The 2017

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was a professional tennis tournament played on

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s. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, China between 17 and 23 April 2017.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of April 10, 2017.

Other entrants

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

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* Wang Aoxiong The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: * Daniel Muñoz de la Nava The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Félix Auger-Aliassime * Denys Molchanov *

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Champions

Singles

* Janko Tipsarević def.

6–3, 7–6^(11–9).

Doubles

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2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 0–3

References

{{2017 ATP Challenger Tour

2017 in Chinese tennis Sport in Qingdao