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Columbus Challenger The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. The United States of America (USA ...
was a professional
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tournament played on indoor
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s. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the
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. It took place in
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between 18 and 24 September 2017.


Singles main draw entrants


Seeds

* 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 Frank Russell Dancevic ( ; , ; born September 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles tennis, singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an 18-year-old, and r ...
* Kevin King *
Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *
Ante Pavić Ante Pavić (; born 7 March 1989) is an inactive Croatian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 132 achieved on 13 October 2014. He qualified for the main draw in the 2014 French Open after saving a match point in the fin ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *
Luke Bambridge Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking in May 2019. His career highlights included winning ...
* Matthew Barton * Jared Hiltzik *
Aleksandar Vukic Aleksandar Vukic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Александар Вукић, Aleksandar Vukić, separator=" / ", ; born 6 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 achieved on 14 Au ...


Champions


Singles

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Ante Pavić Ante Pavić (; born 7 March 1989) is an inactive Croatian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 132 achieved on 13 October 2014. He qualified for the main draw in the 2014 French Open after saving a match point in the fin ...
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Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ...
6–7(11–13), 6–4, 6–3.


Doubles

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Dominik Köpfer Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994), also spelled Köpfer, is a German professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 69 on 24 June 2024. He played college ...
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Denis Kudla Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved in May 2016. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 133, achieved in Aug ...
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Luke Bambridge Luke Bambridge (born 21 January 1995) is a British former tennis player. A doubles specialist, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 41 doubles ranking in May 2019. His career highlights included winning ...
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David O'Hare David O'Hare (born 1 June 1990) is an Irish professional tennis player and coach. On 24 August 2015 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 1438 and on 3 April 2017 reached his highest doubles ranking of 117. Despite being inactive in to ...
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3).


External links


Official website
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Columbus Challenger The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. The United States of America (USA ...