2017 China Open – Men's singles
# 2017 China Open – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 China Open. Nadal saved two match points en route to the title, in his first-round match against Lucas Pouille.

Andy Murray was the reigning champion, but withdrew with a hip injury before the tournament.

## Seeds

* Rafael Nadal (champion)
* Alexander Zverev (semifinals)
* Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)
* Pablo Carreño Busta (first round)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (quarterfinals)
* John Isner (quarterfinals)
* Tomáš Berdych (second round)
* Nick Kyrgios (final)

## 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 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Grigor Dimitrov | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Grigor Dimitrov | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Nick Kyrgios | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 7 | | 8 | Nick Kyrgios | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Alexander Zverev | 3 | 5 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R Nadal | 4 | $7^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pouille | 6 | $6^6$ | 5 | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Wu | 4 | 2 | | | K Khachanov | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | |
| | L Mayer | $7^8$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | 6 | J Isner | 4 | $6^0$ | | | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | $6^6$ | 7 | 4 | | L Mayer | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Jaziri | 2 | 3 | | 6 | J Isner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Isner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | G Dimitrov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Dimitrov | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| SE | D Džumhur | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | G Dimitrov | $7^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cuevas | $6^4$ | 4 | | WC | JM del Potro | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | JM del Potro | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 3 | G Dimitrov | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Granollers | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | R Bautista Agut | $6^5$ | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Bedene | 6 | 6 | | | A Bedene | 0 | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ze Zhang | 1 | 3 | | 5 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili | 1 | 2 | | 8 | N Kyrgios | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 7 | 4 | 4 | | M Zverev | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zverev | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | N Kyrgios | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | Q | S Darcis | 0 | $0^r$ | | | | |
| Q | D Lajović | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | D Lajović | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Darcis | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Darcis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | P Carreño Busta | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | N Kyrgios | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | T Berdych | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Zverev | 3 | 5 |
| | J Donaldson | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | T Berdych | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sock | 6 | 1 | 2 | | A Rublev | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Rublev | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Rublev | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Haase | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | A Zverev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Fognini | $7^7$ | 6 | | | F Fognini | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Edmund | 3 | $6^3$ | | 2 | A Zverev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Zverev | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Borna Ćorić (qualifying competition)
* Rogério Dutra Silva (qualifying competition)
* Steve Darcis (qualified)
* Malek Jaziri (qualified)
* Dušan Lajović (qualified)
* Jérémy Chardy (first round)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualifying competition)
* Peter Polansky (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Marcel Granollers
* Dušan Lajović
* Steve Darcis
* Malek Jaziri

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Borna Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Alt | Marcos Giron | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Alt | Marcos Giron | 3 | 4 | 1 | Borna Ćorić | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | Alt | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 6 | Alt | Marcel Granollers | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Jérémy Chardy | 3 | 2 | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Rogério Dutra Silva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Te Rigele | 0 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | Te Rigele | 0 | 4 | | 2 | Rogério Dutra Silva | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alessandro Giannessi | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Dušan Lajović | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Steve Darcis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Sun Fajing | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| WC | Sun Fajing | 4 | 2 | | 3 | Steve Darcis | 5 | $7^8$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 8/Alt | Peter Polansky | 7 | $6^6$ | 4 |
| Alt | Ivan Dodig | 6 | 5 | $0^r$ | 8/Alt | Peter Polansky | 7 | $6^6$ | 4 |
| 8/Alt | Peter Polansky | 4 | 7 | 0 | | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Malek Jaziri | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Zhizhen | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Zhizhen | 4 | 1 | | 4 | Malek Jaziri | 6 | $7^9$ |
| | | | | | 7 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4 | $6^7$ |
| | Thiago Monteiro | $7^7$ | 5 | 3 | 7 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4 | $6^7$ |
| 7 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | $6^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | |
