2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's singles
# 2017 Mubadala World Tennis Championship – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal was the competition's defending champion but withdrew before the start of the competition and was replaced by Roberto Bautista Agut.

## Seeds

* Dominic Thiem (semifinals) (Third place)
* Pablo Carreño Busta (quarterfinals) (Sixth place)
* Novak Djokovic (withdrew due to an elbow pain)
* Kevin Anderson (champion)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (final) (Runner-up)
* Andrey Rublev (quarterfinals) (Fifth place)

## 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

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dominic Thiem | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye | | | 1 | Dominic Thiem | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Kevin Anderson | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Pablo Carreño Busta | 3 | $6^2$ | 4 | Kevin Anderson | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Kevin Anderson | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kevin Anderson | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | 4 | ' Kevin Anderson | 6 | $7^7$ | |
| | | | | | | | | 5 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 4 | $6^0$ | |
| 5 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 4 | $6^0$ |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 5 | 2 | 5 | Roberto Bautista Agut | w/o | | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| | | | | 3 | Novak Djokovic | | |
| | bye | | | 3 | Novak Djokovic | | | 1 | Dominic Thiem | w/o | | |
| 3 | Novak Djokovic | | | | | | | 3 | Novak Djokovic | | | |

### Play-offs

| Fifth Place Match | Fifth Place Match | Fifth Place Match | Fifth Place Match | Fifth Place Match |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Pablo Carreño Busta | 4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Andrey Rublev | 6 | 6 | |

## Additional exhibition matches

| Exhibition Match #1 (1 set) | Exhibition Match #1 (1 set) | Exhibition Match #1 (1 set) | Exhibition Match #1 (1 set) | Exhibition Match #1 (1 set) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6 | | |
| 2 | Andy Murray | 2 | | |
| Exhibition Match #2 | Exhibition Match #2 | Exhibition Match #2 | Exhibition Match #2 | Exhibition Match #2 |
| 1 | Dominic Thiem | 6 | 6 | |
| 2 | Pablo Carreño Busta | 3 | 4 | |
