2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Singles

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

Men's Singles
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion Andy Murray
Runner-up Fernando Verdasco
Final score6–3, 6–2
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Main article: 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships

Andy Murray won the title, defeating Fernando Verdasco in the final, 6–3, 6–2.

In a quarterfinal match, Murray saved seven match points against Philipp Kohlschreiber[1] and won the second set tiebreak with a score of 20–18, tying the record of the longest tiebreak ever played alongside other six matches in the entire history.[2]

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

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

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

References
  1. "Murray Downs Kohlschreiber In Dubai Thriller". ATPTour.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. Sokolowski, Alexandre (14 June 2020). "June 14, 1997: The day the longest tiebreak in history changed the game on grass". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 1 January 2021. Four 38-point tie-breaks would be played after the Ivanisevic-Rusedski 1997 effort, the last one won by Andy Murray against Philipp Kohlschreiber in 2017 in Dubai.
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