2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger explained

Date:	13–19 February
Edition:	2nd
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Manama, Bahrain
Champs:	Thanasi Kokkinakis
Champd:	Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Bart Stevens
Before Year:	2021

The 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manama, Bahrain between 13 and 19 February 2023.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Australia	Jason Kubler	79	1
Australia	Alexei Popyrin	90	2
Australia	Christopher O'Connell	94	3
Italy	Francesco Passaro	109	4
Italy	Matteo Arnaldi	110	5
Czech Republic	Tomáš Macháč	117	6
	Pavel Kotov	128	7
Australia	Thanasi Kokkinakis	140	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 February 2023.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Bekkhan Atlangeriev
• Yusuf Qaed
• Abedallah Shelbayh

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

• Stefano Travaglia

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

• Oriol Roca Batalla

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Andrea Arnaboldi
• Aleksandr Braynin
• Viktor Durasovic
• Yankı Erel
• Vitaliy Sachko
• Mohamed Safwat

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Salvatore Caruso
• Andrey Chepelev
• Colin Sinclair

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger – Singles.

• Thanasi Kokkinakis def. Abedallah Shelbayh 6–1, 6–4.

Doubles

See main article: 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger – Doubles.

• Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Bart Stevens def. Ruben Gonzales / Fernando Romboli 6–3, 6–4.

Notes and References

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