Busan Open Explained

The Busan Open (formerly known as Busan Open Challenger Tennis) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour 125 and it is the longest-running Challenger event in Asia, established in 2003. It has been held annually in Busan, South Korea, in the spring.^[1] In 2022 it was played in October.^[2]

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
	Térence Atmane		6–3, 6–4
	Yasutaka Uchiyama		7–6(7–4), 6–3
	Aleksandar Vukic		6–4, 1–0 ret.
	Kamil Majchrzak		6–4, 3–6, 6–2
2021– 2020	Not held
	Ričardas Berankis		7–6(7–5), 6–2
	Matthew Ebden		7–6(7–4), 6–1
	Vasek Pospisil		6–1, 6–2
	Konstantin Kravchuk		6–4, 6–4
	Chung Hyeon		6–3, 6–1
	Go Soeda	Jimmy Wang	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
	Dudi Sela		6–1, 6–4
	Tatsuma Ito		6–4, 6–3
	Dudi Sela		6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
	Lim Yong-kyu		6–1, 6–4
	Danai Udomchoke		6–2, 6–2
2008	Go Soeda		6–0, 0–0 retired
2007	Wang Yeu-tzuoo		6–3, 6–2
2006	Lee Hyung-taik		6–3, 6–2
2005	Danai Udomchoke		7–6(8–6), 6–1
2004	Alexander Peya		6–3, 5–7, 6–3
2003	Kim Young-jun		6–4, 4–1 retired

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
	Rio Noguchi Yuta Shimizu		7–6(9–7), 6–4
	Ray Ho Nam Ji-sung		6–2, 6–4
	Evan King Reese Stalder		walkover
	Marc Polmans Max Purcell		6–7(5–7), 6–2, [12–10]
2021– 2020	Not held
	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat		7–6(9–7), 6–1
	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat		6–4, 6–3
	Hsieh Cheng-peng Peng Hsien-yin		7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
	Sam Groth Leander Paes		4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Jamie Delgado John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 6–4
	Peng Hsien-yin Yang Tsung-hua		6–4, 6–3
	Yuki Bhambri Divij Sharan		1–6, 6–1, [10–5]
	Im Kyu-tae Danai Udomchoke		6–4, 6–4
	Rameez Junaid Alexander Peya		6–4, 7–5
	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana		6–4, 6–2
2008	Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot		6–3, 6–3
2007	Sergei Bubka John Paul Fruttero		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
2006	Scott Lipsky Todd Widom		6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–7]
2005	Paul Goldstein Rajeev Ram		walkover
2004	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana		6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2003	Toshihide Matsui Michihisa Onoda		6–1, 6–3

External links

• Busan Overview ATP Tour Tennis
• Official website
• Korea Tennis Association official website
• South Korean Tennis Federation official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The crowd-funded Busan Challenger turns 20!. 11 April 2024.
2. Web site: Busan Open International Men's Challenger Tennis Tournament Gets Underway Today. 16 October 2022.