Palm Beach Gardens Challenger

Palm Beach Gardens Challenger
ITF Women's Tour
Event name Palm Beach Gardens Challenger
Location United States Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
Venue Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center
Category ITF $50,000 tournaments (2003–2005)
ITF $25,000 tournaments (2006–2008)
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Draw 32S/32Q/16D
Prize money US$50,000 (2003–2005)
US$25,000 (2006–2008)
Bethanie Mattek lifted the singles trophy in 2005
Hsieh Su-wei lifted the doubles trophy in 2005

The Palm Beach Gardens Challenger was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event was classified as an ITF $50,000 Tournament from 2003 to 2005 and ITF $25,000 Tournament from 2006 to 2008. It was held annually in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States, from 2003 through to 2008. It was part of the ITF Women's Circuit from 2003-2008; a tier below the WTA Tour.

History

The tournament made was downgraded in 2006 due to sponsorship reasons, and was shut down in 2008.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2008 Argentina Soledad Esperón Bulgaria Sessil Karatantcheva 6–4, 6–1
2007 Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 7–5, 6–4
2006 Argentina Jorgelina Cravero Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 6–4, 6–4
   ITF 25K event   
2005 United States Bethanie Mattek Hungary Melinda Czink 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
2004 Bulgaria Sessil Karatantcheva India Sania Mirza 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2003 United States Lindsay Lee-Waters Spain Marta Marrero 6–3, 6–3
   ITF 50K event   

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2008 Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Russia Ekaterina Afinogenova
United States Lauren Albanese
3–6, 6–3, 10–5
2007 Australia Monique Adamczak
United States Aleke Tsoubanos
Uruguay Estefania Craciún
Argentina Betina Jozami
7–5, 2–6, 6–3
2006 United States Angela Haynes
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Ansley Cargill
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–3, 6–3
   ITF 25K event   
2005 Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Kateřina Böhmová
7–6(7–2), 7–5
2004 Latvia Līga Dekmeijere
Japan Nana Miyagi
United States Kelly McCain
United States Kaysie Smashey
6–3, 6–2
2003 Hungary Melinda Czink
Argentina Erica Krauth
Russia Alina Jidkova
Russia Tatiana Panova
6–1, 6–2
   ITF 50K event   

References

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