As a doubles player he won one Challenger tournament and reached a highest ranking of 210.

He subsequently made two quarter-finals in Challenger tournaments, entering the top 300 for the first time.

The testing occurs not only at the top levels of the sport, but also at challenger tournaments.

Throughout his career, he has won 1 Challenger tournament and 10 Futures tournaments.

He also won two Challenger tournaments that year.

He won his second challenger tournament in June 1999, in Italy.

He also contested 9 Challenger tournaments, winning 8 matches while losing 9.

In April 1998, he broke into the top 100 for the first time, having won three Challenger tournaments in the previous 52 weeks.

Năstase won several tournaments during the early years of his career that were equivalent to the present day "challenger" tournaments.

This year, Gasquet won a Futures tournament and jumped up to playing challenger tournaments.