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

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

Draw

Finals

	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

	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

	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

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	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

	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

	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	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

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw