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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

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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

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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

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. 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

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 (

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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Withdrawn players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 results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 French Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles French Open by year – Men's singles French Open - Men's Singles