Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017 / Men

ATP World Tour
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017

date	February 27, 2017 - March 4, 2017
Edition	25th
navigation	2016 ◄ 2017 ► 2018
venue	Dubai United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Tournament number	495
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD
Prize money	US $ 2,429,150
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,858,530
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
Last year's winner (double)	Italy Simone Bolelli Andreas Seppi Italy

Winner (singles)	United Kingdom Andy Murray
Winner (doubles)	Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau Romania

Tournament director	Salah Tahlak
Tournament supervisor	Gerry Armstrong Hans-Jürgen Ochs
Last direct assumption	Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek (86)

As of March 4, 2017

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships 2017 was a tennis tournament that took place in Dubai from February 27 to March 4, 2017 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2017 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week the Abierto Mexicano Telcel was played in Acapulco and the Brasil Open in São Paulo . Like the tournament in Dubai, the former was part of the ATP World Tour 500 category , while the tournament in São Paulo was part of the lower endowment category ATP World Tour 250 .

Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in singles, while Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi won doubles last year.

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 2,429,150; total financial liabilities were $ 2,858,530.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 25 to 26, 2017. Four qualifier places were played out in singles and one place in doubles, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There was also a lucky loser.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Individual qualifiers	Qualifiers doubles	Lucky Loser Singles
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin	United States James Cerretani Philipp Oswald Austria	Italy Andreas Seppi
Romania Marius Copil	United States James Cerretani Philipp Oswald Austria
Russia Yevgeny Donskoy
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who move into the main field via qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. Prize money for the double competition applies per team.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 523,330
final	300	$ 256,565
Semifinals	180	$ 129,100
Quarter finals	90	$ 65,655
Round of 16	45	$ 34,100
First round	0	$ 17,980

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	20th
Qualifying round	10	$ 3,980
First round	0	$ 2,030

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 157,570
final	300	$ 77,140
Semifinals	180	$ 38,690
Quarter finals	90	$ 19,860
First round	0	$ 10,270

Qualification doubles
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	40
Qualifying round	25th
First round	0

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	United Kingdom Andy Murray	victory
02.	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	1 round
03.	Switzerland Roger Federer	Round of 16
04th	France Gaël Monfils	Quarter finals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	Round of 16
06th	Spain Roberto Bautista Agut	Round of 16
07th	France Lucas Pouille	Semifinals
08th.	Luxembourg Gilles Muller	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

M. Jaziri

4th

1

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

V. Troicki

4th

3

G. García-López

2

0

Spain G. García-López

6th

1

United Kingdom A. Murray

6 ⁴

7th

6th

WC

O. Awadhy

2

5

P. Kohlschreiber

7th

6 ¹⁸

1

Russia D. Medvedev

6th

7th

D. Medvedev

4th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

7th

Germany P. Kohlschreiber

6th

8th

G. Muller

4th

6 ¹

1

United Kingdom A. Murray

7th

6th

3

Switzerland R. Federer

6th

7th

L. Pouille

5

1

B. Paire

1

3

R. Federer

6th

6 ⁷

6 ⁵

M. Juschny

4th

Q

Russia J. Donskoi

3

7th

Q

Russia J. Donskoi

6th

Q

J. Donskoi

4th

7th

6 ²

Q

Romania M. Copil

6th

7th

France L. Pouille

6th

5

7th

J.-L. Struff

4th

2

Q

M. Copil

1

4th

A. Pavlásek

2

7th

France L. Pouille

6th

7th

France L. Pouille

6th

1

United Kingdom A. Murray

6th

6 toilets

Spain R. Bautista Agut

6th

7th

F. Verdasco

3

2

K. Khachanov

1

6 ⁴

6 toilets

R. Bautista Agut

4th

6th

5

LL

A. Seppi

2

5

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

3

7th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

7th

Spain F. Verdasco

6th

7th

United Kingdom D. Evans

6th

4th

G. Monfils

3

5

D. Brown

2

3

D. Evans

4th

6th

1

WC

M. Safwat

4th

3

4th

France G. Monfils

6th

3

6th

4th

France G. Monfils

6th

Spain F. Verdasco

7th

5

6th

5

Czech Republic T. Berdych

6th

2

R. Haase

6 ⁵

7th

1

Q

L. Rosol

3

1

r

5

T. Berdych

6th

3

4th

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

Netherlands R. Haase

3

6th

Q

D. Istomin

2

4th

Netherlands R. Haase

6th

4th

6th

Spain M. Granollers

6th

D. Džumhur

2

6th

4th

J. Veselý

3

2

M. Granollers

3

4th

Bosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur

7th

6th

Bosnia and Herzegovina D. Džumhur

6th

2

S. Wawrinka

6 ⁴

3

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Finland Henri Kontinen John Peers Australia	Semifinals
02.	Croatia Ivan Dodig Marcel Granollers Spain	1 round
03.	Canada Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin France	Quarter finals
04th	Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau Romania	victory