The Palm Beach Gardens Challenger was a tournament for female professional tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event was classified as an ITF $50,000 Tournament from 2003 to 2005 and ITF $25,000 Tournament from 2006 to 2008. It was held annually in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States, from 2003 through to 2008. It was part of the ITF Women's Circuit from 2003 to 2008; a tier below the Women's Tennis Association.
History The tournament made was downgraded in 2006 due to sponsorship reasons, and was shut down in 2008.
Past finals
Singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2008 Soledad Esperón Sesil Karatantcheva 6–4, 6–1 2007 Rossana de los Ríos Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 7–5, 6–4 2006 Jorgelina Cravero Rossana de los Ríos 6–4, 6–4 2005 Bethanie Mattek Melinda Czink 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 2004 Sesil Karatantcheva Sania Mirza 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 2003 Lindsay Lee-Waters Marta Marrero 6–3, 6–3
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2008 Maria Fernanda Alves Michaela Paštiková Ekaterina Afinogenova Lauren Albanese 3–6, 6–3, 10–5 2007 Monique Adamczak Aleke Tsoubanos Estefanía Craciún Betina Jozami 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 2006 Angela Haynes Raquel Kops-Jones Ansley Cargill Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–3, 6–3 2005 Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei Olga Vymetálková Kateřina Böhmová 7–6(7–2), 7–5 2004 Līga Dekmeijere Nana Miyagi Kelly McCain Kaysie Smashey 6–3, 6–2 2003 Melinda Czink Erica Krauth Alina Jidkova Tatiana Panova 6–1, 6–2
References http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100006689