Tunisia hosted from 29 April to 6 May 2007 in the Tennis Club de Tunis, its ATP Challenger 125,000$, which registered the participation of many clay court surface players such as Fabrice Santoro (FRA), Andrei Pavel (ROU), Simone Bolelli (ITA), Fernando Vicente (ESP) and the winner of the title in 2006, Algerian Lamine Ouahab who did well in this tournament by reaching the quarter final when he was eliminated by Austrian Oliver Marach 76 26 64, an other distinction coming from Tunisian player Heithem Abid, 820 ATP who eliminated in the 1st round, Belgium Christophe Rochus, 178 ATP in two sets 64 64, in the 2nd round Abid lost against Spanish Vicente 61 76 after missing one set ball in the tie break. Lamine Ouahab, has reached the Doubles final with his partner, Spanish Marc Fornell, they lost their match against Kubot (POL) & Marach (AUT) by 62 62.In Single, Italian Simone Bolelli beat Rumanian Andrei Pavel 46 76 62 after a very tough match in front of great public assistance.

Results of Africans in this Challenger :

Single Qualifying Draw :

1st Round:
Abdelhamid Riani (TUN) – Adel Brahim (TUN) 06 64 64
Slah Mbarek (TUN) – Selim Bel Haj Ali (TUN) 60 61

2nd Round :
Sasa Tuksar (CRO)- Wassim Derbal (TUN) 63 64
Sergei Bubka (UKR) – Slah Mbarek (TUN) 61 63
Xavier Pujo (FRA) - Abdelhamid Riani (TUN) 60 60
Valentin Sanon (CIV) – Maher Boughnimi (TUN) 62 63
Malek Jaziri (TUN) – J. Paukku (FIN) 63 64
Oualid Jallali (TUN) – O. Tereshchuk (UKR) 62 36 64

3rd Round :
Malek Jaziri (TUN) – Oualid Jallali (TUN) 63 63
Sasa Tuskar (CRO) – Valentin Sanon (CIV) 60 76

Single Main Draw:

1st Round :
Heithem Abid (TUN) – Christophe Rochus (BEL) 64 64
Lamine Ouahab (ALG) – Dick Norman (BEL) 61 61
Fernando Vicente (ESP) – Malek Jaziri (TUN) 63 64
Marc Fornell (ESP) – Wael Kilani (TUN) 62 62

2nd Round:
Fernando Vicente (ESP) - Heithem Abid (TUN) 61 76
Lamine Ouahab (ALG) – Alexander Peya (AUT) 67 76 60

¼ Final :
Oliver Marach (AUT) – Lamine Ouhab (ALG) 76 26 64

Doubles Main Draw :

1st Round :
P.Andujar/ F.Santoro – O.Jallali/M. Jaziri (TUN) 64 76
H.Abid/W.Kilani (TUN) – R.Karanusic/I.Klerc 57 63 11/9
L.Ouahab (ALG)/ M.Fornel – A.Peya/ L.Zovko 64 26 10/8

2nd Round :
L.Ouahab (ALG)/ M.Fornel - H.Abid/W.Kilani (TUN) 60 63

½ Final :
L.Ouahab (ALG)/ M.Fornel – W.Eschauer/ D. Gremelmayr 61 62

Final :
L.Kubot / O.Marach - L.Ouahab (ALG)/ M.Fornel 62 62

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