Aachen challenger qualifying

Singles
Seeds:
1. Vincenzo Santopadre
2. Radek Stepanek
3. Wayne Arthurs
4. Michal Tabara
5. Nenad Zimonjic
6. Markus Hantschk
7. Lorenzo Manta
8. Tomas Behrend

First Round
(1)Vincenzo Santopadre d. Jean-Francois Bachelot 7-6 7-6
Andrew Richardson d. Mark Merklein w/o
Mark Joachim d. (WC)Tobias Clemens 7-6 7-6
(8)Tomas Behrend d. Franz Stauder 6-0 6-3
(WC)Ulrich Tippenhauer d. (2)Radek Stepanek w/o
Jerome Hanquez d. (WC)Alex Witt 6-7 6-4 6-3
Axel Pretzsch d. Tommi Lenho 7-5 6-2
(7)Lorenzo Manta d. (WC)Robert Orlik w/o
(3)Wayne Arthurs d. Sebastien De Chaunac 6-3 7-6
Gerald Mandl d. (WC)Thierry Massa 6-1 7-6
Julien Boutter d. Todd Larkham 6-3 7-6
George Bastl d. (5)Nenad Zimonjic 7-5 6-2
Miles Maclagan d. (4)Michal Tabara 6-2 7-6
Ivalio Traykov d. Barry Cowan 7-6 6-4
Marc Merry d. (WC)D. Forster 6-2 6-1
(6)Markus Hantschk d. Filippo Veglio 6-4 6-2

Second Round
Andrew Richardson d. (1)Vincenzo Santopadre 7-6 7-6
Mark Joachim d. (8)Tomas Behrend 4-6 6-3 7-5
Jerome Hanquez d. (WC)Ulrich Tippenhauer 6-2 6-3
Axel Pretzsch d. (7)Lorenzo Manta 6-4 6-4
Gerald Mandl d. (3)Wayne Arthurs 6-4 1-0 ret.
Julien Boutter d. George Bastl 6-4 3-6 6-3
Miles Maclagan d. Ivalio Traykov 3-6 7-6 7-6
(6)Markus Hantschk d. Marc Merry 6-4 6-4

Qualifying Round
Mark Joachim d. Andrew Richardson 3-6 6-3 7-6
Axel Pretzsch d. Jerome Hanquez 3-6 7-6 4-0 ret.
Gerald Mandl d. Julien Boutter 7-6 6-2
(6)Markus Hantschk d. Miles Maclagan 7-6 6-4