The 2026 De Wave Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2026 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Genoa, Italy between 21 and 27 September 2026.
Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedStefano Travaglia1581Tom Gentzsch1662Lukas Neumayer1803Francesco Passaro2014Gianluca Cadenasso2175Kimmer Coppejans2236Raúl Brancaccio2257Jay Clarke2328 1 Rankings are as of 14 September 2026.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Federico Arnaboldi Giuseppe La Vela Samuele Pieri
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: Carlo Alberto Caniato
The following player received entry into the singles main draw through the Next Gen Accelerator programme: Mika Petkovic
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: Matthew William Donald Francesco Forti Juan Cruz Martin Manzano
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lorenzo Berto Stefano D'Agostino Federico Iannaccone Alejandro Juan Mano Giovanni Oradini John Sperle
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Ryan Nijboer
Champions Singles
Luka Mikrut def. Carlo Alberto Caniato 6–4, 7–5.
Doubles
Íñigo Cervantes / Denys Molchanov def. Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Michael Vrbenský 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–7].
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