Denmark’s Elmer Moller ended the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour season on a high note on Sunday as he claimed his third title of the season.
The 22-year-old won the Maia Open, where he ousted Slovak Andrej Martin 6-4, 6-1 in the final. Following his title run, Moller is ranked No. 121 in the PIF ATP Rankings, bringing him closer to his Top 100 debut.
“It’s unbelievable. A month and a half ago I wasn’t actually sure if I would still play this year,” Moller said at his post-match press conference. “It was good for me to take a break from playing tournaments, practicing and staying home. I feel like I came here with new energy that I had been missing for a while. I’m glad I did that for myself. In the end, it paid off.”
This was not the first time Moller had triumphed in Portugal this year. He also won the Oeiras Challenger in April. He won his second Challenger title of the season in July in Iasi, Romania. All four of Moller’s career Challenger crowns have come on clay.
Samuel secures consecutive titles
Britain’s Toby Samuel ended his season in dominant fashion. The former University of South Carolina star, who graduated in 2024, has won back-to-back Challenger titles, with his most recent win coming at the Manama Challenger in Bahrain. He raced Ilia Simakin 6-0, 6-2 in a 48-minute final.
Samuel, 23, hasn’t dropped a set all week in Manama and now sits at career-high 267 in the PIF ATP Rankings. The week before, Samuel was crowned champion in Soma Bay, Egypt. He also won an ITF M15 title in Sharm ElSheikh in early November.
Gomez wins the first Challenger title of the season in the final week
Federico Agustin Gomez claimed his first Challenger title of 2025 and fourth overall with his victory at the Challenger Dove Men+Care Temuco in Chile. The Argentinian defeated Lautaro Midon 6-4, 6-1 in the championship match to win his first hard court title.
Federico Agustin Gomez wins the Temuco Challenger. Credit: South American Legion
Mejia triumphs on home soil in Bogota
Colombian Nicolas Mejia triumphed on home soil at the Challenger Seguros del Estado in the capital Bogota. A three-time Challenger champion, Mejia’s victory was his first on Colombian soil. In an all-Colombian final, the 25-year-old defeated compatriot Juan Sebastian Gomez 6-4, 6-4.
Hijikata wins Playford Challenger for the third time
Rinky Hijikata successfully defended his title at the City of Playford Tennis International, where he also triumphed in 2022. All four of Hijikata’s Challenger trophies have landed on Australian soil. The 24-year-old, who played college tennis at the University of North Carolina, defeated compatriot Dane Sweeny 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-4 in the final.
Rinky Hijikata in action at the Playford Challenger. Credit: Mark Willoughby/Aussie Photo Media
Clarke wins Pakistan’s first Challenger tournament
Britain’s Jay Clarke went one step further from last week’s second-place finish in Soma Bay with a title run in Islamabad, Pakistan, which became the 97th country to host a Challenger event. Clarke, 27, defeated Turkey’s Mert Alkaya 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
Geerts wins maiden Challenger crown in Greece
Michael Geerts won the ITC Athens Challenger, which was directed by Apostolos Tsitsipas, the father and coach of ATP Tour star Stefanos Tsitsipas. Geerts defeated the top two seeds, Sandro Kopp and Arthur Fery, respectively, in his last two matches of the week. The 30-year-old outlasted Fery 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a hard-fought final to claim his first Challenger crown. Geerts also won the doubles title in Athens alongside Alberto Barroso Campos.
Geerts takes it all in Athens?
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