Kammala wannan jumla: Federer ya taka leda a gasar
Kofin Hopman da Australian Open a cikin Janairu 2017. Janyewar sa daga yawancin raunin da ya faru a kakar wasan 2016 ya sa ya sauka zuwa lamba ta 17 a farkon Australian Open, mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin shekaru goma sha biyar. A gasar Australian Open, ya doke manyan 'yan wasa 10 Tomáš Berdych da Kei Nishikori a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, wanda ya sa Federer ya zama mutum mafi tsufa da ya yi gasa a wasan kusa da na karshe na Grand Slam tun lokacin da Jimmy Connors a 1991. A wasan kusa da na karshe, ya doke Stanislas Wawrinka a cikin saiti biyar, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama dan wasa mafi tsufa da ya taka leda a wasan karshe na Grand Slam tun bayan Ken Rosewall a shekarar 1974. Da yake dawowa daga hutu a cikin saiti na biyar, Federer ya ci Rafael Nadal don lashe gasar Australian Open, wanda kuma ya nuna wasan Federer na 100 a gasar Australian Open; shi ne karo na farko da Federer ya lashe wasa da Nadal a cikin wani taron Grand Slam tun daga wasan karshe na Wimbledon na 2007, kuma ya nuna nasarar farko ta Federer a Grand Slam a kan Nadal a waje da kotunan ciyawa na Wimbledon. Tare da wannan nasarar, ya sake shiga cikin manyan goma.