2023 Kobe Challenger

2023 Kobe Challenger
Date	13–19 November
Edition	7th
Surface	Hard (indoor)
Location	Kobe, Japan
Champions
Singles
Duje Ajduković
Doubles
Evan King / Reese Stalder
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The 2023 Kobe Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kobe, Japan between 13 and 19 November 2023.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Jurij Rodionov	110	1
JPN	Shintaro Mochizuki	129	2
ITA	Luca Nardi	143	3
GER	Benjamin Hassan	150	4
JPN	Sho Shimabukuro	155	5
AUS	Marc Polmans	158	6
CHN	Bu Yunchaokete	167	7
CZE	Zdeněk Kolář	175	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 November 2023.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Taisei Ichikawa
• Tatsuma Ito
• Renta Tokuda

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate:

• Omar Jasika

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Chung Yun-seong
• Andrew Fenty
• Giovanni Fonio
• August Holmgren
• Kalin Ivanovski
• Yasutaka Uchiyama

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Bai Yan
• Rio Noguchi

Champions

Singles

• Duje Ajduković def. Sho Shimabukuro 6–4, 6–2.

Doubles

• Evan King / Reese Stalder def. Andrew Harris / Nam Ji-sung 7–6^(7–3), 2–6, [10–7].

References