title: 2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles
text: # 2017 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles
  
  Viktor Troicki was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gilles Müller.
  
  Müller went on to win his first ATP title, defeating Daniel Evans in the final, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 6–2.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
  
  * Dominic Thiem (quarterfinals)
  * Pablo Cuevas (quarterfinals)
  * Viktor Troicki (semifinals)
  * Pablo Carreño Busta (quarterfinals)
  * Philipp Kohlschreiber (quarterfinals, withdrew)
  * Gilles Müller (champion)
  * Martin Kližan (first round, retired with foot injury)
  * Marcel Granollers (second round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Daniel Evans | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Andrey Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Andrey Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 3 | | Daniel Evans | $6^5$ | 2 |
  | | | | | | 6 | Gilles Müller | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 3 | Viktor Troicki | 3 | $6^6$ | | 6 | Gilles Müller | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | 6 | Gilles Müller | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | D Thiem | $6^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | G Elias | $6^3$ | 6 | 6 | Q | G Elias | $7^7$ | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | C O'Connell | $7^7$ | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | D Thiem | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | | D Evans | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | D Evans | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | T Monteiro | 3 | 6 | 3 | | D Evans | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | S Giraldo | $7^7$ | 5 | 3 | 8 | M Granollers | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | M Granollers | $6^5$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | D Evans | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 3 |
  | | | | | | 4 | P Carreño Busta | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Zverev | 6 | 6 | | | M Zverev | 6 | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Almagro | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | P Carreño Busta | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | WC | A De Minaur | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | A Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | B Paire | 3 | 6 | $6^1$ | WC | A De Minaur | 2 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kuznetsov | 2 | 6 | 3 | | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 1 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Fognini | 4 | 4 | | 5 | P Kohlschreiber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | N Basilashvili | 5 | 2 | | WC | J Thompson | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Thompson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | P Kohlschreiber | | | | | | |
  | | F Mayer | $6^4$ | 6 | $6^5$ | | | | | | 3 | V Troicki | w/o | | | | | |
  | | P Lorenzi | $7^7$ | 4 | $7^7$ | | P Lorenzi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | V Troicki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Troicki | 3 | $6^6$ |
  | 6 | G Müller | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Müller | 6 | $7^8$ |
  | | A Dolgopolov | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | G Müller | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Barton | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | Q | M Barton | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Edmund | $6^3$ | $6^5$ | | | | | | | 6 | G Müller | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Bellucci | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | 2 | P Cuevas | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | |
  | | N Mahut | 6 | $7^7$ | | | N Mahut | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | P Cuevas | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Paul-Henri Mathieu (first round, retired)
  * Illya Marchenko (first round)
  * Gastão Elias (qualified)
  * Thiago Monteiro (qualified)
  * Mikhail Kukushkin (first round)
  * Santiago Giraldo (Qualifying Competition, lucky loser)
  * Dušan Lajović (first round)
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Matthew Barton
  * Christopher O'Connell
  * Gastão Elias
  * Thiago Monteiro
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Santiago Giraldo
  * Nikoloz Basilashvili
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Paul-Henri Mathieu | $2^r$ | | | | |
  | | Mathias Bourgue | 0 | | | | |
  | | Mathias Bourgue | 0 | | Mathias Bourgue | 3 | 1 |
  | | | | | Matthew Barton | 6 | 6 |
  | | Matthew Barton | $7^7$ | 7 | Matthew Barton | 6 | 6 |
  | 5 | Mikhail Kukushkin | $6^2$ | 5 | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Illya Marchenko | 3 | 3 | | | | |
  | WC | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 6 | WC | Christopher O'Connell | 6 | 7 |
  | | | | | | Enrique López Pérez | 3 | 5 |
  | | Enrique López Pérez | 6 | 6 | | Enrique López Pérez | 3 | 5 |
  | 7 | Dušan Lajović | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Gastão Elias | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Luca Vanni | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Luca Vanni | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Gastão Elias | $7^7$ | 6 |
  | | | | | | 8 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | $6^1$ | 4 |
  | | Rogério Dutra Silva | 4 | 3 | | 8 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | $6^1$ | 4 |
  | 8 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Thiago Monteiro | 5 | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | Thomas Fabbiano | 7 | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | |
  | | Thomas Fabbiano | 7 | $6^7$ | 3 | 4 | Thiago Monteiro | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | 6 | Santiago Giraldo | 3 | 1 |
  | WC | Andrew Whittington | $6^2$ | 4 | | 6 | Santiago Giraldo | 3 | 1 |
  | 6 | Santiago Giraldo | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  