Challenger
Moller finishes Challenger season with Maia triumph
Former College of South Carolina standout Samuel wins back-to-back titles
December 01, 2025
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Elmer Moller is topped champion on the Maia Open.
By ATP Workers
Denmark’s Elmer Moller capped the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour season on a excessive word Sunday when he claimed his third title of the season.
The 22-year-old received the Maia Open, the place he ousted Slovakian Andrej Martin 6-4, 6-1 within the remaining. Following his title run, Moller is as much as No. 121 within the PIF ATP Rankings, drawing him nearer to his Prime 100 debut.
“It’s unbelievable. I used to be really undecided a month and a half in the past if I used to be going to play anymore this 12 months,” Moller mentioned in his post-match press convention. “It was good for me to take a break from taking part in tournaments, practising and staying at house. I really feel like I got here right here with new vitality that had been lacking for some time. I’m comfortable I did that for myself. It paid off in the long run.”
This was not the primary time Moller triumphed in Portugal this 12 months. He additionally received the Oeiras Challenger in April. His second Challenger title of the season got here in July in Iasi, Romania. All 4 of Moller’s profession Challenger crowns have come on clay.
Samuel secures back-to-back titles
Briton Toby Samuel completed his season in dominant style. The previous College of South Carolina star, who graduated in 2024, received back-to-back Challenger titles, together with his most up-to-date victory coming on the Manama Challenger in Bahrain. He raced previous Ilia Simakin 6-0, 6-2 in a 48-minute remaining.
Samuel, 23, didn’t drop a set all week in Manama and is now at a career-high No. 267 within the PIF ATP Rankings. The week earlier than, Samuel was topped champion in Soma Bay, Egypt. He additionally received an ITF M15 title in Sharm ElSheikh in early November.
Gomez wins first Challenger title of season in remaining week
Federico Agustin Gomez secured his first Challenger title of 2025 and fourth general together with his triumph on the Challenger Dove Males+Care Temuco in Chile. The Argentine defeated Lautaro Midon 6-4, 6-1 within the championship match to win his first hard-court title.
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Federico Agustin Gomez wins the Temuco Challenger. Credit score: Legión Sudamericana
Mejia triumphs on house soil in Bogota
Colombia’s Nicolas Mejia triumphed on house soil on the Challenger Seguros del Estado within the capital metropolis Bogota. A 3-time Challenger champion, Mejia’s victory marked his first on Colombian soil. In an all-Colombian remaining, the 25-year-old downed countryman Juan Sebastian Gomez 6-4, 6-4.
Hijikata wins Playford Challenger for third time
Rinky Hijikata efficiently defended his title on the City of Playford Tennis International, the place he additionally triumphed in 2022. All 4 of Hijikata’s Challenger trophies have come on Australian soil. The 24-year-old, who performed faculty tennis on the College of North Carolina, overcame fellow Aussie Dane Sweeny 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-4 within the remaining.
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Rinky Hijikata in motion on the Playford Challenger. Credit score: Mark Willoughby/Aussie Photograph Media
Clarke wins Pakistan’s first Challenger match
Briton Jay Clarke went one step additional than final week’s runner-up end in Soma Bay with a title run in Islamabad, Pakistan, which grew to become the 97th nation to host a Challenger occasion. Clarke, 27, beat Turkey’s Mert Alkaya 6-3, 6-1 within the remaining.
Geerts wins maiden Challenger crown in Greece
Michael Geerts received the I.T.C. Athens Challenger, which was directed by Apostolos Tsitsipas, the daddy and coach of ATP Tour star Stefanos Tsitsipas. Geerts defeated the highest two seeds, Sandro Kopp and Arthur Fery, respectively, in his remaining two matches of the week. The 30-year-old outlasted Fery 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a hard-fought remaining to assert his maiden Challenger crown. Geerts additionally received the Athens doubles title alongside Alberto Barroso Campos.
Geerts takes all of it in Athens 😎
The Belgian follows up yesterday’s doubles triumph with a hard-fought three-set victory over Fery to finish the complete title sweep! #ATPChallenger pic.twitter.com/iChZ7IUoiT
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