Challenger
Nava nets fourth Challenger title of yr, tying season lead
Reigning NCAA champ Zheng saves two championship factors to win second Challenger crown
September 22, 2025
AATenis
Emilio Nava is topped champion on the Villa Maria Challenger in Argentina.
By ATP Employees
Emilio Nava constructed on his career-best yr Sunday on the ATP Challenger Tour occasion in Villa Maria, Argentina, the place the American captured his fourth title of 2025. Nava and Borna Coric at the moment are tied atop the Challenger season leaderboard with 4 titles every.
Returning to motion for the primary time because the US Open, Nava dropped only one set en path to the title and ousted house hope Alex Barrena 6-3, 6-3 within the remaining.
Dream week full 💫
Prime seed Emilio Nava overcomes Barrena 6-3, 6-3 to say his fourth Challenger title of the season!#ATPChallenger pic.twitter.com/BlbdN6RIlo
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) September 21, 2025
“I had a reasonably good week,” stated the bilingual Nava in Spanish. “My group and I did an excellent job. I like [the Argentine crowd] as a result of it provides a bit of extra stress [when facing an Argentine] and it makes every little thing a bit of extra enjoyable when the gang is at 100 per cent. I cherished it.”
Nava, who’s coached by Argentine Diego Cristin, has earned all six of his Challenger trophies on clay. Earlier this season, he went on a 19-match successful streak on the floor, a run throughout which he received three titles (Asuncion, Concepcion and Sarasota) and completed runner-up in Tallahassee.
The 23-year-old made his Prime 100 debut final Monday and is at present No. 90 within the PIF ATP Reside Rankings.
Reigning NCAA singles champ Zheng saves two championship pointsIn different Challenger motion, reigning NCAA singles champion Michael Zheng saved two championship factors to seize his second title of the season. The Columbia College star rallied previous Martin Damm 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in an all-American remaining on the indoor Columbus Challenger in Ohio.
Damm, who was aiming for his first Challenger trophy, held championship factors on return at 5-4, 15/40 within the decider. But Zheng prevailed, backing up his Chicago Challenger triumph from final month to increase his successful streak at that stage to 10. Zheng, 21, is up 85 locations to No. 227 within the PIF ATP Reside Rankings.
Make that title quantity ✌️
Michael Zheng battles previous Damm 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to turn into the champion in Columbus!#ATPChallenger | @usta pic.twitter.com/TAlWnaTPt2
— ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) September 21, 2025
Choinski claims title after saving 4 consecutive match factors in R2Briton Jan Choinski went from nearly out of the match to successful the LAYJET – Open introduced by Kronen Zeitung in Unhealthy Waltersdorf, Austria. Down 4 consecutive match factors within the second spherical to Marko Topo, the 29-year-old escaped 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(6) and constructed upon his momentum to carry his third Challenger trophy of the yr and sixth total. Choinski beat Vit Kopriva 7-5, 6-4 within the remaining.
Tuniasian Echargui wins third trophy in as many monthsTunisia’s Moez Echargui received his third Challenger title in as many months on the Saint-Tropez Open. Echargui defeated Frenchman Dan Added 6-3, 6-4 within the remaining. In July, the 32-year-old grew to become the second-oldest (Joseph Sirianni) first-time Challenger champion together with his triumph in Porto.
Moez Echargui wins the Saint-Tropez Open.” model=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/09/22/14/29/echargui-sainttropezch-2025.jpg”>Moez Echargui wins the Saint-Tropez Open. Credit score: Saint-Tropez Open
Former No. 3 Stan Wawrinka made the Saint-Tropez semi-finals, but withdrew earlier than Saturday’s match towards Added because of a left hamstring harm. Wawrinka, 40, reached a Challenger remaining the earlier week in Rennes, France.
Agamenone lifts first title in additional than two yearsItalian Franco Agamenone returned to the winner’s circle for the primary time since July 2023. The 32-year-old claimed the Intaro Open 2 in Targu Mures, Romania, the place he downed prime seed Jay Clarke 6-3, 6-4 within the remaining. Agamenone is a five-time Challenger champion.
Franco Agamenone celebrates successful the Targu Mures Challenger.” model=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/09/22/14/25/agamenone-targumuresch-2025.jpg”>Franco Agamenone celebrates successful the Targu Mures Challenger. Credit score: Intaro Open 2
