# 2017 BWF World Championships – Men's singles

The men's singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 21 to 27 August.

## Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Son Wan-ho | 17 | 14 | | | | |
| 7 | Lin Dan | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 7 | Lin Dan | 21 | 21 | 7 | Lin Dan | 20 | 16 |
| | | | | 3 | Viktor Axelsen | 22 | 21 |
| 3 | Viktor Axelsen | 21 | 21 | 3 | Viktor Axelsen | 22 | 21 |
| 5 | Chen Long | 9 | 10 | | | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | Son W-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Koljonen | 14 | 16 | | 1 | Son W-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Krausz | 18 | 21 | 21 | | G Krausz | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Vattanirappel | 21 | 11 | 7 | | | | | 1 | Son W-h | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | |
| 11 | T Saensomboonsuk | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | 11 | T Saensomboonsuk | 14 | 21 | 13 | | | | |
| | N Fransman | 22 | 12 | 6 | 11 | T Saensomboonsuk | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Zulkiffli | 8 | 21 | 21 | | Z Zulkiffli | 18 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pochtarev | 21 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Son W-h | 21 | 21 |
| 8 | S Kidambi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Kidambi | 14 | 18 |
| | S Sirant | 13 | 12 | | 8 | S Kidambi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Corvée | 18 | 21 | 21 | | L Corvée | 9 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lin Y-h | 21 | 17 | 13 | | | | | 8 | S Kidambi | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 14 | A Antonsen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 14 | A Antonsen | 14 | 18 | | | | | |
| | F Roth | 15 | 16 | | 14 | A Antonsen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Sugiarto | 21 | 21 | | | T Sugiarto | 15 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hu Y | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Shi YQ | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Evans | 21 | 20 | | 4 | Shi YQ | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Myhre | 18 | 21 | 10 | | Y Coelho | 17 | 23 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Coelho | 21 | 16 | 21 | | | | | | 4 | Shi YQ | 13 | 21 | 16 | | | | |
| 12 | Wong W K | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 12 | Wong W K | 21 | 15 | 21 | | | | |
| | A Salah | 15 | 11 | | 12 | Wong W K | 21 | 21 | 26 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L R Garrido | 4 | 16 | | | K Tsuneyama | 23 | 15 | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Tsuneyama | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Wong W K | 17 | 18 |
| 7 | Lin D | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Lin D | 21 | 21 |
| | K Merrilees | 15 | 10 | | 7 | Lin D | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Burestedt | 13 | 8 | | | E Holst | 21 | 8 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Holst | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 7 | Lin D | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 16 | R Ouseph | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 16 | R Ouseph | 21 | 17 | 16 | | | | |
| | A Mendrek | 15 | 13 | | 16 | R Ouseph | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Abian | 8 | 4$^r$ | | | S Verma | 20 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Verma | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | M Dubowski | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A S Ginting | 21 | 21 | | | A S Ginting | 21 | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Wei N | 18 | 17 | | 15 | B. S Praneeth | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | B. S Praneeth | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 15 | B. S Praneeth | 21 | 10 | 12 | | | | | |
| | B Seguin | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | 6 | Chou T-c | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | M Zwiebler | 21 | 21 | | | M Zwiebler | 22 | 18 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Penty | 13 | 21 | 14 | 6 | Chou T-c | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Chou T-c | 21 | 10 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Chou T-c | 18 | 22 | 16 |
| | R Maddaloni | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Axelsen | 21 | 20 | 21 |
| | P S Low | 19 | 4 | | | R Maddaloni | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Moreels | 9 | 12 | | 9 | Ng K L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ng K L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 9 | Ng K L | 17 | 13 | | | | | | |
| | R Must | 20 | 21 | 15 | | | | | | 3 | V Axelsen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | E Heino | 22 | 16 | 21 | | E Heino | 17 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ueda | 21 | 6 | 13 | 3 | V Axelsen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | V Axelsen | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | M Caljouw | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Karunaratne | 17 | 6 | | | M Caljouw | 13 | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Wraber | 14 | 12 | | 13 | A Jayaram | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | A Jayaram | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 13 | A Jayaram | 11 | 10 | | | | |
| | S D Kuncoro | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 5 | Chen L | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | M Ludík | 16 | 7 | | | S D Kuncoro | 13 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G J Paul | 7 | 9 | | 5 | Chen L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Chen L | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Chen L | 21 | 21 |
| | M Carder | 19 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Tian HW | 12 | 17 |
| | V Malkov | 21 | 21 | | | V Malkov | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H-K Vittinghus | 14 | 21 | 16 | 10 | Tian HW | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Tian HW | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | 10 | Tian HW | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | M Zilberman | 14 | 19 | | | | | | | | B Leverdez | 14 | 8 | | | | |
| | Z Đurkinjak | 21 | 21 | | | Z Đurkinjak | 21 | 19 | 20 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Leverdez | 21 | 22 | 21 | | B Leverdez | 16 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lee C W | 19 | 24 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |