2017 Busan Open
professional tennis tournament
The 2017 Busan Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hardcourts. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Busan, South Korea between 15 and 21 May 2017.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* 1 Rankings as of May 8, 2017.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Chung Hong
Hong Seong-chan
Oh Chan-yeong
Wu Tung-lin
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
Alexander Ward
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:
Sekou Bangoura
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Liam Broady
Edward Corrie
Austin Krajicek
Raymond Sarmiento
Champions
Singles
Vasek Pospisil def. Go Soeda 6–1, 6–2.
Doubles
Hsieh Cheng-peng / Peng Hsien-yin def. Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana 7–5, 4–6, [10–8].
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