The ATP Challenger Tour, more commonly known as the Challenger Series before it changed its name last year, is consider the second tier of professional tennis in the world. It is organized and run by the Association of Tennis Professionals and the entire season consists of over 20 top tournaments all year round. This also includes over 100 normal tournaments that are played throughout the year. While it doesn’t get as much publicity as the ATP tour, it does give tennis fans a chance to see some of the best up and coming players compete for prize money that hovers around the $100,000 mark.

The tour allows up and coming players to compete for tour points that allows them to gain entry into the top ATP level the following year. One of the top stops on the tour in the Black Forest Open which has been played in Freudenstadt, Germany since way back in 1999. This event itself is played on clay courts that are outside and is one of the biggest events of the whole tour.

Recent winners of the Black Forest Open include Ivo Minar in 2007 and then Simon Greul from Germany in 2008. The 2008 final was an electrifying one as Greul took charge in a game against Matthias Bachinger where the two Germans battled it out in front of the home crowd.

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