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Mohler ends Challenger season with win at Maya
Former South Carolina standout Samuel wins back-to-back championships
December 1, 2025
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Elmer Moller is crowned champion at the Maia Open.
Written by ATP Staff
Denmark’s Elmer Moller capped off the 2025 ATP Challenger Tour season by winning his third title of the season on Sunday.
The 22-year-old won the Maia Open, defeating Slovakia’s Andre Martin 6-4, 6-1 in the final. After winning the championship, Moller rose to No. 121 in the PIF ATP rankings, one step closer to breaking into the top 100 for the first time.
“It’s unbelievable. In fact, a month and a half ago I wasn’t sure if I was going to play this year,” Moller said at the postgame press conference. “It was good for me to take a break from playing games, training and being at home. I feel like I came in here with a new energy that I’d been missing for a while. I’m glad I did that for myself. It paid off in the end.”
This is not the first time Muller has won in Portugal this year. He also won the Oeiras Challenger in April. His second Challenger title of the season came in July in Iasi, Romania. All four of Moller’s career Challenger crowns were won on clay.
Samuel defends consecutive championships
Englishman Toby Samuel ended his season in dominant fashion. The former University of South Carolina star, who graduates in 2024, has won back-to-back Challenge titles, most recently at the Manama Challenge in Bahrain. He defeated Ilya Simakin 6-0, 6-2 in the 48-minute final.
The 23-year-old Samuel did not drop a set all week in Manama and is currently at a career-high 267th in the PIF ATP rankings. Samuel was crowned champion a week ago in Soma Bay, Egypt. He also won the ITF M15 title in Sharm el-Sheikh in early November.
Gomez wins first Challenger title of season in final week
Federico Agustin Gomez won his first challenge title of 2025 and fourth overall by winning the Chilean Challenge Dove Men+Care Temuco. The Argentine defeated Lautaro Midon 6-4, 6-1 in the championship match to win his first hard court title.
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Federico Augustin Gomez wins Temuco Challenge. Image source: South American Legion
Mejía wins at home to Bogota
Colombian Nicolas Mejia won the Challenger Seguros del Estado in his home capital of Bogota. A three-time Challenger champion, Mejía’s victory marked his first on Colombian soil. In the Colombian final, 25-year-old compatriot Juan Sebastian Gomez defeated his opponent 6-4, 6-4.
Hijikata wins Playford Challenge for third time
Rinky Hijikata successfully defended his title at the Playford City Tennis International and won the championship here in 2022. All four of Hijikata’s Challenger trophies have come from Australia. The 24-year-old, who played college tennis at the University of North Carolina, defeated fellow Australian Dane Sweeny 6-0, 6-7(8), 6-4 in the final.
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Rinky Hijikata’s performance at the Playford Challenger. Photo credit: Mark Willoughby/Australian Photo Media
Clark wins Pakistan’s first Challenger League title
Britain’s Jay Clarke took the title in Islamabad, Pakistan, improving on last week’s runner-up finish in Soma Bay, as Pakistan became the 97th country to host the Challenge. The 27-year-old Clark defeated Türkiye’s Mert Alkaya 6-3, 6-1 in the final.
Geerts wins first Challenger title in Greece
Michael Geerts won the ITC Athens Challenge, an event coached by Apostolos Tsitsipas, father and coach of ATP Tour star Stefanos Tsitsipas. Geerts defeated top seeds Sandro Cope and Arthur Ferry in his final two matches of the week. The 30-year-old defeated Ferry 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a grueling final to claim his first Challenger title. Girtz also won the Athens Tag Team Championship with Alberto Barroso Campos.
Geertz achieved everything in Athens 😎
Following yesterday’s doubles victory, the Belgian defeated Ferry in a hard-fought three-set match and completed the feat of sweeping the championship! #ATPchallenger pic.twitter.com/iChZ7IUoiT
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