title: 2017 Tempe Challenger – Singles
text: # 2017 Tempe Challenger – Singles
  
  This was the first edition of the tennis tournament.
  
  Tennys Sandgren won the title after defeating Nikola Milojević 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Ernesto Escobedo (quarterfinals)
  * Stefan Kozlov (quarterfinals)
  * Henri Laaksonen (first round, retired)
  * Vasek Pospisil (withdrew)
  * Marco Trungelliti (quarterfinals)
  * Teymuraz Gabashvili (semifinals)
  * Dennis Novikov (semifinals)
  * Marcelo Arévalo (second round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Dennis Novikov | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Tennys Sandgren | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Tennys Sandgren | 4 | 6 | 6 | Tennys Sandgren | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | Nikola Milojević | 6 | 0 | 3 |
  | | Nikola Milojević | $7^7$ | 6 | | Nikola Milojević | 6 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | E Escobedo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Ramanathan | 2 | 3 | | 1 | E Escobedo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | S Caruso | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | Alt | S Caruso | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Jarry | $6^3$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | 1 | E Escobedo | 4 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | WC | R Cid Subervi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | D Novikov | 6 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | S Barry | 6 | 6 | | | S Barry | 3 | $6^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Gómez | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | D Novikov | 6 | $7^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | D Novikov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Novikov | 6 | 4 | 3 |
  | 3 | H Laaksonen | 1 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Sandgren | 4 | 6 | 6 |
  | | M Mmoh | 6 | 4 | | | M Mmoh | 4 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Coppejans | $6^8$ | 4 | | | T Sandgren | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Sandgren | $7^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | T Sandgren | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
  | Q | L Bambridge | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | M Trungelliti | 3 | 5 | | | | | | |
  | | A Sarkissian | 6 | 6 | | | A Sarkissian | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Mertens | $7^7$ | 4 | 3 | 5 | M Trungelliti | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | M Trungelliti | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | M Arévalo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | B Schnur | 0 | 3 | | 8 | M Arévalo | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Hannestad | 4 | 4 | | LL | J Hernández-Fernández | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | J Hernández-Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | LL | J Hernández-Fernández | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
  | | S Bangoura | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | N Milojević | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | N Milojević | 6 | 6 | | | N Milojević | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Krajicek | 2 | $7^7$ | 3 | Q | DE Galán | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | DE Galán | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | N Milojević | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 6 | T Gabashvili | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | T Gabashvili | $6^3$ | 4 |
  | WC | M Geerts | 2 | 3 | | 6 | T Gabashvili | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Zampieri | 1 | $6^3$ | | | A Santillan | $7^7$ | $6^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Santillan | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | T Gabashvili | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | R Quiroz | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | S Kozlov | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | M McDonald | 6 | 3 | 4 | | R Quiroz | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Klahn | 1 | 5 | | 2 | S Kozlov | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | S Kozlov | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  