Samarkand Challenger
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
August 15-21, 2005
Clay - $25,000+H

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Nicolas Revanand - 444)
1. Boris Pashanski
2. Vasilis Mazarakis
3. Denis Istomin
4. Andreas Beck
5. Ivan Cerovic
6. Peng Sun
7. Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
8. Francesco Piccari

First Round
(1)Boris Pashanski (SCG) d. Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 6-4 6-4
Andrei Stoliarov (RUS) d. Aisam Qureshi (PAK) 6-4 6-4
Kyu-Tae Im (KOR) d. (q)Denis Matsukevitch (RUS) 6-4 6-3
(q)Ivan Sergeev (UKR) d. (6)Peng Sun (CHN) 6-4 6-4
(4)Andreas Beck (GER) d. (WC)Karan Rastogi (IND) 6-4 6-0
Marco Pedrini (ITA) d. Petar Popovic (SCG) 6-2 6-3
(q)Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) d. Massimo Ocera (ITA) 6-3 1-0 ret.
(5)Ivan Cerovic (CRO) d. Frederico Gil (POR) 6-4 7-6(5)
Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (RUS) d. (8)Francesco Piccari (ITA) 6-3 3-6 7-5
Adrian Cruciat (ROM) d. Kamil Capkovic (SVK) 6-4 6-4
(WC)Vaja Uzakov (UZB) d. Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)
(3)Denis Istomin (UZB) d. (q)Orest Tereshchuk (UKR) 6-3 6-4
(7)Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) d. Rohan Bopanna (IND) 7-6(3) 6-3
Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. Xavier Audouy (FRA) 6-3 7-6(4)
Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) d. (WC)Akmal Sharipov (UZB) 3-6 7-6(1) 6-3
(2)Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) d. (WC)Murad Inoyatov (UZB) 6-3 6-4

Second Round
(1)Boris Pashanski (SCG) d. Andrei Stoliarov (RUS) 7-5 6-1
Kyu-Tae Im (KOR) d. (q)Ivan Sergeev (UKR) 7-5 7-5
(4)Andreas Beck (GER) d. Marco Pedrini (ITA) 6-1 1-0 ret.
(5)Ivan Cerovic (CRO) d. (q)Mikhail Ledovskikh (RUS) 7-5 7-6(6)
Adrian Cruciat (ROM) d. Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (RUS) 6-3 6-4
(3)Denis Istomin (UZB) d. (WC)Vaja Uzakov (UZB) 6-3 7-6(5)
Lovro Zovko (CRO) d. (7)Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) 4-6 6-3 6-3
(2)Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) d. Evgueni Smirnov (RUS) 6-2 6-2

Quarterfinals
(1)Boris Pashanski (SCG) d. Kyu-Tae Im (KOR) 4-6 6-3 6-1
(4)Andreas Beck (GER) d. (5)Ivan Cerovic (CRO) 7-6(7) 6-4
(3)Denis Istomin (UZB) d. Adrian Cruciat (ROM) 6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)
(2)Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) d. Lovro Zovko (CRO) 6-4 6-2

Semifinals
(1)Boris Pashanski (SCG) d. (4)Andreas Beck (GER) 7-6(3) 6-3
(2)Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) d. (3)Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3 1-6 6-4

Finals
(1)Boris Pashanski (SCG) d. (2)Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) 6-3 6-2


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Cerovic/Popovic - 748)
1. Aisam Qureshi/Lovro Zovko
2. Alexey Kedriouk/Orest Tereshchuk
3. Adrian Cruciat/Denis Matsukevitch
4. Xavier Audouy/Nicolas Renavand

First Round
(1)Aisam Qureshi/Lovro Zovko (PAK/CRO) d. (WC)Pavel Ivanov/Vaja Uzakov (RUS/UZB) 6-2 6-0
Rohan Bopanna/Evgueni Smirnov (IND/RUS) d. Niko Karagiannis/Vasilis Mazarakis (GRE) 1-6 7-6(3) 6-3
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo/Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. (4)Xavier Audouy/Nicolas Renavand (FRA) 6-4 7-5
Ivan Cerovic/Petar Popovic (CRO/SCG) d. (WC)Gafur Ishmatov/Mikhail Ledovskikh (UZB/RUS) 7-5 7-6(5)
Murad Inoyatov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. (WC)Sarvar Ikramov/Akmal Sharipov (UZB) 6-4 6-2
(LL)Goncalo Nicau/Karan Rastogi (POR/IND) d. (3)Adrian Cruciat/Denis Matsukevitch (ROM/RUS) 4-6 7-6(6) 6-2  [Nicau/Rastogi replace (q)Massimo Ocera/Marco Pedrini]
Kyu-Tae Im/Peng Sun (KOR/CHN) d. Andreas Beck/Kamil Capkovic (GER/SVK) 6-3 6-3
(2)Alexey Kedriouk/Orest Tereshchuk (KAZ/UKR) d. Frederico Gil/Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky (POR/RUS) 7-6(6) 6-2

Quarterfinals
(1)Aisam Qureshi/Lovro Zovko (PAK/CRO) d. Rohan Bopanna/Evgueni Smirnov (IND/RUS) 7-5 7-6(2)
Ivan Cerovic/Petar Popovic (CRO/SCG) d. Giancarlo Petrazzuolo/Francesco Piccari (ITA) 6-3 6-4
Murad Inoyatov/Denis Istomin (UZB) d. (LL)Goncalo Nicau/Karan Rastogi (POR/IND) 6-2 6-4
(2)Alexey Kedriouk/Orest Tereshchuk (KAZ/UKR) d. Kyu-Tae Im/Peng Sun (KOR/CHN) 6-1 6-2

Semifinals
Ivan Cerovic/Petar Popovic (CRO/SCG) d. (1)Aisam Qureshi/Lovro Zovko (PAK/CRO) 3-6 6-3 6-4
(2)Alexey Kedriouk/Orest Tereshchuk (KAZ/UKR) d. Murad Inoyatov/Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3 6-3

Finals
Ivan Cerovic/Petar Popovic (CRO/SCG) d. (2)Alexey Kedriouk/Orest Tereshchuk (KAZ/UKR) 6-3 6-0