The tournament’s roll of honor has been signed by names of great importance. The winner of the first edition, the Spaniard Carreno Busta, has reached the top of the ATP world rankings. The latest editions of the Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia have had the privilege of having the presence of icons of Italian tennis such as Sergio Palmieri and Corrado Barazzutti, together with authentic champions of the international circuit such as Simone Bolelli (Italian champion former n.36), Marco Cecchinato (best ranking n.16), Marcel Granollers (best ranking n.19), Stefanos Tsitsipas (winner of the Next Gen Finals and the ATP Finals with best ranking n.5), Pablo Andujar (former number 32) and Nicolas Almagro (former number 9 in the world).

The fifth edition will remain in the memory for its Entry List, much more similar to an ATP 250 tournament. Among the champions who set the Tennis Club Perugia courts alight are Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Salvatore Caruso, Damir Dzumhur, Paolo Lorenzi, Thomaz Bellucci (former n.21), Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (former n.23) and the winner Federico Delbonis. In addition to the great champions, the new Italian talents Giulio Zeppieri and Lorenzo Musetti, rising stars of our national tennis, also took to the field.

The sixth edition, won by the young Argentine Tomàs Martin Etcheverry, saw among the registered young talents Dominic Stricker, Holger Rune, Flavio Cobolli, Giulio Zeppieri, Timofey Skatov.

In 2022, having reached its seventh edition, the Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia grew in level becoming an ATP Challenger 125. The Spaniard Jaume Munar, number 59 in the world in the same year, won the title.

The 2023 edition was characterized by an extraordinary attendance of spectators, thanks to the number of collateral events that dotted the Perugia week of great tennis. The Racket Museum, exhibited in the historic center of Perugia, the inaugural dinner, the “Best Tennis Themed Showcase” competition which involved over 70 commercial activities, and the partnership with Avanti Tutta, a foundation that supports cancer patients.

Among the participants of the eighth edition, Dominic Thiem (best ranking #3 in 2020), Fabian Marozsan, Pedro Cachin, Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

The 2024 edition was sold out for 3 days, thanks to the participation of Fabio Fognini, Luciano Darderi, Francesco Passaro and many champions.

The world of sport, as happened at Wimbledon during the third edition, renames the Perugia tournament as “a luxury Challenger” for the prestige and level of the participating players.