2017 Knoxville Challenger Explained

Date:	7–12 November
Edition:	14th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Knoxville, United States
Champs:	Filip Peliwo
Champd:	Leander Paes / Purav Raja

The 2017 Knoxville Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Knoxville, United States between 7 and 12 November 2017.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Tennys Sandgren	96	1
	Henri Laaksonen	97	2
	Taylor Fritz	105	3
	Cameron Norrie	113	4
	Bjorn Fratangelo	118	5
	Stefan Kozlov	135	6
	Michael Mmoh	150	7
	Tommy Paul	159	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 30, 2017.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Jared Hiltzik
• Ronnie Schneider
• Timo Stodder
• Luis Valero

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

• Bradley Klahn

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

• Dennis Novikov

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mats Moraing
• Frederik Nielsen
• Filip Peliwo
• Alexander Ward

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Edward Corrie

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Knoxville Challenger – Singles.

• Filip Peliwo def. Denis Kudla 6–4, 6–2.

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Knoxville Challenger – Doubles. Leander Paes / Purav Raja def. James Cerretani / John-Patrick Smith 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4).

Notes and References

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