2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Andy Murray
Runner-up	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6–3, 6–2
Draw	32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds	8

Main article: 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships

Andy Murray defeated Fernando Verdasco in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships. Murray saved seven match points en route to the title, against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the quarterfinals. He won the second set tiebreak of that match with a score of 20–18, equaling the record of the longest tiebreak in history, until the record was broken in 2022.

Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Damir Džumhur.

Seeds

1. Andy Murray (champion)
2. Stan Wawrinka (first round)
3. Roger Federer (second round)
4. Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)
5. Tomáš Berdych (second round)
6. Roberto Bautista Agut (second round)
7. Lucas Pouille (semifinals)
8. Gilles Müller (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Andy Murray	7	6
	7	Lucas Pouille	5	1
								1	Andy Murray	6	6
									Fernando Verdasco	3	2
		Fernando Verdasco	77	5	6
		Robin Haase	65	7	1

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	A Murray	6	6
		M Jaziri	4	1				1	A Murray	6	6
		V Troicki	4	3					G García López	2	0
		G García López	6	6											1	A Murray	64	720	6
	WC	O Alawadhi	2	5												P Kohlschreiber	77	618	1
		D Medvedev	6	7					D Medvedev	4	4
		P Kohlschreiber	6	77					P Kohlschreiber	6	6
	8	G Müller	4	61																		1	A Murray	7	6
	3	R Federer	6	6																		7	L Pouille	5	1
		B Paire	1	3				3	R Federer	6	67	65
		M Youzhny	4	4				Q	E Donskoy	3	79	77
	Q	E Donskoy	6	6											Q	E Donskoy	4	7	62
	Q	M Copil	6	6											7	L Pouille	6	5	77
		J-L Struff	4	2				Q	M Copil	1	4
		A Pavlásek	2	2				7	L Pouille	6	6
	7	L Pouille	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6/WC	R Bautista Agut	6	77
		K Khachanov	1	64				6/WC	R Bautista Agut	4	6	5
	LL	A Seppi	2	5					F Verdasco	6	3	7
		F Verdasco	6	7												F Verdasco	6	7
		D Evans	6	6											4	G Monfils	3	5
		D Brown	2	3					D Evans	4	6	1
	WC	M Safwat	4	3				4	G Monfils	6	3	6
	4	G Monfils	6	6																			F Verdasco	77	5	6
	5	T Berdych	6	2																			R Haase	65	7	1
	Q	L Rosol	3	1r				5	T Berdych	6	3	4
		R Haase	6	6					R Haase	3	6	6
	Q	D Istomin	2	4												R Haase	6	4	6
		M Granollers	6	6												D Džumhur	2	6	4
		J Veselý	3	2					M Granollers	3	4
		D Džumhur	77	6					D Džumhur	6	6
	2	S Wawrinka	64	3

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Denis Istomin (qualified)
2. Andreas Seppi (Qualifying competition, lucky loser)
3. Sergiy Stakhovsky (first round)
4. Andrey Rublev (first round)
5. Evgeny Donskoy (qualified)
6. Marius Copil (qualified)
7. Thomas Fabbiano (first round)
8. Lukáš Rosol (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Denis Istomin
2. Marius Copil
3. Evgeny Donskoy
4. Lukáš Rosol

Lucky loser

1. Andreas Seppi

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Denis Istomin	6	6
	WC	Alexei Popyrin	4	0
								1	Denis Istomin	6	77
									Márton Fucsovics	1	65
		Márton Fucsovics	77	6
	7	Thomas Fabbiano	65	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Andreas Seppi	7	7
		Jan Šátral	5	5
								2	Andreas Seppi	5	62
								6	Marius Copil	7	77
	WC	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	2	2
	6	Marius Copil	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	6	1
	WC	James McGee	6	1	6
								WC	James McGee	1	3
								5	Evgeny Donskoy	6	6
		Peter Gojowczyk	4	4
	5	Evgeny Donskoy	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Andrey Rublev	2	710	2
		Vincent Millot	6	68	6
									Vincent Millot	5	1
								8	Lukáš Rosol	7	6
		Ivan Dodig	7	65	4
	8	Lukáš Rosol	5	77	6

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw