Rameez Junaid

Purav Raja in partnership with Rameez Junaid of Australia won the doubles title in the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Istanbul, Turkey, with a 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-7 victory over second seeds Timur Khabibulin of Kazakhstan and Vladyslav Manafov of Ukraine.

The title was worth 90 ATP points and $4,650. The runners-up collected 55 points and $2,700.

It was the first title of the season for the 32-year-old Purav, and his 14th Challenger title.