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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Andy Murray	7	6
	7	Lucas Pouille	5	1
								1	Andy Murray	6	6
									Fernando Verdasco	3	2
		Fernando Verdasco	7^7	5	6
		Robin Haase	6^5	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	6^4	7^20	6
	WC	O Alawadhi	2	5												P Kohlschreiber	7^7	6^18	1
		D Medvedev	6	7					D Medvedev	4	4
		P Kohlschreiber	6	7^7					P Kohlschreiber	6	6
	8	G Müller	4	6^1																		1	A Murray	7	6
	3	R Federer	6	6																		7	L Pouille	5	1
		B Paire	1	3				3	R Federer	6	6^7	6^5
		M Youzhny	4	4				Q	E Donskoy	3	7^9	7^7
	Q	E Donskoy	6	6											Q	E Donskoy	4	7	6^2
	Q	M Copil	6	6											7	L Pouille	6	5	7^7
		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	7^7
		K Khachanov	1	6^4				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	7^7	5	6
	5	T Berdych	6	2																			R Haase	6^5	7	1
	Q	L Rosol	3	1^r				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	7^7	6					D Džumhur	6	6
	2	S Wawrinka	6^4	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	7^7
									Márton Fucsovics	1	6^5
		Márton Fucsovics	7^7	6
	7	Thomas Fabbiano	6^5	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Andreas Seppi	7	7
		Jan Šátral	5	5
								2	Andreas Seppi	5	6^2
								6	Marius Copil	7	7^7
	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	7^10	2
		Vincent Millot	6	6^8	6
									Vincent Millot	5	1
								8	Lukáš Rosol	7	6
		Ivan Dodig	7	6^5	4
	8	Lukáš Rosol	5	7^7	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.

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw