The 2017

Shymkent Challenger The Shymkent Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ATP Challenger Tour, Challenger Tour. It was held annually in Shymkent, Kazakhstan since 2017. Andrej ...

was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

Shymkent Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of ...

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between 22 and 27 May 2017.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 15 May 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Andrey Golubev Andrey Golubev (; born July 22, 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 33, achieved on 4 October 2010, and his doubles ranking is world No. 21, achieved on 16 May 2022. Golubev won ...

* Roman Khassanov *

Alex Molčan Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021 ...

Kenneth Raisma Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ITF ...

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

Javier Martí Javier Martí Hernanz (; born 11 January 1992) is a coach and a former professional tennis player from Spain. His career high singles rank was world No. 170, achieved on 23 April 2012. Javier qualified for the 2011 French Open by defeating ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Andriej Kapaś Andriej Kapaś (; born 11 August 1989) is a Polish professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis t ...

Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgeny Konstantinovich Karlovskiy ( rus, Евге́ний Константи́нович Карло́вский, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj kɐrˈlofskʲɪj; born 7 August 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Karlovskiy has a career high ATP singles rank ...

Evgenii Tiurnev Evgenii Igorevich Tiurnev ( rus, Евгений Игоревич Тюрнев, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈtʲurnʲɪf; born 8 April 1997) is a Russian tennis player. He has career-high rankings of World No. 265 in singles achieved on 14 February 2022 ...

* Ilya Vasilyev

Champions

Singles

Ričardas Berankis Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis play ...

def.

Yannick Hanfmann Yannick Hanfmann (born 13 November 1991) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in July 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 81, achieved in July 2024. He is known for his powerfu ...

6–3, 6–2.

Doubles

Hans Podlipnik Castillo Hans Podlipnik Castillo (; born 9 January 1988) is a Chilean retired tennis player of Slovenian descent. His best results are in doubles, winning one ATP World Tour and reaching another final in this category, besides from winning 19 Challenge ...

/ Andrei Vasilevski def. Clément Geens / Juan Pablo Paz 6–4, 6–2.

References

{{2017 ATP Challenger Tour

Shymkent Challenger