The 2017 Gwangju Open was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

between 18 and 24 September 2017.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 September 2017.

Other entrants

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

Hong Seong-chan Hong Seong-chan (born 30 June 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a career high ATP singles ranking of 343 achieved on 24 October 2016. Hong reached the final of the 2015 Australian Open junior championships, falling to top see ...

* Kim Cheong-eui * Park Jun-sang * Sin Dong-hak The following players received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Bradley Klahn The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Yuya Kibi *

Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic ( hr, Marinko Matošević, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including ...

* Makoto Ochi *

Yang Tsung-hua Yang Tsung-hua (; born March 29, 1991) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against Polish player Jerzy Janowi ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Lorenzo Frigerio *

Kento Takeuchi is a Japanese tennis player. Takeuchi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 411 achieved on 29 September 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 503 achieved on 17 March 2014. Takeuchi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2 ...

Champions

Singles

Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 85, achieved in August 2011. Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for ...

def.

6–3, 6–4.

Doubles

Chen Ti Chen Ti (; born 3 October 1983) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He is part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. In singles, all of Chen's ...

Ben McLachlan Ben McLachlan ( ; マクラクラン勉, ''Makurakuran Ben''; born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese professional tennis player who previously represented New Zealand. He is a doubles specialist with a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 18, achiev ...

def. Jarryd Chaplin /

Luke Saville Luke Saville (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Op ...

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