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Lexington Challenger
2024 Lexington Challenger
Tournament information
Event name	Lexington Challenger
Location	Lexington, United States
Venue	Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Website	lexingtonchallenger.com
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $50,000
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $60,000 $275,000 (2020)

The Lexington Challenger (previously known as the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships and the Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, and has been held annually at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex in Lexington, Kentucky, since 1995 for men and since 1997 for women. It is presented by Meridian Wealth Management.

The prize money offered at the tournament is $82,000.

In 2020, the tournament was held as a once-off WTA Tour tournament. In 2022, it returned to the ITF Circuit.

Women's results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2024	Wei Sijia	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	7–5, 6–4
2023	Renata Zarazúa	Caroline Dolehide	1–6, 7–6, 7–5
2022	Katie Swan	Jodie Burrage	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑
2021	not held
2020	Jennifer Brady	Jil Teichmann	6–3, 6–4
↑   WTA International tournament   ↑
2019	Kim Da-bin	Ann Li	6–1, 6–3
2018	Asia Muhammad	Ann Li	7–5, 6–1
2017	Grace Min	Sofia Kenin	6–4, 6–1
2016	Michaëlla Krajicek	Arina Rodionova	6–0, 2–6, 6–2
2015	Nao Hibino	Samantha Crawford	6–2, 6–1
2014	Madison Brengle	Nicole Gibbs	6–3, 6–4
2013	Shelby Rogers	Julie Coin	6–4, 7–6
2012	Julia Glushko	Johanna Konta	6–3, 6–0
2011	Chiara Scholl	Amanda Fink	6–1, 6–1
2010	Kurumi Nara	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 6–4
2009	Sania Mirza	Julie Coin	7–6, 6–4
2008	Melanie Oudin	Carly Gullickson	6–4, 6–2
2007	Stéphanie Dubois	Anne Keothavong	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
2006	Camille Pin	Abigail Spears	7–5, 7–5
2005	Natalie Grandin	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 6–3
2004	Camille Pin	Jeon Mi-ra	7–5, 6–3
2003	Miho Saeki	Salome Devidze	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
2002	Virginie Razzano	Samantha Reeves	7–6, 7–6
2001	Katarina Srebotnik	Sabine Klaschka	6–4, 7–5
2000	Jennifer Hopkins	Dawn Buth	6–3, 6–1
1999	Florencia Labat	Annabel Ellwood	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1998	Julie Pullin	Abigail Tordoff	6–4, 6–4
1997	Karin Miller	Liezel Horn	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2024	Whitney Osuigwe Alana Smith	Carmen Corley Ivana Corley	7–6, 6–3
2023	Alexis Blokhina Ava Markham	Olivia Gadecki Dalayna Hewitt	6–4, 7–6
2022	Aldila Sutjiadi Kateryna Volodko	Jada Hart Dalayna Hewitt	7–5, 6–3
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑
2021	not held
2020	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	Marie Bouzková Jil Teichmann	6–1, 7–5
↑   WTA International tournament   ↑
2019	Robin Anderson Jessika Ponchet	Ann Li Jamie Loeb	7–6, 6–7,
2018	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	Sanaz Marand Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–1
2017	Priscilla Hon Vera Lapko	Hiroko Kuwata Valeria Savinykh	6–3, 6–4
2016	Hiroko Kuwata Zhu Lin	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–0, 7–5
2015	Nao Hibino Emily Webley-Smith	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	6–2, 6–2
2014	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	Shuko Aoyama Keri Wong	6–4, 6–4
2013	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech	Julia Glushko Chanel Simmonds	7–6, 6–3
2012	Shuko Aoyama Xu Yifan	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7,
2011	Tamaryn Hendler Chiara Scholl	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	7–6, 3–6,
2010	Bojana Bobusic Christina Fusano	Jacqueline Cako Story Tweedie-Yates	6–4, 6–2
2009	Chang Kai-chen Tetiana Luzhanska	Jacqueline Cako Alison Riske	6–3, 6–2
2008	Chan Chin-wei Kimberly Couts	Lindsay Lee-Waters Melanie Oudin	2–6, 6–3,
2007	Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters	Casey Dellacqua Natalie Grandin	6–2, 7–6
2006	Chan Chin-wei Abigail Spears	Akgul Amanmuradova Varvara Lepchenko	6–1, 6–1
2005	Vilmarie Castellvi Samantha Reeves	Kumiko Iijima Junri Namigata	6–2, 6–1
2004	Claire Curran Natalie Grandin	Casey Dellacqua Nicole Sewell	7–6, 6–4
2003	Janet Lee Jessica Lehnhoff	Bryanne Stewart Christina Wheeler	6–4, 6–3
2002	Nana Miyagi Irina Selyutina	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	6–7, 6–2, 7–5
2001	Lisa McShea Nana Miyagi	Julie Ditty Milagros Sequera	6–0, 6–4
2000	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	Sandra Cacic Renata Kolbovic	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1999	Alexandra Fusai Florencia Labat	Kim Eun-ha Julie Pullin	6–4, 6–1
1998	Amanda Grahame Bryanne Stewart	Nirupama Vaidyanathan Yi Jingqian	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1997	Elly Hakami Danielle Jones	Kaoru Shibata Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 7–5
↑   ITF Circuit tournament   ↑

Men's results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2024	João Fonseca	Li Tu	6–1, 6–4
2023	Steve Johnson	Arthur Cazaux	7–6, 6–4
2022	Shang Juncheng	Emilio Gómez	6–4, 6–4
2021	Jason Kubler	Alejandro Tabilo	7–5, 6–7, 7–5
2020	not held
2019	Jannik Sinner	Alex Bolt	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
2018	Lloyd Harris	Stefano Napolitano	6–4, 6–3
2017	Michael Mmoh	John Millman	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
2016	Ernesto Escobedo	Frances Tiafoe	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
2015	John Millman	Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2014	James Duckworth	James Ward	6–3, 6–4
2013	James Ward	James Duckworth	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2012	Denis Kudla	Érik Chvojka	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
2011	Wayne Odesnik	James Ward	7–5, 6–4
2010	Carsten Ball	Jesse Levine	6–4, 7–6
2009	Harel Levy	Alex Kuznetsov	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2008	Somdev Devvarman	Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–3
2007	John Isner	Brian Wilson	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
2006	Lee Hyung-taik	Amer Delic	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
2005	Dudi Sela	Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2004	Matias Boeker	Jesse Witten	6–2, 4–6, 7–6
2003	Frank Dancevic	Petr Kralert	7–5, 6–4
2002	Scott Draper	Paul Goldstein	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Paul Goldstein	Jack Brasington	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2000	Takao Suzuki	Justin Gimelstob	2–1 retired
1999	Harel Levy	Kevin Kim	6–4, 7–6
1998	Paul Goldstein	Lee Hyung-taik	6–1, 6–4
1997	Wayne Black	Gianluca Pozzi	6–4, 6–1
1996	Steve Bryan	Nicola Bruno	6–2, 6–4
1995	Mark Knowles	Kenny Thorne	6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2024	André Göransson Sem Verbeek	Yuta Shimizu James Trotter	6–4, 6–3
2023	Eliot Spizzirri Tyler Zink	George Goldhoff Vasil Kirkov	4–6, 6–3,
2022	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	Gijs Brouwer Aidan McHugh	3–6, 6–4,
2021	Liam Draxl Stefan Kozlov	Alex Rybakov Reese Stalder	6–2, 6–7,
2020	not held
2019	Diego Hidalgo Martin Redlicki	Roberto Maytín Jackson Withrow	6–2, 6–2
2018	Robert Galloway Roberto Maytín	Joris De Loore Marc Polmans	6–3, 6–1
2017	Alex Bolt Max Purcell	Tom Jomby Eric Quigley	7–5, 6–4
2016	Luke Saville Jordan Thompson	Nicolaas Scholtz Tucker Vorster	6–2, 7–5
2015	Carsten Ball Brydan Klein	Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 7–6
2014	Peter Polansky Adil Shamasdin	James McGee Chase Buchanan	6–4, 6–2
2013	Frank Dancevic Peter Polansky	Bradley Klahn Michael Venus	7–5, 6–3
2012	Austin Krajicek John Peers	Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams	6–1, 7–6
2011	Jordan Kerr David Martin	James Ward Michael Yani	6–3, 6–4
2010	Raven Klaasen Izak van der Merwe	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	5–7, 6–4,
2009	Kevin Anderson Ryler DeHeart	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	6–4, 4–6,
2008	Alessandro da Col Andrea Stoppini	Olivier Charroin Erik Chvojka	6–2, 2–6,
2007	Brendan Evans Ryan Sweeting	Ross Hutchins Phillip Simmonds	6–4, 6–4
2006	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	John Isner Colin Purcell	7–6, 4–6,
2005	Scoville Jenkins Bobby Reynolds	Roger Anderson Rik de Voest	6–4, 6–4
2004	Matias Boeker Amer Delic	Harsh Mankad Jason Marshall	7–5, 6–4
2003	Jonathan Erlich Takao Suzuki	Matias Boeker Travis Parrott	6–4, 6–1
2002	Jack Brasington Glenn Weiner	Brandon Coupe Eric Taino	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
2001	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	Paul Kilderry Jack Waite	7–6, 7–5
2000	Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	Grant Stafford Wesley Whitehouse	7–6, 7–6
1999	Michael Sell Gabriel Trifu	Scott Humphries Kevin Kim	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1998	Ben Ellwood Lleyton Hewitt	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	David DiLucia Bryan Shelton	6–4, 7–5
1996	Geoff Grant Grant Stafford	Chad Clark Tamer El Sawy	7–5, 6–1
1995	Fernon Wibier Chris Woodruff	Jamie Morgan Andrew Painter	7–5, 6–2

References

1. "Three Wildcats to Represent in 2024 Lexington Challenger". UK Athletics. 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
2. "Lexington | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
3. "Joao Fonseca follows in Sinner's footsteps with Lexington Challenger title | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

External links

• Official website

• Lexington Challenger
• ATP Challenger Tour
• ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
• Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States
• Recurring sporting events established in 1995
• Tennis tournaments in Kentucky
• Sports competitions in Lexington, Kentucky