The 2017 German Open (also known as the 2017 German Tennis Championships) was a men's
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
tournament played on
outdoor red clay courts. It was the 111th edition of the
German Open Tennis Championships
The Hamburg European Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Before 2021, it was a mal ...
and part of the
ATP World Tour 500 series
The ATP 500 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 500'' tournaments, '' ATP International Series Gold'', and ''ATP Championship Series'') are the fourth highest tier of annual men's tennis tournament after the four Grand Slam tou ...
of the
2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the
Am Rothenbaum in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
, timezone1 = Central (CET)
, utc_offset1 = +1
, timezone1_DST = Central (CEST)
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, postal ...
, Germany, from 24 July until 30 July 2017. Unseeded
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...
, who entered the main draw as a lucky loser, won the singles draw.
Points and prize money
Points distribution
Prize money
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of July 17, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received
wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 23 May 2022.
Tennis career 2017: ATP debut
Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifi ...
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Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May ...
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Maximilian Marterer
Maximilian Marterer (born 15 June 1995) is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in August 2018.
Professional career
2015: ATP debut
Marterer made his ATP main draw debut at the MercedesCup ...
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
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Andreas Haider-Maurer
Andreas Haider-Maurer (; born 22 March 1987) is a retired professional tennis player from Austria.
In the first round of the 2010 US Open, he forced world No. 5 Robin Söderling to a fifth set before losing the match. That same year, Haider-Ma ...
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Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
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Andrey Rublev
Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Federico Delbonis
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Damir Džumhur
Damir Džumhur ( ; born 20 May 1992) is a professional tennis player from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. His career-best singles ranking of World No. 23 achieved on 2 July 2018, makes him the highes ...
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Rudolf Molleker
Rudolf Molleker (born 26 October 2000) is a German tennis player. Molleker achieved a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 146 on 29 July 2019 and a doubles ranking of World No. 376 on 21 March 2022.
Personal information
He was born ...
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Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012.
Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debut
He reached his first ATP World Tour quarte ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
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José Hernández-Fernández
José Hernández-Fernández (; born March 13, 1990) is a professional male tennis player from the Dominican Republic.
Tennis career
Hernández-Fernández reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 179 in August 2015 ...
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Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Pablo Carreño Busta
Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 11 September 2017. He also reached a bes ...
→replaced by
Andrey Kuznetsov
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Borna Ćorić
Borna Ćorić (; born 14 November 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player. On 5 November 2018, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 21 August 2022, Ćorić became the lowest-ranked champion in Masters 1000 history when ...
→replaced by
Nicolás Kicker
Nicolás Kicker (, born 16 August 1992 in Merlo) is an Argentine tennis player. He plays mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Kicker achieved his highest career singles ranking of 78 in June 2017. He has won 3 singles titles, and 1 doubles title ...
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Rogério Dutra Silva
Rogério Dutra da Silva (; born February 3, 1984) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player.
Dutra Silva had a career high ATP singles ranking of 63 achieved on July 24, 2017 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 84 achieved on Febru ...
→replaced by
José Hernández-Fernández
José Hernández-Fernández (; born March 13, 1990) is a professional male tennis player from the Dominican Republic.
Tennis career
Hernández-Fernández reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 179 in August 2015 ...
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Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
→replaced by
Dmitry Tursunov
Dmitry Igorevich Tursunov (; born 12 December 1982) is a retired Russian tennis player and current tennis coach. At age 12 he moved to the United States to train and further his prospects of becoming a professional player. His career-high singl ...
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Martin Kližan
Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. The winner of the 2006 French Open boys' singles title, Kližan turned pro in 2007 and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2 ...
→replaced by
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...
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Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017.
Career
Juniors
As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26–18 in doubles), ...
→replaced by
Rogério Dutra Silva
Rogério Dutra da Silva (; born February 3, 1984) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player.
Dutra Silva had a career high ATP singles ranking of 63 achieved on July 24, 2017 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 84 achieved on Febru ...
*
Janko Tipsarević
Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...
→replaced by
Evgeny Donskoy
Evgeny Evgenyevich Donskoy ( rus, Евге́ний Евге́ньевич Донско́й, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ dɐnˈskoɪ̯; born 9 May 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 65, ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of July 17, 2017
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier (born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 53, achieved on 23 May 2022.
Tennis career 2017: ATP debut
Altmaier made his ATP main draw debut as a qualifi ...
/
Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May ...
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Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies. The ...
/
Tim Pütz
Tim Pütz (; born 19 November 1987) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably t ...
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Federico Delbonis /
Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...
Withdrawals
;During the tournament
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Rogério Dutra Silva
Rogério Dutra da Silva (; born February 3, 1984) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player.
Dutra Silva had a career high ATP singles ranking of 63 achieved on July 24, 2017 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 84 achieved on Febru ...
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Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco Carmona (; born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7, achieved in April 2009.
His best performance in a Grand Slam was making the semifinals of the 2009 ...
Finals
Singles
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Leonardo Mayer
Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...
defeated
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player.
Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP title after four previous defeats in ATP fin ...
6–4, 4–6, 6–3.
Doubles
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Ivan Dodig
Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles.
He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Au ...
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Mate Pavić
Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...
defeated
Pablo Cuevas
Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is an inactive Uruguayan professional tennis player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna.
He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of ...
/
Marc López
Marc López Tarrés (, ; born 31 July 1982) is a Spanish retired professional tennis player and coach. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 106 (May 2004) and world No. 3 in doubles (January 2013).
Partnering Feliciano López, M ...
6–3, 6–4.
References
External links
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