# 2017 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Nick Kyrgios was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Beijing instead.
David Goffin won the title, defeating Adrian Mannarino in the final, 6–3, 7–5.

## Seeds

* Marin Čilić (semifinals)
* Dominic Thiem (first round)
* Milos Raonic (second round, retired)
* David Goffin (champion)
* Kevin Anderson (second round)
* Sam Querrey (first round)
* Albert Ramos Viñolas (first round)
* Diego Schwartzman (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Marin Čilić | 7$^7$ | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | Adrian Mannarino | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Adrian Mannarino | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | Adrian Mannarino | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | David Goffin | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | David Goffin | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | 4 | David Goffin | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Diego Schwartzman | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Tsitsipas | 3 | 2 | | 1 | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Škugor | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | M Čilić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Y Takahashi | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | R Harrison | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| | R Harrison | 6 | 4 | 6 | | R Harrison | 6 | 1 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Simon | 2 | 6$^6$ | | 5 | K Anderson | 3 | 6 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Anderson | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Čilić | 7$^7$ | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | M Raonic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Mannarino | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 |
| | V Troicki | 3 | 4 | | 3 | M Raonic | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Paire | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | Y Sugita | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Sugita | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | Y Sugita | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | G Soeda | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | A Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Mannarino | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | A Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Veselý | 6 | 2 | 6 | | J Veselý | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Ramos Viñolas | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 6 | S Querrey | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | R Gasquet | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Daniel | 1 | 3 | | | Y-h Lu | 0 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Gasquet | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | D Goffin | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Ebden | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Ebden | 6 | 5 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | |
| | F Lopez | 5 | 1 | | 4 | D Goffin | 2 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Goffin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Goffin | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ |
| 8 | D Schwartzman | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | D Schwartzman | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ |
| | D Young | 2 | 5 | | 8 | D Schwartzman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Tomic | 6 | 3 | 6 | | B Tomic | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sousa | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | D Schwartzman | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| SE | A Dolgopolov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Johnson | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Medvedev | 1 | 2 | | SE | A Dolgopolov | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Johnson | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | S Johnson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Thiem | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Frances Tiafoe (qualifying competition)
* Vasek Pospisil (qualifying competition)
* Nicolás Kicker (first round)
* Radu Albot (qualifying competition)
* Nicolás Jarry (first round)
* Stefanos Tsitsipas (qualified)
* Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras (first round)
* Yannick Hanfmann (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Stefanos Tsitsipas
* Yusuke Takahashi
* Matthew Ebden
* Franko Škugor

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Frances Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Kaito Uesugi | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Kaito Uesugi | 2 | 4 | | 1 | Frances Tiafoe | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 6 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 |
| | Tatsuma Ito | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | 6 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Vasek Pospisil | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Yosuke Watanuki | 6$^5$ | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| WC | Yosuke Watanuki | 6$^5$ | 6$^5$ | 2 | Vasek Pospisil | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| | | | | | Yusuke Takahashi | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Yusuke Takahashi | 6 | 6 | | Yusuke Takahashi | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 7 | Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras | 1 | 2 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Nicolás Kicker | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Yannick Hanfmann | 3 | 1 |
| WC | Sho Shimabukuro | 3 | 4 | 8 | Yannick Hanfmann | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Yannick Hanfmann | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Radu Albot | 7 | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Reilly Opelka | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | Reilly Opelka | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6$^3$ | 4 | Radu Albot | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | Alt | Franko Škugor | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Alt | Franko Škugor | 6 | 6 | | Alt | Franko Škugor | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Nicolás Jarry | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |