2017 Australian Open – Men's singles explained

Champ:	Roger Federer
Runner:	Rafael Nadal
Score:	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Draw:	128 (16 / 8)
Seeds:	32

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Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was his fifth Australian Open title and record-extending 18th major title overall. Federer became the oldest men's singles major champion since Ken Rosewall at the 1972 Australian Open. Nadal was attempting to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam (he would achieve the feat five years later).^[1]

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Denis Istomin.^[2] It was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships that Djokovic failed to reach the third round of a major and the first time since 2006 that he failed to do so at the Australian Open. With top seed Andy Murray losing in the fourth round, this marked the first time since the 2004 French Open that the top two seeds both failed to reach the quarterfinals of a men's singles major.^[3]

This marked the first major tournament for future world No. 1 and US Open champion Daniil Medvedev; he lost in the first round to Ernesto Escobedo.

Seeds

See also: 1 and 1. Andy Murray (fourth round)

See also: 2 and 8. Novak Djokovic (second round)

See also: 3 and 6. Milos Raonic (quarterfinals)

See also: 4 and 3. Stan Wawrinka (semifinals)

See also: 5 and 2. Kei Nishikori (fourth round)

See also: 6 and 5. Gaël Monfils (fourth round)

See also: 7 and 4. Marin Čilić (second round)

See also: 8 and 7. Dominic Thiem (fourth round)

See also: 9 and 5. Rafael Nadal (final)

See also: 10 and 2. Tomáš Berdych (third round)

See also: 11 and 7. David Goffin (quarterfinals)

See also: 12 and 4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)

See also: 13 and 6. Roberto Bautista Agut (fourth round)

See also: 14 and 3. Nick Kyrgios (second round)

See also: 15 and 8. Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals)

See also: 16 and 1. Lucas Pouille (first round)

See also: 17 and 2. Roger Federer (champion)

See also: 18 and 8. Richard Gasquet (third round)

See also: 19 and 1. John Isner (second round)

See also: 20 and 7. Ivo Karlović (third round)

See also: 21 and 6. David Ferrer (third round)

See also: 22 and 3. Pablo Cuevas (first round)

See also: 23 and 4. Jack Sock (third round)

See also: 24 and 5. Alexander Zverev (third round)

See also: 25 and 6. Gilles Simon (third round)

See also: 26 and 2. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (first round)

See also: 27 and 4. Bernard Tomic (third round)

See also: 28 and 7. Feliciano López (first round)

See also: 29 and 3. Viktor Troicki (third round)

See also: 30 and 8. Pablo Carreño Busta (third round)

See also: 31 and 1. Sam Querrey (third round)

See also: 32 and 5. Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to rankings on 9 January 2017,^[4] while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017.^[5]

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Andy Murray	12,560	1,200	180	11,540	Fourth round lost to Mischa Zverev
2	2	Novak Djokovic	11,780	2,000	45	9,825	Second round lost to Denis Istomin [WC]
3	3	Milos Raonic	5,290	720	360	4,930	Quarter-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [9]
4	4	Stan Wawrinka	5,155	180	720	5,695	Semi-finals lost to Roger Federer [17]
5	5	Kei Nishikori	5,010	360	180	4,830	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [17]
6	6	Gaël Monfils	3,625	360	180	3,445	Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal [9]
7	7	Marin Čilić	3,605	90	45	3,560	Second round lost to Daniel Evans
8	8	Dominic Thiem	3,415	90	180	3,505	Fourth round lost to David Goffin [11]
9	9	Rafael Nadal	3,195	10	1,200	4,385	Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer [17]
10	10	Tomáš Berdych	3,060	360	90	2,790	Third round lost to Roger Federer [17]
11	11	David Goffin	2,750	180	360	2,930	Quarter-finals lost to Grigor Dimitrov [15]
12	12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,505	180	360	2,685	Quarter-finals lost to Stan Wawrinka [4]
13	14	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,350	180	180	2,350	Fourth round lost to Milos Raonic [3]
14	13	Nick Kyrgios	2,460	90	45	2,415	Second round lost to Andreas Seppi
15	15	Grigor Dimitrov	2,135	90	720	2,765	Semi-finals lost to Rafael Nadal [9]
16	16	Lucas Pouille	2,131	10	10	2,131	First round lost to Alexander Bublik [Q]
17	17	Roger Federer	1,980	720	2,000	3,260	Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal [9]
18	18	Richard Gasquet	1,885	0	90	1,975	Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov [15]
19	19	John Isner	1,850	180	45	1,715	Second round lost to Mischa Zverev
20	21	Ivo Karlović	1,795	10	90	1,875	Third round lost to David Goffin [11]
21	23	David Ferrer	1,740	360	90	1,470	Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut [13]
22	22	Pablo Cuevas	1,780	45	10	1,745	First round lost to Diego Schwartzman
23	20	Jack Sock	1,810	45	90	1,855	Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12]
24	24	Alexander Zverev	1,655	10	90	1,735	Third round lost to Rafael Nadal [9]
25	25	Gilles Simon	1,585	180	90	1,495	Third round lost to Milos Raonic [3]
26	26	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1,435	45	10	1,400	First round lost to Lukáš Lacko [Q]
27	27	Bernard Tomic	1,420	180	90	1,330	Third round lost to Daniel Evans
28	29	Feliciano López	1,410	90	10	1,330	First round lost to Fabio Fognini
29	35	Viktor Troicki	1,225	90	90	1,225	Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka [4]
30	31	Pablo Carreño Busta	1,370	10	90	1,450	Third round lost to Denis Istomin [WC]
31	32	Sam Querrey	1,355	10	90	1,435	Third round lost to Andy Murray [1]
32	33	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,325	10	90	1,405	Third round lost to Gaël Monfils [6]