title: 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles
text: # 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles
  
  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
  
  * Andy Murray (champion)
  * Stan Wawrinka (first round)
  * Roger Federer (second round)
  * Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals)
  * Tomáš Berdych (second round)
  * Roberto Bautista Agut (second round)
  * Lucas Pouille (semifinals)
  * 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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Andy Murray | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | 7 | Lucas Pouille | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
  | 7 | Lucas Pouille | 5 | 1 | | 1 | Andy Murray | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Fernando Verdasco | 3 | 2 |
  | | Fernando Verdasco | $7^7$ | 5 | 6 | | Fernando Verdasco | 3 | 2 |
  | | Robin Haase | $6^5$ | 7 | 1 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | 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 | 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 | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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
  
  * Denis Istomin (qualified)
  * Andreas Seppi (Qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Sergiy Stakhovsky (first round)
  * Andrey Rublev (first round)
  * Evgeny Donskoy (qualified)
  * Marius Copil (qualified)
  * Thomas Fabbiano (first round)
  * Lukáš Rosol (qualified)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Denis Istomin
  * Marius Copil
  * Evgeny Donskoy
  * Lukáš Rosol
  
  ### Lucky loser
  
  * Andreas Seppi
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Denis Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Alexei Popyrin | 4 | 0 | | | | |
  | WC | Alexei Popyrin | 4 | 0 | 1 | Denis Istomin | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | | Márton Fucsovics | 1 | $6^5$ |
  | | Márton Fucsovics | $7^7$ | 6 | | Márton Fucsovics | 1 | $6^5$ |
  | 7 | Thomas Fabbiano | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | Andreas Seppi | 7 | 7 | | | | |
  | | Jan Šátral | 5 | 5 | | | | |
  | | Jan Šátral | 5 | 5 | 2 | Andreas Seppi | 5 | $6^2$ |
  | | | | | 6 | Marius Copil | 7 | $7^7$ |
  | WC | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 2 | 2 | 6 | Marius Copil | 7 | $7^7$ |
  | 6 | Marius Copil | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
  | WC | James McGee | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
  | 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 |
  | 5 | Evgeny Donskoy | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Andrey Rublev | 2 | $7^{10}$ | 2 | | | | |
  | | Vincent Millot | 6 | $6^8$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | Vincent Millot | 6 | $6^8$ | 6 | | Vincent Millot | 5 | 1 |
  | | | | | | 8 | Lukáš Rosol | 7 | 6 |
  | | Ivan Dodig | 7 | $6^5$ | 4 | 8 | Lukáš Rosol | 7 | 6 |
  | 8 | Lukáš Rosol | 5 | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  