2017 Aircel Chennai Open

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2017 Aircel Chennai Open
Date2–8 January 2017
Edition22nd
Category World Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$447,480
Surface Hard
Location Chennai, India
Venue SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Bautista Agut [1]
Doubles
Flag of India.svg Rohan Bopanna / Flag of India.svg Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan [2]
  2016  · Maharashtra Open ·  2018  

The 2017 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2017 ATP World Tour men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, from 2 January through 8 January 2017. It was the last edition of the Chennai Open before it moved to Pune, Maharashtra and was renamed the Maharashtra Open. Second-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut won the singles title.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles25015090452001260
Doubles0

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$79,780$42,020$22,765$12,970$7,640$4,525$2,040$1,020
Doubles$24,240$12,740$6,910$3,950$2,310
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Marin Čilić 61
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 142
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas 273
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martin Kližan 354
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 475
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Borna Ćorić 486
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Mikhail Youzhny 577
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Lu Yen-hsun 648

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Jonathan Erlich Flag of the United States.svg USA Scott Lipsky 991
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Guillermo Durán Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Andrés Molteni 1112
Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA André Sá 1123
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicholas Monroe Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Artem Sitak 1144

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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References

  1. "2017 Chennai – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "2017 Chennai – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).