# 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger – Singles

Ramkumar Ramanathan was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Thanasi Kokkinakis won the title after defeating Abedallah Shelbayh 6–1, 6–4 in the final. Shelbayh became the first Jordanian player to reach a final on the Challenger tour.

## Seeds

* Jason Kubler (quarterfinals)
* Alexei Popyrin (quarterfinals)
* Christopher O'Connell (second round)
* Francesco Passaro (second round)
* Matteo Arnaldi (first round)
* Tomáš Macháč (quarterfinals)
* Pavel Kotov (first round)
* Thanasi Kokkinakis (champion)

## 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 |
| WC | Abedallah Shelbayh | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| LL | Salvatore Caruso | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| LL | Salvatore Caruso | 5 | 2 | | WC | Abedallah Shelbayh | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | 8 | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 6 | 6 |
| | Jan-Lennard Struff | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | 8 | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Thanasi Kokkinakis | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Kubler | 5 | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | S Travaglia | 7 | 1 | 6$^{11}$ | 1 | J Kubler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Qaed | 1 | 3 | | | D Michalski | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Michalski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Kubler | 2 | 7 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| WC | Bekkhan Atlangeriev | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | A Shelbayh | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | A Shelbayh | 6 | 6 | | WC | A Shelbayh | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Kopřiva | 6 | 6 | | | V Kopřiva | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Kotov | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | A Shelbayh | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | F Passaro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | LL | S Caruso | 5 | 2 |
| | K Uchida | 1 | 4 | | 4 | F Passaro | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Giustino | 6 | 6 | | | L Giustino | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Safwat | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | L Giustino | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | FC Jianu | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | LL | S Caruso | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Gengel | 7$^7$ | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | | M Gengel | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Caruso | 3 | 6 | 6 | LL | S Caruso | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Arnaldi | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | T Macháč | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Giannessi | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | T Macháč | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | C Sinclair | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | LL | C Sinclair | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Arnaboldi | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | T Macháč | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J-L Struff | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| LL | Andrey Chepelev | 2 | 2 | | | J-L Struff | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Neuchrist | 4 | 4 | | 3 | C O'Connell | 1 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | C O'Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J-L Struff | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| 8 | T Kokkinakis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Kokkinakis | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 |
| Q | Y Erel | 5 | 1 | | 8 | T Kokkinakis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Müller | 6 | 6 | | | A Müller | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | O Roca Batalla | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | T Kokkinakis | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | V Durasovic | 6$^6$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | A Popyrin | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| Q | Aleksandr Braynin | 7$^8$ | 1 | 5 | Q | V Durasovic | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Virtanen | 5 | 2 | | 2 | A Popyrin | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Popyrin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |