2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger

2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger
Date	13–19 February
Edition	2nd
Surface	Hard
Location	Manama, Bahrain
Champions
Singles
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Doubles
Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Bart Stevens
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The 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2023 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Manama, Bahrain between 13 and 19 February 2023.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Jason Kubler	79	1
AUS	Alexei Popyrin	90	2
AUS	Christopher O'Connell	94	3
ITA	Francesco Passaro	109	4
ITA	Matteo Arnaldi	110	5
CZE	Tomáš Macháč	117	6
	Pavel Kotov	128	7
AUS	Thanasi Kokkinakis	140	8

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

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Bekkhan Atlangeriev
• Yusuf Qaed
• Abedallah Shelbayh

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

• Stefano Travaglia

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

• Oriol Roca Batalla

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Andrea Arnaboldi
• Aleksandr Braynin
• Viktor Durasovic
• Yankı Erel
• Vitaliy Sachko
• Mohamed Safwat

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Salvatore Caruso
• Andrey Chepelev
• Colin Sinclair

Champions

Singles

• Thanasi Kokkinakis def. Abedallah Shelbayh 6–1, 6–4.

Doubles

• Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Bart Stevens def. Ruben Gonzales / Fernando Romboli 6–3, 6–4.

References