The 2017

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was a professional tennis 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 Sophia Antipolis, France between 3 and 9 April 2017.

Point distribution

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of March 20, 2017.

Other entrants

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

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* Lukáš Rosol *

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The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Corentin Moutet The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Mathias Bourgue * Kimmer Coppejans * Filip Krajinović *

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The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Maxime Janvier

Champions

Singles

* Aljaž Bedene def.

6–2, 6–2.

Doubles

* Tristan Lamasine /

def. Uladzimir Ignatik / Jozef Kovalík 6–2, 6–2.

References

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