Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
defeated
Stan Wawrinka in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2017 French Open. It was his record-extending tenth
French Open
The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...
title and 15th
major title overall. Nadal became the first man to win ten singles titles at the same major. He
did not lose a set during the tournament for a third time (after
2008 and
2010
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), not losing more than four games in any set played. He lost only 35 games during the tournament, his personal best, and the second-best in the tournament's history after
Björn Borg in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
. Nadal also became the third man, after
Ken Rosewall and
Pete Sampras, to win a major title in his teens, twenties, and thirties.
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost to
Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals. Djokovic was attempting to become the first man in the
Open Era to achieve a
double career Grand Slam. This was the first time since
2010
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that he did not reach at least the semifinals at the French Open.
The hard-fought semifinal between Wawrinka and
Andy Murray marked the end for both players at the very top of the sport, as both suffered injuries that took them out of the game for months, from which they did not reclaim their prior preeminence.
This marked the first major appearance of future
ATP Finals champion and two-time major finalist
Stefanos Tsitsipas, who lost to
Ivo Karlović in the first round.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on 22 May 2017. Rank and points before are as of 29 May 2017.
Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the
2016 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2016 (
Stuttgart
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and
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).
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2016. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
Withdrawn players
The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.
Other entry information
Wild cards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky loser
*
Andrey Rublev
Withdrawals
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
Retirements
Notes
References
External links
Official Roland Garros 2017 Men's Singles Draw2017 French Open – Men's draws and resultsat the
International Tennis Federation
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Men's Singles
French Open by year – Men's singles
French Open - Men's Singles