title: 2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Singles
text: # 2017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Singles
  
  This was the first edition of the tournament.
  
  Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Vasek Pospisil 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Frances Tiafoe (quarterfinals)
  * Taylor Fritz (first round)
  * Mikhail Kukushkin (second round)
  * Jared Donaldson (first round)
  * Henri Laaksonen (semifinals)
  * Peter Polansky (second round)
  * Vasek Pospisil (final)
  * Denis Kudla (quarterfinals)
  
  ## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Michael Mmoh | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | Michael Mmoh | 1 | 2 | 7 | Vasek Pospisil | 5 | 6 | 2 |
  | | | | | Q | Zhang Ze | 7 | 3 | 6 |
  | 5 | Henri Laaksonen | 4 | $6^7$ | Q | Zhang Ze | 7 | 3 | 6 |
  | Q | Zhang Ze | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | B Klahn | 4 | 4 | | 1 | F Tiafoe | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Shane | $7^7$ | 6 | | WC | R Shane | $6^4$ | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Caruso | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | F Tiafoe | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | S Bangoura | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | V Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | R Opelka | 6 | 6 | | | R Opelka | $7^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Trungelliti | $6^5$ | 6 | 4 | 7 | V Pospisil | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | V Pospisil | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | V Pospisil | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | M Kukushkin | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Mmoh | 1 | 2 |
  | | N Milojević | $6^3$ | 2 | | 3 | M Kukushkin | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Mmoh | 2 | 6 | $7^7$ | | M Mmoh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Sandgren | 6 | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | M Mmoh | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | M McDonald | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | D Kudla | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | K Coppejans | 2 | 2 | | | M McDonald | $6^5$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | R Sarmiento | $7^9$ | 1 | 4 | 8 | D Kudla | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | D Kudla | $6^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | H Laaksonen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Barton | 4 | 3 | | 5 | H Laaksonen | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Ramanathan | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | R Ramanathan | 1 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Giron | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | H Laaksonen | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Smyczek | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | Q | E Quigley | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | |
  | Q | E Quigley | 6 | 4 | 7 | Q | E Quigley | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J-P Smith | 6 | $7^7$ | | | J-P Smith | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Donaldson | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Laaksonen | 4 | $6^7$ |
  | 6 | P Polansky | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | Z Zhang | 6 | $7^9$ |
  | | D Novikov | 2 | 2 | | 6 | P Polansky | $6^3$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Ito | $7^7$ | 6 | | | T Ito | $7^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D King | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | T Ito | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | | E Ymer | $6^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | Q | Z Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | B Schnur | $7^7$ | 6 | | Q | B Schnur | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | Z Zhang | 6 | 4 | 6 | Q | Z Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | T Fritz | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  