The 2026 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2026 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manama, Bahrain between 27 January and 1 February 2026.
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAlexei Popyrin501Mattia Bellucci762Jacob Fearnley773Filip Misolic844Yannick Hanfmann1025Thiago Agustín Tirante1036Luca Nardi1087Shintaro Mochizuki1128 1 Rankings are as of 19 January 2026.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Mattia Bellucci Alexei Popyrin Zhang Zhizhen
The following player received entry into the singles main draw through the Next Gen Accelerator programme: Maxim Mrva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Edas Butvilas Manas Dhamne Yankı Erel Dimitar Kuzmanov Lukáš Pokorný Vadym Ursu
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Beibit Zhukayev
Champions Singles
Kyrian Jacquet def. Luca Nardi 7–5, 3–6, 6–4.
Doubles
Sriram Balaji / Neil Oberleitner def. Vasil Kirkov / Bart Stevens 7–6(7–1), 6–4.
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