Budapest’s National Tennis Centre was the location for the biggest ever edition of the European Masters Championships over the last week.
Hosted by the Hungarian Tennis Federation, the tournament saw a record-breaking total of 478 players from 25 nations in action. 656 matches were played during the week across 65 events, including bonus draws. For the first time ever, a Men’s 90s event was included, ensuring representation for all age groups from Over 30 to Over 90.
The event attracted some particularly strong draws, with all singles competitions featuring at least one player ranked in the ITF World Tennis Tour Masters Top 10, including four current world #1s.
- Players from 16 nations claimed the 24 singles titles on offer: Germany, France and the Netherlands led with way with three titles each.
- Three men defended their titles from 2024: Peter Djukic (SLO) beat Anton Stepakno (UKR) in a repeat of last year’s M35 final. World #1 Clemens Wenhandl continued his dominance of the M50 category, recovering from the brink of defeat to outlast Japan’s Nobuo Hiraoko 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1, and France's Marc Renoult retained the M70 title with a win over Preuvian Eduardo Vargas Besadre.
- New champions were crowned in all ladies’ competitions. Pauline Fisher of Great Britain came closest to defending her title, but was handed a heavy defeat in the Womens 70 final by world #1 Carolyn Nichols (USA).
- Bart Theelen (M60) reclaimed the title he last won in 2023, as did M85 champion Gordon Waygood (AUS)
- Hungarian tennis legend and former world #7 Andrea Temesvari joined the event and was on hand to award the medals at Saturday's prize-giving ceremony.
- Live scoring and streaming were available throughout the week on the Tennis Europe website, bringing the event live to a worldwide audience.
With 1000 ITF World Tennis Masters Tour ranking points on offer to the champions, a European Championship gold medal is the ultimate prize for many senior players. Men’s and women’s singles and doubles, as well as mixed doubles competitions, were held. The 2025 singles champions are listed below.
Further Information
Draws and Results (ITF site) | Draws (.pdf) | Photo Gallery
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Event
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Winner
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Runner-Up
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Score
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Men 30
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Jose-Ricardo Nunes (POR)
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Alexandru Stoia (ROU)
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4-6 6-4 6-0 |
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Men 35
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Petar Djukic (SRB)
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Anton Stepakhno (UKR)
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6-3 6-4
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Men 40
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Romano Frantzen (NED)
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Michal Milko (SVK)
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6-0 7-5
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Men 45
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Dennis Bank (NED)
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Lauri Kilski (FIN)
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6-4 7-5
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Men 50
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Clemens Weinhandl (AUT)
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Nobuo Hiraoka (JPN)
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4-6 7-6(3) 6-1
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Men 55
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Taraschi Kikalischvili (GEO)
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Gonzalo Gonzalez (ESP)
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6-3 6-4
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Men 60
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Bart Theelen (NED)
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Hannes Lienbacher (AUT)
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6-0 6-4
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Men 65
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Peter Jetzel (SWE)
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Karl Pansy (AUT)
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6-4 7-5
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Men 70
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Marc Renoult (FRA)
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Eduardo Vargas Besadre (PER)
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6-2 3-0 ret
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Men 75
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Bruno Renoult (FRA)
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Jairo Velasco Ramirez (ESP)
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w/o
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Men 80
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Massimo Montemezzi (ITA)
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Guiseppe Losego (ITA)
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6-1 2-2 ret
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| Men 85 |
Gordon Waygood (AUS) |
Bernd Mueller (GER) |
6-2 6-1 |
| Men 90 |
Herbert Althaus (GER) |
Henri Crutchet (FRA) |
RR |
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Women 30
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Ekaterina Komarova
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Clara Bruning (GER)
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6-1 7-5
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Women 35
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Barbora Macioca (POL)
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Reka Ivett Barta-Rohonyl (HUN)
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6-3 6-0
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Women 40
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Katharina Rath (GER)
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Nina Herrmann (AUT)
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3-6 6-3 6-1
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Women 45
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Sandra Gruber (AUT)
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Mirja Wagner (GER)
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RR
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Women 50
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Barbara Mulej (SLO)
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Alexandra Hellige (SUI)
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6-0 6-0
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Women 55
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Jurate Hardy (LTU)
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Silvia Sanna (ITA)
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6-2 7-5
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Women 60
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Elisabetta Morici (ITA)
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Barbara Funcke (GER)
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3-6 6-1 6-3
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Women 65
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Barbora Koutna (CZE)
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Michellna Valenta (ITA)
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6-2 6-2
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Women 70
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Carolyn Fisher (USA)
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Pauline Fisher (GBR)
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6-1 6-1
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| Women 75 |
Nicole Hesse Cazaux (FRA) |
Anna Fuchs (HUN) |
6-3 6-2 |
| Women 85 |
Viktoria Aselman (GER) |
Elena Mikola (HUN) |
RR |