The 2023

Columbus Challenger The Columbus Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and WTA 125K series. The ATP event is held annually in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. The United States of America (USA ...

was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the 13th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between September 18 and 24, 2023.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 11, 2023.

Other entrants

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

Justin Boulais Justin Boulais (born 20 October 2001) is an American-born Canadian tennis player. Boulais has a career high ATP singles ranking of 483 achieved on 7 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 382 achieved on 21 October 2024. ...

Cannon Kingsley Cannon Kingsley (born 6 May 2001) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 404 achieved on 12 February 2024, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of 293 achieved on 22 July 2024. Kingsley won ATP Challenger doub ...

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

Christian Harrison Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 19 achieved on 19 May 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018. H ...

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as alternates: *

Michael Geerts Michael Geerts (born 17 January 1995) is a Belgian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 212 achieved on 3 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 162 achieved on 17 October 2022. Geerts c ...

Illya Marchenko Illya Vasylovych Marchenko (; born 8 September 1987) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high in singles of World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and of No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reac ...

Tristan Schoolkate Tristan Schoolkate (born 26 February 2001) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 achieved on 23 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 120 achieved on 27 January 2025. Personal ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jack Anthrop *

Federico Agustín Gómez Federico Agustín Gómez (born 26 November 1996) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 133, achieved on 3 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 117, achieved on 5 May 2025. He played college te ...

Strong Kirchheimer Strong Kirchheimer (born 26 April 1995) is an American tennis player. Kirchheimer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 375 achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 491 achieved on 20 Septem ...

Aidan Mayo Aidan Mayo (born 14 May 2003) is an American tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 269 achieved on 20 May 2024. Early and personal life Mayo is from Roseville in the Sacramento area. His brother Keenan also played as a jun ...

Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP To ...

* James Trotter

Champions

Singles

Denis Kudla Denis Kudla ( ; born August 17, 1992) is an American tennis coach and former professional player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved in May 2016. He had a career-high doubles ranking of No. 133, achieved in Aug ...

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Alexis Galarneau Alexis Galarneau (; born 2 March 1999) is a Canadian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 155, achieved on May 6, 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved on June 11, 2023. Coll ...

6–2, 6–1.

Doubles

Robert Cash Robert Cash (born 7 March 2001) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 71 achieved on 26 May 2025. College career Cash plays college tennis at Ohio State. He won the 2024 ...

/ James Trotter def.

Guido Andreozzi Guido Andreozzi (; ; born 5 August 1991) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Italian descent. His career-high rankings are world No. 70 in singles, achieved on 28 January 2019 and No. 47 in doubles, reached on 19 May 2025. He has won tw ...

Hans Hach Verdugo Hans Hach Verdugo (born 11 November 1989) is a Mexican tennis player. Hach Verdugo has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 60 achieved on 11 July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 528 achieved on 20 July 2015. He has won one ATP doubles ...

6–4, 2–6, 0–7

References

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