title: 2023 Pune Challenger – Singles
text: # 2023 Pune Challenger – Singles
  
  James Duckworth was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Miljan Zekić.
  
  Max Purcell won the title after defeating Luca Nardi 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * James Duckworth (second round)
  * Tseng Chun-hsin (quarterfinals)
  * Max Purcell (champion)
  * Luca Nardi (final)
  * Francesco Maestrelli (quarterfinals)
  * Dalibor Svrčina (first round)
  * Hsu Yu-hsiou (first round)
  * Rio Noguchi (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Miljan Zekić | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Max Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 3 | Max Purcell | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Max Purcell | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 4 | Luca Nardi | 2 | 3 |
  | 4 | Luca Nardi | $7^7$ | 1 | 7 | 4 | Luca Nardi | 2 | 3 |
  | Q | Dominik Palán | $6^4$ | 6 | 5 | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J Duckworth | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | P Gunneswaran | $7^7$ | 2 | 3 | 1 | J Duckworth | 6 | 4 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Zekić | 6 | 6 | | | M Zekić | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Y-s Chung | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Zekić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M Neuchrist | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | H Mayot | 2 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | A Kadhe | 2 | 5 | | | M Neuchrist | 4 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Mayot | 6 | 6 | | | H Mayot | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | Y-h Hsu | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Zekić | 2 | 3 |
  | 3 | M Purcell | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Purcell | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | M Sasikumar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Makoto Ochi | 7 | $6^1$ | 2 | | D Kuzmanov | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Kuzmanov | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | D Sweeny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | F Maestrelli | 0 | 2 | | | | |
  | LL | J Clarke | 0 | 2 | | | D Sweeny | $7^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | M Polmans | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | F Maestrelli | $6^2$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | F Maestrelli | 1 | 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 | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | R Noguchi | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Gengel | 6 | 2 | $6^1$ | 8 | R Noguchi | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Ferreira Silva | $7^7$ | $6^5$ | 4 | Q | N Milojević | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | N Milojević | $6^1$ | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 8 | R Noguchi | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | NH Lý | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | L Nardi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | L Giustino | 6 | 6 | | | L Giustino | $7^{13}$ | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | B Lock | 1 | 5 | | 4 | L Nardi | $6^{11}$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | L Nardi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Nardi | $7^7$ | 1 | 7 |
  | 6 | D Svrčina | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | D Palán | $6^4$ | 6 | 5 |
  | Q | Dominik Palán | 6 | $7^7$ | | Q | D Palán | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y Uchiyama | $6^3$ | 6 | 4 | WC | S Nagal | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | S Nagal | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | Q | D Palán | $7^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | H Međedović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | C-h Tseng | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
  | Alt | H Moriya | 3 | 4 | | | H Međedović | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Santillan | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | C-h Tseng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | C-h Tseng | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  