Most ATP Challenger titles won by Indians in singles event

The first Challenger events were held in 1978, with 18 events taking place. Since then the Challenger circuit has seen lot of changes and with the new program to be implemented from next year we will see more significant upgrades.

Indian Tennis has taste a lot of success at the Challenger circuit specially in the doubles event, but we are not so behind with singles champions too. Below we look into the Indian singles players who have stride high on the Challenger tour :

Leander Paes : 11 Titles

  1. Guangzhou Challenger – 1992
  2. Bombay Challenger – 1994
  3. Binghamton Challenger – 1994
  4. Brasilia Challenger – 1995
  5. Mauritius Challenger – 1996
  6. Bangkok Challenger – 1998
  7. Calcutta Challenger – 1999
  8. New Delhi Challenger -1999
  9. Jaipur Challenger – 1999
  10. Lucknow 2 Challenger – 1999
  11. Bombay Challenger – 2000

Yuki Bhambri : 7 Titles

  1. Fergana Challenger – 2012
  2. Traralgon Challenger – 2013
  3. Chennai Challenger – 2014
  4. Shanghai Challenger – 2015
  5. Pune Challenger – 2015
  6. Pune Challenger -2017
  7. Taipei Challenger – 2018

Somdev Devvarman : 5 Titles

  1. Lexington Challenger – 2008
  2. Izmir Challenger – 2010
  3. New Delhi Challenger – 2014
  4. New Delhi Challenger – 2015
  5. Winnetka Challenger – 2015

Sumit Nagal : 3 Titles

  1. Bangalore Challenger – 2017
  2. Buenos Aires Challenger – 2019
  3. Rome Challenger – 2023

Prajnesh Gunneswaran : 2 Titles

  1. Anning Challenger – 2018
  2. Bangalore Challenger – 2018

Saketh Myneni : 2 Titles

  1. Indore Challenger – 2014
  2. Hi Chi Minh City Challenger – 2015

Ramesh Krishnan : 2 Titles

  1. Nagoya Challenger – 1989
  2. Nagoya Challenger – 1990

Mahesh Bhupathi : 1 Title

  1. Jakarta Challenger – 1994

Ramkumar Ramanathan : 1 Title

  1. Manama Challenger – 2021

Harsh Mankad : 1 Title

  1. Manchester Challenger – 2006

Rohan Bopanna : 1 Title

  1. Dublin Challenger – 2007

P.S : The stats are taken from the ITF website

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