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2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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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]

Men's singles
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Andy Murray
Runner-upSpain Fernando Verdasco
Score6–3, 6–2
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 3 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Damir Džumhur.

Seeds edit

  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 edit

Key edit

Finals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Seeds edit

  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 edit

  1.   Denis Istomin
  2.   Marius Copil
  3.   Evgeny Donskoy
  4.   Lukáš Rosol

Lucky loser edit

  1.   Andreas Seppi

Qualifying draw edit

First qualifier edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  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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