# 2017 Memphis Open – Singles

Kei Nishikori was the four-time defending champion, but chose to compete in Buenos Aires instead.
Ryan Harrison won his first ATP World Tour singles title, defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final, 6–1, 6–4. This was the first time in the tournament's 41-year history that no seeded players reached the semifinals. It was also the first ATP tour level event where this happened since 2013 at Nice.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Ivo Karlović (second round)
* John Isner (quarterfinals)
* Sam Querrey (second round)
* Steve Johnson (quarterfinals)
* Bernard Tomic (first round)
* Adrian Mannarino (first round)
* Steve Darcis (second round)
* Lu Yen-hsun (first round)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final |
| Nikoloz Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| Mikhail Kukushkin | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | |
| Mikhail Kukushkin | 6$^5$ | 1 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 1 | 4 |
| | | | Ryan Harrison | 6 | 6 |
| Ryan Harrison | 6 | 6 | Ryan Harrison | 6 | 6 |
| Donald Young | 4 | 4 | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | I Karlović | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Basilashvili | 6 | 6 | | | N Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Thompson | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | N Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | |
| Q | P Polansky | 7$^7$ | 3 | 1 | | | | | | Q | M Ebden | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | |
| Q | M Ebden | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | Q | M Ebden | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | T Fritz | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | T Fritz | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | N Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Kukushkin | 6$^5$ | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | S Johnson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Tiafoe | 3 | 7 | 3 | Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Smyczek | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Johnson | 0 | 4 | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Kukushkin | 6 | 6 | | | |
| LL | B Becker | 3 | 4 | | | M Kukushkin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D King | 6 | 6 | | Q | D King | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Tomic | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | S Darcis | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Albot | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | S Darcis | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Džumhur | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | D Džumhur | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Anderson | 7$^8$ | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | D Džumhur | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Harrison | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | R Harrison | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Kravchuk | 3 | 5 | | | R Harrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | S Querrey | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Harrison | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | A Mannarino | 6 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | D Young | 4 | 4 |
| | D Young | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | D Young | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Opelka | 6 | 7 | | WC | R Opelka | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Donaldson | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | D Young | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | |
| | Y Nishioka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Isner | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | |
| | G García López | 4 | 4 | | | Y Nishioka | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Isner | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Peter Polansky (qualified)
* Benjamin Becker (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Denis Kudla (first round)
* Darian King (qualified)
* Elias Ymer (first round)
* Tim Smyczek (qualified)
* Tatsuma Ito (qualifying competition, retired)
* Matthew Barton (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Peter Polansky
* Tim Smyczek
* Matthew Ebden
* Darian King

### Lucky loser

* Benjamin Becker

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Peter Polansky | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Alt | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 3 | 3 | | 1 | Peter Polansky | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Matthew Barton | 2 | 1 |
| WC | Tommy Paul | 3 | 6 | 6$^5$ | 8 | Matthew Barton | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Matthew Barton | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Benjamin Becker | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Alt | Nikola Mektić | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Alt | Nikola Mektić | 3 | 3 | 2 | Benjamin Becker | |
| | | | | 6 | Tim Smyczek | w/o |
| WC | Scott Lipsky | 2 | 3 | 6 | Tim Smyczek | w/o |
| 6 | Tim Smyczek | 6 | 6 | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Denis Kudla | 6$^4$ | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| PR | Matthew Ebden | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| PR | Matthew Ebden | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | PR | Matthew Ebden | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Alt | Brian Baker | 2 | 4 |
| Alt | Brian Baker | 6 | 6 | | Alt | Brian Baker | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Elias Ymer | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Darian King | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | Andrew Watson | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| Alt | Andrew Watson | 2 | 3 | | 4 | Darian King | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 7 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 0$^r$ |
| | James McGee | 6 | 6$^4$ | 1 | 7 | Tatsuma Ito | 1 | 0$^r$ |
| 7 | Tatsuma Ito | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |