title: 2023 Chennai Open Challenger – Singles
text: # 2023 Chennai Open Challenger – Singles
  
  Corentin Moutet was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
  
  Max Purcell won the title after defeating Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 5–7, $7–6^{(7–2)},$ 6–4 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Tseng Chun-hsin (second round)
  * James Duckworth (quarterfinals)
  * Sebastian Ofner (first round)
  * Ryan Peniston (first round)
  * Luca Nardi (first round)
  * Francesco Maestrelli (first round)
  * Dalibor Svrčina (second round)
  * Dimitar Kuzmanov (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | Sumit Nagal | 4 | 2 | | | | |
  | Q | Sumit Nagal | 4 | 2 | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 7 | $6^2$ | 4 |
  | | | | | Max Purcell | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | Dane Sweeny | 4 | $6^3$ | Max Purcell | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | Max Purcell | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | C-h Tseng | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Serdarušić | 4 | $6^6$ | | 1 | C-h Tseng | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Moreno de Alboran | 6 | 6 | | | N Moreno de Alboran | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Ferreira Silva | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | N Moreno de Alboran | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | PR | M Polmans | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | $7^7$ | | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | $6^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | A Kachmazov | 2 | 3 | | 7 | D Svrčina | 1 | $7^{12}$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | D Svrčina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | N Moreno de Alboran | 6 | 6 |
  | 4 | R Peniston | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Nagal | 4 | 2 |
  | Q | S Nagal | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Nagal | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | J Jung | 6 | 1 | $7^7$ | LL | J Jung | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Mayot | 3 | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | | | Q | S Nagal | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Clarke | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | J Clarke | 1 | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | P Gunneswaran | 6 | 3 | $6^4$ | | J Clarke | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Ramanathan | 3 | $6^3$ | | 8 | D Kuzmanov | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | D Kuzmanov | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | F Maestrelli | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Sweeny | 6 | 6 | | | D Sweeny | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | J McCabe | 6 | 6 | | Q | J McCabe | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Y-h Hsu | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | D Sweeny | $6^5$ | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | |
  | | NH Lý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | A Cazaux | $7^7$ | $6^9$ | 3 | | | |
  | | A Cazaux | 6 | 6 | | | A Cazaux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S-c Hong | 6 | 6 | | | S-c Hong | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | S Ofner | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | D Sweeny | 4 | $6^3$ |
  | 5 | L Nardi | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | M Purcell | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | Q | P Nouza | 6 | 7 | | Q | P Nouza | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Sasikumar | 2 | 2 | | | M Purcell | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Purcell | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
  | WC | L Borg | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | 2 | J Duckworth | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | |
  | | H Međedović | 6 | 4 | 6 | | H Međedović | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Carlos Sánchez Jover | 4 | 2 | | 2 | J Duckworth | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  