2017 Seoul Open Challenger Explained

Date:	8–14 May
Edition:	3rd
Location:	Seoul, South Korea
Champs:	Thomas Fabbiano
Champd:	Hsieh Cheng-peng / Peng Hsien-yin
Before Name:	Lecoq Seoul Open

The 2017 Seoul Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament. It was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea, on 8–14 May 2017.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Lu Yen-hsun	56	1
Korea, Republic of	Chung Hyeon	78	2
Israel	Dudi Sela	99	3
Russian Federation	Konstantin Kravchuk	105	4
Canada	Vasek Pospisil	111	5
	Blaž Kavčič	123	6
Ukraine	Illya Marchenko	125	7
Belgium	Ruben Bemelmans	132	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 1 May 2017.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Chung Hong
• Chung Yun-seong
• Hong Seong-chan
• Kim Young-seok

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

• Marko Tepavac

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Liam Broady

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

• Alexander Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Félix Auger-Aliassime
• Austin Krajicek
• Daniel Nguyen
• Shuichi Sekiguchi

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Luke Saville

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Seoul Open Challenger – Singles.

• Thomas Fabbiano def. Kwon Soon-woo 1–6, 6–4, 6–3.

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Seoul Open Challenger – Doubles.

• Hsieh Cheng-peng / Peng Hsien-yin def. Thomas Fabbiano / Dudi Sela 5–1 ret.

Notes and References

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