Between the title of Romanian Burruchaga in Piracicaba -Brazil- in January and the one that allowed Federico Gomez close the year with a trophy days ago in Temuco -Chile-he Challenger Tour It meant a harvest of success for Argentine tennis during 2025.
The second circuit in category behind the ATP tournament calendar has been competing internationally for 48 years, taking place on five continents and in more than 40 countries.
For this season, the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP) allocated an increase of 6.2 million dollars compared to what was distributed in 2024, which raised the global Challenger circuit prize to 28.5 million dollarswith the purpose that more tennis players can sustain their careers more easily.
Under that premise, the mother entity of world tennis divided the tour into five different categories of tournaments, ranging from the so-called Challenger 50 al 175according to the points awarded for the champion.
On this tour there are many Argentines who strive to improve their ranking or raise enough money to cover their annual budget. That is why, to facilitate the activity of Argentine tennis players and the development of the sport in the country, among the Argentine Tennis Association (AAT) and different sponsors generated a lot of competition in the country. In addition to the large number of ITF tournamentsanother 7 Challengers tournaments of different categories were organized, a record number at the local level.
In the global annual balance, Argentina was in third place in the number of singles titles won in 2025 and second in the global total of singles and doubles, only behind USAwhich totaled 62 trophies.
There were nine Argentine tennis players who shared the 16 singles titles, while 7 won the other 16 tournaments in doubles competitions. The total -32 championships- placed the albicelestes ahead of France y Great Britain.
Regarding individual activity, with his three conquests, Burruchaga was among the 7 players with the most titles in the category. Additionally, with 41 wins, he finished in second place in the item with the most wins.
Camilo Ugo Carabelli He played only three Challengers in the season. Reached the quarterfinals in Piracicaba already semi-finals in Turinbut the most important for him was in February, in Rosario, where he won the title and added 125 points that allowed him to return to the Top 100. That trophy was the impetus for Carabelli to dedicate himself to playing only the ATP circuit until he became the third Argentine racket: he closed the year in 49th place in the ranking, behind Francisco Cerúndolo (21) and Sebastián Báez (45).
Among those who won the most doubles titles this season, Mariano Kestelboim He shares third place globally, with 6 of the 16 albiceleste wins in the specialty.
Outside of the Argentines, among the most notable players are the American Emilio Navawho lifted 4 trophies that year, and the Canadian Liam Draxiwho was the tennis player who played the most finals (7) in the year. Among the South Americans, the Chilean Cristian Garin He was the one who achieved the most championships (4), a privilege shared with six other tennis players of other nationalities.
It was 48 weeks from the first strike of 2025 in the Canberra Tennis Internationalwon by the Brazilian Joao Fonseca. A total of 6,654 matches were played divided into 217 tournaments, with prizes ranging between 60,000 and 250,000 dollars. The average is 4 and a half tournaments per week and just over 19 matches per day.
Up to two top doubles players like Horacio Zeballos and Guido Andreozzi They came to compete at some point during the year on this circuit that, in its last week of competition, had an Argentine who once again claimed champion. In Temucoon cement, Federico Gomez He achieved the 16th Challenger title of the year for the country, the first of the season personally, the fourth of his career and No. 443 in the history of Argentine tennis.
Players like Camilo ugo Carabelli, Francisco comeaña, Mariano Navone, Juan Manuel Cerrando and the tyrante They used them in the last months of the Challenger Tour to get into the World Top 100. And there are others like Gómez himself, Alex Barrera or Lautaro Midón They will try to make it the way to rub shoulders with the elite.
4 titles: Emilio Nava (EEUU), Patrick Kypson (EEUU), Jan Choinski (GBR), Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (NOR), Cristian Garín (CHI) and Borna Coric (CRO).
44 wins: Emilio Nava (USA) and Liam Draxl (CAN).
41 wins: Román Burruchaga (ARG) and Tomás Barrios Vera (CHI).
40 wins: Marco Trungelliti (ARG), Francesco Maestrelli (ITA) and Eliot Spizzirri (EEUU)
Romanian Burruchaga: 3-0
Marco Trungelliti: 3 -0
Alex Barrena: 2-0
Mariano Navone: 2-0
Thiago Tirante: 2-0
Federico Gomez: 1-3
Santiago Rodríguez Taverna: 1-2
Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 1-0
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo: 1-0
Mariano Kestelboin: 0-6
Gonzalo Villanueva: 0-5
Facundo Mena: 0-2
Guillermo Durán: 0-2
Guido Andreozzi: 0-1
Horacio Zeballos: 0-1
In the EU: 23-39
Argentina: 16-16
France: 19-12
Great Britain: 15-12
