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The JSM Challenger is a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois since 1996. The event is part of the challenger series

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...

and is played on indoor hard courts.

Singles

Year	\|Runner-up	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Steve Bryan	5-7, 6-3, 6-4
1997	Andrew Richardson	Cecil Mamiit Cecil Mamiit Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit is a tennis player from the United States who now represents the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996. He reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on October 11, 1999, when he became World No...	6-7, 7-6, 6-3
1998	Daniel Nestor Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....	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....	3-6, 7-6, 6-3
1999	Frédéric Niemeyer Frederic Niemeyer Frédéric Niemeyer is a retired, veteran minor tour and Canadian Davis Cup tennis player who now is a Tennis Canada coach. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Niemeyer hails from Deauville, Sherbrooke, Quebec...	Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau is a former touring professional tennis player.-As a singles player:The right-handed Lareau achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 76 in April 1995. In January 1999 he reached a career second best ranking of World No. 78. He had a career ATP tour event win-loss...	7-6, 3-6, 7-6
2000	Jeff Salzenstein Jeff Salzenstein Jeff "Salzy" Salzenstein is an American former tour professional left-handed tennis player.Salzenstein's highest ranking was World No. 91 in June 2004...	Antony Dupuis	7-6, 6-4
2001	Ivo Karlović Ivo Karlovic Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...	Robby Ginepri Robby Ginepri Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....	6-4, 7-6
2002	Robby Ginepri Robby Ginepri Robert Louis Ginepri is an American professional tennis player.-Early life:Robby Ginepri is of Luxembourgish ancestry....	Eric Taino Eric Taino Eric Taino is a retired minor tour tennis player who represented the Philippines. He started a professional career in 1997. Before turning pro, he played for the UCLA Bruins along with fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim.Taino achieved his highest ranking of World No...	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2003	Paul Goldstein	Brian Vahaly Brian Vahaly Brian Vahaly is a former American professional tennis player and graduate of the Mcintire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.-Early career:...	6-3, 6-1
2004	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Ramón Delgado Ramon Delgado Ramón Delgado is a tennis player from Paraguay, who turned professional in 1995. At the 1998 French Open, he defeated Pete Sampras in the second round. He has not won a single title during his career so far...	6-4, 6-4
2005	Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke Danai Udomchoke is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He was born in Bangkok, where he still resides.Udomchoke turned professional in 1997, and is coached by Jan Stoce. He is sponsored by Dunlop Sport for his racquets and apparel. His career-best ranking is World No...	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	7-5, 6-2
2006	Amer Delic Amer Delic Amer Delić is a Bosnian tennis player. Representing the United States as a tour player until 2009, he now represents the country of his birth, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is a member of its Davis Cup team....	Zack Fleishman Zack Fleishman Zachary Rodin "Zack" Fleishman is a right-handed professional tennis player from the United States.-Tennis career:Fleishman began playing tennis at the age of 8....	6-3, 6-0
2007	Jesse Levine Jesse Levine Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....	Donald Young	7-6, 7-6
2008	Kevin Anderson Kevin Anderson (tennis) Kevin Anderson is a male South African tennis player.He became the top-ranked South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas...	Kevin Kim Kevin Kim - External links :* *...	6-3, 6-4
2009	Michael Russell Michael Russell (tennis) Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...	Taylor Dent Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...	7-5, 6-4

Doubles

Year	\|Runners-up	David Di Lucia Scott Humphries Scott Humphries Scott Humphries , is a professional tennis player from the United States.Humphries achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 29 in 2000...	Brandon Coupe Brandon Coupe Bramdon Coupe , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. 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... Trey Phillips	6-4, 6-2
1997	Michael Sell Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	Gouichi Motomura Gouichi Motomura is a retired Challenger tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Over a 16-year period, Motomura captured four Challenger titles, all in doubles, and is tied for the most Davis Cup ties played by a Japanese player, with 23. His career high singles ranking is World No. 134 and doubles ranking is... Takao Suzuki Takao Suzuki ----Takao Suzuki is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Japan....	3-6, 7-6, 6-2
1998	Jared Palmer Jared Palmer Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit... Jonathan Stark Jonathan Stark Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...	Doug Flach Doug Flach Doug Flach is a former tennis player from the United States.Flach won two doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 21, 1994, when he reached World No. 108. He defeated Andre Agassi in the first round at Wimbledon in... Mark Merklein Mark Merklein Mark Merklein is a former college and professional tennis player from the Bahamas.Merklein was born in Freeport, Bahamas. He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team in National...	6-4, 7-6
1999	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas Jim Thomas (tennis) Jim Thomas is a professional American tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 288, which he reached on November 2, 1998. His career high in doubles was at 29 set at August 21, 2006....	Bob Bryan Bob Bryan Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998... Mike Bryan Mike Bryan Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...	6-7, 7-6, 7-6
2000	Taylor Dent Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour... Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...	Noam Behr Noam Behr Noam Behr is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.His career-high singles ranking was # 127 , and his career-high doubles ranking was # 109 .-Tennis career:... Michael Russell Michael Russell (tennis) Michael Craig Russell is an American tennis player.Russell is best known for, on two occasions, holding surprise two-set leads in Grand Slam tournaments against former Grand Slam champions before eventually being defeated both times...	W/O
2001	Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist... Jeff Morrison Jeff Morrison Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Morrison is an American professional tennis player.Morrison is perhaps best known for being the last American male left standing in the singles draw at Wimbledon in 2002....	Paul Rosner Gabriel Trifu Gabriel Trifu Gabriel Trifu is a former Romanian tennis player. He won 1 ATP doubles title, in Bucharest in 1998, with fellow Romanian Andrei Pavel.-References:...	6-3, 5-7, 6-4
2002	Gabriel Trifu Gabriel Trifu Gabriel Trifu is a former Romanian tennis player. He won 1 ATP doubles title, in Bucharest in 1998, with fellow Romanian Andrei Pavel.-References:... Glenn Weiner	Eric Taino Eric Taino Eric Taino is a retired minor tour tennis player who represented the Philippines. He started a professional career in 1997. Before turning pro, he played for the UCLA Bruins along with fellow pros Justin Gimelstob and Kevin Kim.Taino achieved his highest ranking of World No... Martin Verkerk Martin Verkerk Martin Willem Verkerk is a retired Dutch tennis player. As a relatively unknown player, he had a brilliant run at the French Open in 2003, reaching the final before losing to Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero...	6-3, 6-2
2003	Travis Parrott Travis Parrott Travis Parrott is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist... Bruno Soares Bruno Soares Bruno Soares is a professional tennis player from Brazil.Soares's highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour is World No. 221, which he reached in March 2004. Primarily a doubles specialist, his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 14, reached on May 4, 2009...	Brian Baker Brian Baker (tennis) Brian Baker is a professionally ranked tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee.Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event main draw.Baker originally... Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
2004	Brian Baker Brian Baker (tennis) Brian Baker is a professionally ranked tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee.Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event main draw.Baker originally... Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California.... Graydon Oliver Graydon Oliver Graydon Oliver is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career....	7-6, 7-6
2005	Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking... Tripp Phillips Tripp Phillips Owen Thomas Phillips III is an American professional tennis player. Phillips mainly plays doubles.-Early life:...	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California.... Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	6-3, 5-7, 6-0
2006	Rik de Voest Rik de Voest Rik de Voest is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006.... Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	André Sá André Sá André Rezende Sá is a professional Brazilian tennis player. He is number 29 for doubles, and 467 for singles.-Personal:... Brian Wilson	6-3, 4-6, (10-7)
2007	Harel Levy Harel Levy Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007.... Sam Warburg Sam Warburg Sam Warburg is a retired American male tennis player.- College career :Warburg was a 4-time All -American for Stanford University, and won the NCAA Doubles Championship in 2004. He also won the 2004 & 2005 PAC-10 Singles titles...	Brendan Evans Brendan Evans Brendan Evans is an American professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Evans reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 in 2004, when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles titles alongside Scott Oudesma. Evans competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP... Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky Scott Lipsky is a professional tennis player from the United States. He is primarily a doubles specialist....	6-4, 6-0
2008	Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011... Bobby Reynolds Bobby Reynolds ----Robert "Bobby" Thomas Reynolds in Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is an American professional tennis player who resides in Acworth, Georgia.-Professional career:...	Olivier Charroin Olivier Charroin Olivier Charroin is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 523 on 23 June 2008, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 98, on 24 October 2011.-Doubles... Nicolas Tourte	3-6, 6-3, (10-6)
2009	Brian Battistone Brian Battistone Brian Battistone is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada... Dann Battistone	Treat Conrad Huey Treat Conrad Huey Treat Conrad Huey is an American tennis player of Filipino descent who represents the Philippines internationally. He specialises in doubles.... Harsh Mankad Harsh Mankad ----Harsh Mankad is a professional tennis player from India. He is the grandson of cricketer Vinoo Mankad, and the son of cricketer Ashok Mankad, and tennis player Nirupama Vasant....	7-5, 7-6(5)

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