...	6-3, 6-2

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