2017 Columbus Challenger Explained

Date:	18–24 September
Edition:	4th
Draw:	32S / 16D
Surface:	Hard / Indoors
Location:	Columbus, United States
Champs:	Ante Pavić
Champd:	Dominik Köpfer / Denis Kudla
Before Name:	Columbus Challenger 2

The 2017 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 18 and 24 September 2017.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
France	Quentin Halys	127	1
India	Ramkumar Ramanathan	154	2
India	Yuki Bhambri	157	3
United States	Denis Kudla	176	4
United States	Mackenzie McDonald	201	5
Canada	Brayden Schnur	202	6
United States	Dennis Novikov	206	7
	Christian Garín	214	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 11, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as wildcards:

• Martin Joyce
• John McNally
• Kyle Seelig
• J. J. Wolf

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:

• Frank Dancevic
• Kevin King
• Alexander Ward

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Ante Pavić

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Luke Bambridge
• Matthew Barton
• Jared Hiltzik
• Aleksandar Vukic

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Columbus Challenger – Singles.

• Ante Pavić def. Alexander Ward 6–7^(11–13), 6–4, 6–3.

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Columbus Challenger – Doubles.

• Dominik Köpfer / Denis Kudla def. Luke Bambridge / David O'Hare 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–3).

External links

• Official website