The 2017 Generali Open Kitzbühel was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the 73rd edition of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, and part of the World Tour 250 series of the

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. It took place at the

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, Austria, from 31 July until 6 August 2017. Unseeded Philipp Kohlschreiber won the singles title.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 24, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Tommy Haas * Gerald Melzer *

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The following player received entry as a special exempt: * Yannick Hanfmann The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Santiago Giraldo * Facundo Bagnis * Maximilian Marterer * Miljan Zekić The following player entered as a lucky loser: * Thiago Monteiro

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Nicolás Almagro →replaced by Carlos Berlocq *

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→replaced by Thiago Monteiro * David Ferrer →replaced by Mikhail Youzhny * Denis Istomin →replaced by Renzo Olivo * Martin Kližan →replaced by

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* Viktor Troicki →replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 24, 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Tommy Haas /

* Gerald Melzer /

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Withdrawals

;During the tournament *

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Finals

Singles

* Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated João Sousa, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

* Pablo Cuevas /

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defeated

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/ Andrei Vasilevski 6–4, 4–6, 2–10

References

External links

Official website
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