The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1996 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 98 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.^[1][2]

Schedule

January

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
22.01.	Germany	Heilbronn Open	$100,000	Carpet (i)	Chris Woodruff	Lorenzo Manta Pavel Vízner
29.01.	Germany	Lippstadt Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Hendrik Dreekmann	T. J. Middleton Chris Woodruff

February

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.02.	Germany	Volkswagen Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Gianluca Pozzi	Dirk Dier Arne Thoms
12.02.	Germany	Hambühren Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jens Knippschild	Jim Pugh Joost Winnink
19.02.	France	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Magnus Gustafsson	Marius Barnard Bill Behrens
	Uruguay	Punta del Este Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins
26.02.	Germany	Warsteiner Challenger	$125,000	Carpet (i)	Kenneth Carlsen	Tomáš Krupa Pavel Vízner
	Ecuador	Salinas Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Óscar Martínez	Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran

March

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.03.	United States	Indian Wells Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Jason Stoltenberg	Brett Hansen-Dent Brian MacPhie
	Sweden	Bromma Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard (i)	Johan Van Herck	Andrew Foster Danny Sapsford
18.03.	Morocco	Agadir Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Christian Ruud	Jared Palmer Christo van Rensburg

April

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.04.	United States	West Bloomfield Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Grant Stafford	Rikard Bergh Shelby Cannon
	Mexico	Puerto Vallarta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Geoff Grant	Francisco Montana Jack Waite
08.04.	Italy	Napoli Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso
	Japan	Nagoya Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki
15.04.	Malta	Malta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Hicham Arazi	Alejandro Hernández Óscar Ortiz
22.04.	United States	Birmingham Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Mariano Zabaleta	Javier Frana Karel Nováček
	Uzbekistan	Fergana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Stéphane Simian	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
	Czech Republic	Prague Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Galo Blanco	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
29.04.	Uzbekistan	Andijan Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Grant Stafford	Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah

May

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
06.05.	Slovenia	Ljubljana Challenger	$125,000	Clay	Hicham Arazi	Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker
	Israel	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Grant Stafford	Neville Godwin Leander Paes
	Slovakia	Bratislava Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	David Škoch	Marcelo Charpentier Gustavo Kuerten
13.05.	Germany	Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Patrik Fredriksson	Ola Kristiansson Mårten Renström
20.05.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger I	$ 075,000	Clay	Hernán Gumy	Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
27.05.	Poland	Szczecin Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Jimy Szymanski	Tom Vanhoudt Fernon Wibier

June

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
03.06.	Germany	Quelle Cup	$100,000	Clay	Hicham Arazi	Joshua Eagle Tom Kempers
	Austria	Annenheim Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Alex Rădulescu	Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt
	Colombia	Medellín Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Pablo Campana Tamer El-Sawy
10.06.	Colombia	Cali Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton
	Croatia	Zagreb Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Sargis Sargsian	Donald Johnson Jack Waite
	Germany	ATU Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Jon Leach Mosé Navarra
17.06.	Slovakia	Košice Challenger	$125,000	Clay	Marcos Górriz	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango
	Colombia	Bogotá Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Roberto Jabali	Brett Hansen-Dent T. J. Middleton
	Germany	Wartburg Open	$ 025,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
24.06.	Germany	Nord/LB Open	$125,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild

July

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
01.07.	Italy	Venice Challenger	$100,000	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Federico Mordegan Vincenzo Santopadre
	Germany	Müller Cup	$ 050,000	Clay	Kris Goossens	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
	France	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Andrei Pavel	Gilles Bastié Claude N'Goran
08.07.	Belgium	Ostend Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Thierry Champion	Lucas Arnold Ker David Škoch
	Great Britain	Bristol Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Petr Pála Andrew Richardson
	Brazil	São Paulo Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Roberto Jabali	Alejandro Hernández Òscar Ortiz
	Germany	Oberstaufen Cup	$ 025,000	Clay	Jens Knippschild	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
15.07.	Great Britain	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Max Mirnyi Lior Mor
	Ecuador	Quito Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Pablo Campana	Pablo Campana Nicolás Lapentti
	Netherlands	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dennis van Scheppingen	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner
	Finland	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Attila Sávolt	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
22.07.	United States	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Albert Chang	Sébastien Leblanc Jocelyn Robichaud
29.07.	Turkey	Istanbul Challenger	$100,000	Hard	Ignacio Truyol	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford
	Italy	Merano Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques
	United States	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Steve Bryan	Geoff Grant Grant Stafford

August

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
05.08.	Spain	Open Castilla y León	$100,000	Hard	Jérôme Golmard	Jordi Burillo Emilio Sánchez
	United States	Binghamton Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Vincenzo Santopadre	Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein
	Brazil	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Jaime Oncins	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah
	Czech Republic	Pilzen Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Jan Kodeš Jr. Petr Luxa
12.08.	Poland	Poznań Challenger	$100,000	Clay	Thierry Champion	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
	United States	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Tamer El-Sawy	David DiLucia Scott Humphries
	Spain	Alicante Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	José Antonio Conde Nuno Marques
19.08.	Austria	Graz Challenger	$125,000	Clay	Juan Albert Viloca	Pablo Albano László Markovits
	Switzerland	Geneva Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Marcelo Charpentier	Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild
26.08.	Germany	Alpirsbach Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Magnus Norman	Karsten Braasch Jens Knippschild
	Uzbekistan	Samarkand Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Juan Antonio Marín	José Frontera Oleg Ogorodov

September

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.09.	Aruba	Aruba Challenger	$125,000	Hard	Vince Spadea	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent Challenger	$125,000	Clay	Félix Mantilla	Marcelo Charpentier Albert Portas
	Czech Republic	Prostějov Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Andrei Cherkasov	Mathias Huning Jack Waite
	Portugal	Azores Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Nuno Marques	Marcus Hilpert Christian Saceanu
	Romania	Brașov Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	George Cosac Dinu Pescariu
09.09.	Hungary	Budapest Challenger II	$ 050,000	Clay	Răzvan Sabău	László Markovits Attila Sávolt
	Italy	Olbia Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Omar Camporese	Nicola Bruno Stéphane Simian
	India	Chennai Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Oleg Ogorodov	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
16.09.	Yugoslavia	Budva Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
	Portugal	Oporto Challenger	$ 075,000	Clay	Richard Fromberg	Emanuel Couto Nuno Marques
	Germany	Bad Saarow Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Magnus Norman	Jens Knippschild Marcos Ondruska
23.09.	United States	Urbana Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	David DiLucia Scott Humphries
	China	Beijing Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Yoon Yong-il	Mahesh Bhupathi Peter Tramacchi
	Spain	Copa Sevilla	$ 025,000	Clay	Francisco Roig	Ola Kristiansson Tom Vanhoudt
	North Macedonia	Skopje Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Lars Jönsson	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
30.09.	Mexico	Monterrey Challenger	$100,000	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell

October

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
07.10.	Spain	Barcelona Challenger	$125,000	Clay	Marcelo Filippini	Not completed
14.10.	Egypt	Cairo Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Fernando Meligeni	Alberto Berasategui Germán Puentes
	Spain	Mallorca Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
	Japan	Tanagura Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Brian MacPhie Roger Smith
21.10.	France	Brest Challenger	$100,000	Hard (i)	Guillaume Raoux	Donald Johnson Mark Keil
	South Korea	Seoul Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il
28.10.	Germany	Lambertz Open by STAWAG	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Alexander Volkov	Robbie Koenig Oleg Ogorodov
	India	Ahmedabad Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Nuno Marques	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes

November

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
04.11.	Germany	Neumünster Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Arne Thoms	Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier
11.11.	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$100,000	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
	Brazil	Campinas Challenger	$ 050,000	Clay	Gustavo Kuerten	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
	Réunion	Réunion Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Patrik Fredriksson	Hendrik Jan Davids Fabrice Santoro
18.11.	United States	Austin Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Sargis Sargsian	Sargis Sargsian Michael Sell
	Mauritius	Mauritius Challenger	$ 025,000	Grass	Leander Paes	Patrick Baur Joost Winnink
	Slovenia	Portorož Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	Nebojša Đorđević Aleksandar Kitinov
	Mexico	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Alejandro Hernández	Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah
25.11.	United States	Amarillo Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard (i)	Sargis Sargsian	Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett

December

Date	Country	Tournament	Prizemoney	Surface	Singles champion	Doubles champions
02.12.	United States	Daytona Beach Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard	Andrei Cherkasov	Justin Gimelstob Jeff Salzenstein
	Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 025,000	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez
09.12.	Australia	Perth Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard	Richard Fromberg	Jamie Holmes Andrew Painter

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