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$25K+H ATP Challenger (hard), Apr 12-17, 1999, New Delhi, India
Singles main draw Doubles main draw Qualifying rounds
(Final Update on Apr 17 .. LP wins it .. Behr/Ran in doubles!)
Main Draw Singles: Singles Round 1 (Apr 12 ranks shown - seeding based on Apr 5 ranks) 1-Leander Paes (IND,108) d. Joseph Siriyanni (AUS,342) 6-3 6-2 Ota Fukarek (CZE,245) d. Noam Behr (ISR,223) 7-6(2) 3-6 4-3 (retd.) Georgio Galimberti (ITA,322) d. WC-Nitin Kirtane (IND,1003) 6-2 7-6(2) Jeff Coetzee (RSA,247) d. 8-Lorenzo Manta (SUI,204) 5-7 7-6(6) 7-6(5) Gregory Carraz (FRA,207) d. 4-Neville Godwin (RSA,172) 7-6(4) 6-1 Matthew Breen (AUS,331) d. Barry Cowan (GBR,273) 6-1 6-4 Gilles Elseneer (BEL,354) d. WC-Mustafa Ghouse (IND,1066) 6-4 7-5 6-Oleg Ogorodov (UZB,176) d. Andres Zingman (ARG,239) 6-3 1-6 6-2 Q-Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE,431) d. 5-Andre Sa (ARG,168) 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 Eyal Ran (ISR,215) d. Q-Marcus Hilpert (GER,704) 6-4 6-4 Jonathan Stark (USA,330) d. Lior Mor (ISR,208) 6-3 2-6 7-5 3-Gaston Etlis (ARG,142) d. Damien Roberts (RSA,302) 7-5 6-2 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND,318) d. Q7-Tuomas Ketola (FIN,186) 6-4 6-3 Q-Andy Fahlke (GER,326) d. WC-Fazaluddin Syed (IND,572) 6-3 6-4 Wesley Whitehouse (RSA,304) d. WC-Srinath Prahlad (IND,400) 6-2 7-5 2-Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR,137) d. Michel Kratochvil(SUI,338) 6-4 6-4 Singles R2 1-Leander Paes (IND) d. Ota Fukarek (CZE) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 Jeff Coetzee (RSA) d. Georgio Galimberti (ITA) 6-3 6-3 Gregory Carraz (FRA) d. Matthew Breen (AUS) walkover (sick) 6-Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) d. Gilles Elseneer (BEL) 7-6(2) 6-4 Q-Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. Eyal Ran (ISR) 6-0 1-6 6-3 3-Gaston Eltis (ARG) d. Jonathan Stark (USA) 0-6 6-3 6-2 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d. Q-Andy Fahlke (GER) walkover (sick) 2-Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR) d. Wesley Whitehouse (RSA) 6-4 6-3 Singles QF 1-Leander Paes (IND) d. Jeff Coetzee (RSA) 6-4 4-6 6-2 Gregory Carraz (FRA) d. 6-Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) 3-6 6-1 6-4 3-Gaston Eltis (ARG) d. Q-Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) 3-6 6-2 6-2 Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d. 2-Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR) 6-3 6-3 Singles SF 1-Leander Paes (IND) d. Gregory Carraz (FRA) 6-3 3-6 7-6(9) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) d. 3-Gaston Eltis (ARG) 3-6 6-0 7-5 Singles Final 1-Leander Paes (IND) d. Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) 7-5 6-4
Doubles (No qualifying rounds - lack of entries - so, 3 WCs)
First Round G.Carraz/ G.Etlis d. 1-N.Godwin/ A.Sa 6-3 6-4 B.Cowan/ W.Whitehouse d. WC-M.Ghouse/ V.Uppal 6-4 6-3 L.Mor/ A.Zingman d. O.Camporese/ G.Galimberti 6-1 7-5 L.Manta/ V.Voltchkov d. 3-J.Coetzee/ D.Roberts 4-6 7-5 6-1 O.Fukarek/ M.Hilpert d. N.Kirtane/ S.Kirtane 6-0 3-6 6-3 4-T.Ketola/ P.Pala d. A.Fahlke/ O.Ogorodov walkover M.Breen/ J.Sirianni d. WC-A.Berthe/ R.Vohra 6-3 6-1 2-N.Behr/ E.Ran d. WC-S.Prahlad/ F.Syed 6-3 6-4 Doubles QF B.Cowan/ W.Whitehouse d. G.Carraz/ G.Etlis 6-4 7-6(5) L.Manta/ V.Voltchkov d. L.Mor/ A.Zingman 7-5 6-2 4-T.Ketola/ P.Pala d. O.Fukarek/ M.Hilpert 6-4 6-3 2-N.Behr/ E.Ran d. M.Breen/ J.Sirianni walkover Doubles SF B.Cowan/ W.Whitehouse d. L.Manta/ V.Voltchkov 7-6(10) 6-3 2-N.Behr/ E.Ran d. 4-T.Ketola/ P.Pala 7-5 6-4 Doubles Final 2-N.Behr/ E.Ran d. B.Cowan/ W.Whitehouse 6-3 4-6 6-4
Qualifying Rounds
Final Round (Sunday) 6-Marcus Hilpert (GER) d. 4-Omar Camporese (ITA) 6-1 1-1 (retd. heat exhaustion) 3-Andreas Vinciguerra (SWE) d. 5-Petr Pala (CZE) 5-2 (retd. heat exhaustion) 2-Andy Fahlke (GER) d. 7-Sandeep Kirtane (IND) 6-1 6-1 1-Tuomas Ketola (FIN) d. Arjun Sharma (IND) 6-1 6-0 R2 (Saturday - the top-3 seeds had byes) 6-Marcus Hilpert (GER) d. Rajesh Vohra (IND) 6-3, 6-4 4-Omar Camporese (ITA) d. Abou Berthe (SNG) 6-4, 6-2 7-Sandeep Kirtane (IND) d. Vishal Uppal (IND) 6-4, 6-1 Arjun Sharma (IND) d. 8-Arnaud L'Official (FRA) walkover 5-Petr Pala (CZE) d. V.Kapoor (IND) walkover R1 (Saturday - cancelled :-)) Basically nothing much it seems - A total of only 13 players showed up, (just 5 Indians) - so it was all basically byes and walkovers. Indian players should be ashamed of themselves for staying away. What are you all, scared to play ???
Doubles - No qualifiers - not enough entries - spot became a wildcard!
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