2017 Columbus Challenger
# 2017 Columbus Challenger

The 2017 Columbus Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Columbus, United States between 18 and 24 September 2017.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Quentin Halys | 127 | 1 |
| IND | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 154 | 2 |
| IND | Yuki Bhambri | 157 | 3 |
| USA | Denis Kudla | 176 | 4 |
| USA | Mackenzie McDonald | 201 | 5 |
| CAN | Brayden Schnur | 202 | 6 |
| USA | Dennis Novikov | 206 | 7 |
| CHI | Christian Garín | 214 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 11, 2017.

### Other entrants

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

* Martin Joyce
* John McNally
* Kyle Seelig
* J. J. Wolf

The following players received entry into the singles main draw using protected rankings:

* Frank Dancevic
* Kevin King
* Alexander Ward

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

* Ante Pavić

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Luke Bambridge
* Matthew Barton
* Jared Hiltzik
* Aleksandar Vukic

## Champions

### Singles

* Ante Pavić def. Alexander Ward $6–7^{(11–13)},$ 6–4, 6–3.

### Doubles

* Dominik Köpfer / Denis Kudla def. Luke Bambridge / David O'Hare $7–6^{(8–6)},$ $7–6^{(7–3)}.$
