2017 Bangkok Challenger Explained

Date:	2–8 January
Edition:	9th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Bangkok, Thailand
Champs:	Janko Tipsarević
Champd:	Grégoire Barrère / Jonathan Eysseric
Before Name:	KPN Bangkok Open

The 2017 Bangkok Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 2 and 8 January 2017.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Japan	Yūichi Sugita	112	1
Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	121	2
Romania	Marius Copil	132	3
	Henri Laaksonen	136	4
Serbia	Janko Tipsarević	144	5
China	Wu Di	159	6
	Maximilian Marterer	176	7
Belgium	Yannik Reuter	206	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of December 26, 2016.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Congsup Congcar
• Chayanon Kaewsuto
• Patcharapol Kawin
• Warit Sornbutnark

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:

• Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lloyd Glasspool
• Soon-woo Kwon
• Nils Langer
• Jürgen Zopp

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Bangkok Challenger – Singles.

• Janko Tipsarević def. Blaž Kavčič 6–3, 7–6^(7–1).

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles.

• Grégoire Barrère / Jonathan Eysseric def. Yūichi Sugita / Wu Di 6–3, 6–2.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings – Singles – ATP Tour – Tennis. ATP Tour.