The 2017
Slovak Open
The Slovak Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the Tretorn SERIE+ of the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's Circuit. It is held at the Národné Tenisové Centrum in Bratislava
Bra ...
was a professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
tournament played on indoor
hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the
2017 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2017, was the secondary men's professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2017 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 155 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $50,000 up to $150,000. It was the 40th edit ...
. It took place in
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% o ...
,
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...
between 6 and 12 November 2017.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of 30 October 2017.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*
Lukáš Klein
* Tomáš Líška
*
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
* Patrik Néma
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
*
Igor Sijsling
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:
*
Peđa Krstin
Peđa Krstin ( sr-Cyrl, Пеђа Крстин; born 3 September 1994) is a Serbian professional tennis player. Krstin has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 159, which he achieved on 9 May 2016. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ra ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Niels Desein
Niels Desein (born 9 June 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He was born in Ghent, Belgium, and currently resides in Wondelgem, Belgium.
Juniors
Desein reached as high as No. 4 in the combined junior worl ...
*
Tom Farquharson
*
Kamil Majchrzak
*
Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2019. He ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
*
Matteo Viola
Champions
Singles
*
Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko (; born 3 November 1987) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013.
Tennis career Juniors
As a junior Lacko compiled a singles win–loss record ...
def.
Marius Copil
Marius Copil (born 17 October 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player playing on the ATP World Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. He is a member of the Romanian Davis Cup team. Copil is known for his extremely fast, powerful, and consisten ...
6–4, 7–6
(7–4).
Doubles
*
Ken Skupski /
Neal Skupski
Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, hav ...
def.
Sander Arends /
Antonio Šančić 5–7, 6–3,
0–8
References
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2017 ATP Challenger Tour
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2017 in Slovak tennis
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