2023 Kobe Challenger Explained

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
Austria	Jurij Rodionov	110	1
Japan	Shintaro Mochizuki	129	2
Italy	Luca Nardi	143	3
	Benjamin Hassan	150	4
Japan	Sho Shimabukuro	155	5
Australia	Marc Polmans	158	6
China	Bu Yunchaokete	167	7
Czech Republic	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

See main article: 2023 Kobe Challenger – Singles.

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

Doubles

See main article: 2023 Kobe Challenger – Doubles.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.