# 2017 Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Singles

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 Qatar Open. Djokovic saved five match points en route to the title, in the semifinals against Fernando Verdasco. The final marked Djokovic and Murray's 36th and final professional meeting; Djokovic won to end their head-to-head at 25–11 in his favor.
Murray became the first player to reach the ATP Qatar Open final four times; however, his loss in the final ended his 28-match winning streak dating back to the 2016 Davis Cup semifinals.

## Seeds

* Andy Murray (final)
* Novak Djokovic (champion)
* Tomáš Berdych (semifinals)
* David Goffin (second round)
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals)
* Ivo Karlović (quarterfinals)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (second round)
* Marcos Baghdatis (first round, retired)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Andy Murray | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Tomáš Berdych | 3 | 4 | | 1 | Andy Murray | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fernando Verdasco | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 4 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Murray | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chardy | 0 | 6$^2$ | | 1 | A Murray | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Melzer | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | G Melzer | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu | 7$^7$ | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | A Murray | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | P Lorenzi | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | N Almagro | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | |
| | N Almagro | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | N Almagro | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaziri | 2 | 6$^3$ | | 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 6$^5$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Murray | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | T Berdych | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 3 | 4 |
| Q | A Giannessi | 6$^1$ | 2 | | 3 | T Berdych | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Yüksel | 3 | 3 | | | J Veselý | 6$^5$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Veselý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Bagnis | 1 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | 5 | J-W Tsonga | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Brown | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | D Brown | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kuznetsov | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J-W Tsonga | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | I Karlović | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Marchenko | 6$^5$ | 6$^0$ | | 6 | I Karlović | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | MS Zayid | 1 | 3 | | | K Khachanov | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Khachanov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | I Karlović | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | V Pospisil | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | F Verdasco | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 7 | 6 | | | F Verdasco | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Haase | 6$^4$ | 2 | | 4 | D Goffin | 1 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Goffin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | F Verdasco | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 |
| 8 | M Baghdatis | 4 | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 4 | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 5 | | Q | R Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A De Greef | 6$^8$ | 7 | 6 | WC | A De Greef | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Safwat | 7$^{10}$ | 5 | 4 | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | H Zeballos | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Mayer | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^9$ | | H Zeballos | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 6$^1$ | 3 | | 2 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Djokovic | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualifying competition)
* Radek Štěpánek (qualified)
* Marco Chiudinelli (first round)
* Thomas Fabbiano (first round)
* Evgeny Donskoy (first round)
* Taro Daniel (first round)
* Alessandro Giannessi (qualified)
* Vasek Pospisil (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Vasek Pospisil
* Radek Štěpánek
* Alessandro Giannessi
* Mohamed Safwat

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Luca Vanni | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | Luca Vanni | 1 | 5 | 1 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | 8 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Jabor Al-Mutawa | 2 | 2 | 8 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Vasek Pospisil | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Radek Štěpánek | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Lorenzo Giustino | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Lorenzo Giustino | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Radek Štěpánek | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Enrique López-Pérez | 1 | 4 |
| | Enrique López-Pérez | 6 | 6 | | | Enrique López-Pérez | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Evgeny Donskoy | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Marco Chiudinelli | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Mirza Bašić | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | |
| | Mirza Bašić | 6 | 0 | 6 | | Mirza Bašić | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 7 | Alessandro Giannessi | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Mousa Shanan Zayed | 2 | 1 | | 7 | Alessandro Giannessi | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Alessandro Giannessi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Thomas Fabbiano | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | Vincent Millot | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vincent Millot | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | Vincent Millot | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | Mohamed Safwat | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| | Mohamed Safwat | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Mohamed Safwat | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Taro Daniel | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | |