2017 US Open – Men's singles

Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 US Open.^[1] It was his third US Open title and 16th major title overall. It was also his first hard court title since January 2014.

Men's singles
2017 US Open
Champion	Rafael Nadal
Runner-up	Kevin Anderson
Score	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2017 US Open (tennis)

Stan Wawrinka was the reigning champion, but did not participate due to a knee injury that ended his season prematurely. Wawrinka's withdrawal ended his streak of 50 consecutive major appearances, dating back to the 2005 French Open.^[2] Reigning finalist Novak Djokovic also withdrew due to an elbow injury that ended his season, ending his streak of 51 consecutive major appearances, dating back to the 2005 Australian Open.^[3] Accordingly, this was the first men's singles draw at the US Open since 1971 to include neither finalist from the previous year's tournament.

After the loss of Marin Čilić in the third round, a first-time major finalist was guaranteed from the bottom half of the draw. Anderson was the first South African man to reach the final since Cliff Drysdale in 1965, and at any major singles final since Kevin Curren at the 1984 Australian Open, as well as the lowest-ranked man to reach the US Open singles final since the ATP rankings began in 1973.^[4][5] Anderson was the tallest major finalist in history, at 6 feet 8 inches.^[6]

Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Nadal retained the top ranking following Murray's withdrawal and Federer's loss in the quarterfinals.

Federer broke the men's singles record for total appearances at majors with his 71st participation. He was attempting to go undefeated at the majors for the season (having won the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships and not played the French Open), but he lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals.

Andrey Rublev was the youngest man to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Andy Roddick in 2001, and Denis Shapovalov was the youngest to reach the fourth round since Michael Chang in 1989.^[7] Sam Querrey was the first American man to reach the quarterfinals since John Isner and Andy Roddick in 2011. Diego Schwartzman was the shortest man (5 feet 7 inches) to reach a major singles quarterfinal since Jaime Yzaga (also 5 feet 7 inches) at the 1994 US Open.^{[citation needed]}

This tournament marked the first US Open main draw appearance of future world No. 1 and future champion Daniil Medvedev; he lost in the first round to Shapovalov.

Seeds

01.   Rafael Nadal (champion)

02.   Andy Murray (withdrew due to a hip injury)

03.   Roger Federer (quarterfinals)

04.   Alexander Zverev (second round)

05.   Marin Čilić (third round)

06.   Dominic Thiem (fourth round)

07.   Grigor Dimitrov (second round)

08.   Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (second round)

09.   David Goffin (fourth round)

10.   John Isner (third round)

11.   Roberto Bautista Agut (third round)

12.   Pablo Carreño Busta (semifinals)

13.   Jack Sock (first round)

14.   Nick Kyrgios (first round)

15.   Tomáš Berdych (second round)

16.   Lucas Pouille (fourth round)

17.   Sam Querrey (quarterfinals)

18.   Gaël Monfils (third round, retired)

19.   Gilles Müller (second round)

20.   Albert Ramos Viñolas (second round)

21.   David Ferrer (first round)

22.   Fabio Fognini (first round)

23.   Mischa Zverev (fourth round)

24.   Juan Martín del Potro (semifinals)

25.   Karen Khachanov (first round)

26.   Richard Gasquet (first round)

27.   Pablo Cuevas (first round)

28.   Kevin Anderson (final)

29.   Diego Schwartzman (quarterfinals)

30.   Adrian Mannarino (third round)

31.   Feliciano López (third round)

32.   Robin Haase (first round)

33.   Philipp Kohlschreiber (fourth round)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6
		Andrey Rublev	1	2	2
										1	Rafael Nadal	4	6	6	6
										24	Juan Martín del Potro	6	0	3	2
	3	Roger Federer	5	6	68	4
	24	Juan Martín del Potro	7	3	710	6
																			1	Rafael Nadal	6	6	6
																			28	Kevin Anderson	3	3	4
	17	Sam Querrey	65	711	3	67
	28	Kevin Anderson	77	69	6	79
										28	Kevin Anderson	4	7	6	6
										12	Pablo Carreño Busta	6	5	3	4
	12	Pablo Carreño Busta	6	6	6
	29	Diego Schwartzman	4	4	2

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	1	R Nadal	78	6	6
		D Lajović	66	2	2					1	R Nadal	4	6	6	6
		T Daniel	6	4	4	6	6				T Daniel	6	3	2	2
	WC	T Paul	1	6	6	2	2												1	R Nadal	63	6	6	6
		Y Sugita	6	6	6														LL	L Mayer	77	3	1	4
	WC	G Blancaneaux	2	2	0						Y Sugita	77	4	3	4
	LL	L Mayer	3	6	6	6				LL	L Mayer	63	6	6	6
	26	R Gasquet	6	2	4	2																						1	R Nadal	6	6	6
	22	F Fognini	4	68	6	0																							A Dolgopolov	2	4	1
	Q	S Travaglia	6	710	3	6				Q	S Travaglia	66	5	0
		V Troicki	3	6	3	6	6				V Troicki	78	7	6
		N Gombos	6	3	6	4	3													V Troicki	1	0	4
		J-L Struff	6	3	2	6	3													A Dolgopolov	6	6	6
		A Dolgopolov	3	6	6	1	6				A Dolgopolov	3	6	77	6
		R Harrison	4	2	64					15	T Berdych	6	1	65	2
	15	T Berdych	6	6	77

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	9	D Goffin	6	2	6	6
		J Benneteau	4	6	4	2				9	D Goffin	3	77	62	77	6
		S Darcis	1	2	0						G Pella	6	65	77	64	3
		G Pella	6	6	6														9	D Goffin	7	5
	Q	M Marterer	3	6	1	4													18	G Monfils	5	1r
		D Young	6	1	6	6					D Young	3	77	4	6	5
		J Chardy	66	3	4					18	G Monfils	6	63	6	2	7
	18	G Monfils	78	6	6																							9	D Goffin	5	65	3
	27	P Cuevas	5	63	1																								A Rublev	7	77	6
		D Džumhur	7	77	6						D Džumhur	4	6	6	6
	Q	C-M Stebe	5	6	6	6				Q	C-M Stebe	6	4	0	1
		N Kicker	7	3	1	1														D Džumhur	4	4	7	4
		A Bedene	1	4	4															A Rublev	6	6	5	6
		A Rublev	6	6	6						A Rublev	7	77	6
	Q	V Šafránek	1	4	2					7	G Dimitrov	5	63	3
	7	G Dimitrov	6	6	6

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	3	R Federer	4	6	6	1	6
		F Tiafoe	6	2	1	6	4			3	R Federer	6	63	4	6	6
		B Kavčič	3	7	4	3					M Youzhny	1	77	6	4	2
		M Youzhny	6	5	6	6													3	R Federer	6	6	7
		F Verdasco	6	0															31	F López	3	3	5
		V Pospisil	2	0r							F Verdasco	3	2	6	1
		A Kuznetsov	4	64	77	2				31	F López	6	6	3	6
	31	F López	6	77	65	6																						3	R Federer	6	6	7
	33	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	6																							33	P Kohlschreiber	4	2	5
	Q	T Smyczek	1	4	4					33	P Kohlschreiber	6	6	3
	Q	V Millot	1	0	6	6	4				S Giraldo	2	1	0r
		S Giraldo	6	6	4	4	6												33	P Kohlschreiber	7	6	6
		M Jaziri	77	4	6	5	6												PR	J Millman	5	2	4
		T Monteiro	65	6	3	7	4				M Jaziri	1	61	1
	PR	J Millman	6	1	6	6				PR	J Millman	6	77	6
	14	N Kyrgios	3	6	4	1

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	11	R Bautista Agut	6	4	6	77
		A Seppi	2	6	2	61				11	R Bautista Agut	6	6	77
		D Brown	6	6	6						D Brown	1	3	63
		T Bellucci	4	3	2														11	R Bautista Agut	3	3	4
	WC	P Kypson	4	69	1														24	JM del Potro	6	6	6
	Q	A Menéndez-Maceiras	6	711	6					Q	A Menéndez-Maceiras	2	3	63
		H Laaksonen	4	63	65					24	JM del Potro	6	6	77
	24	JM del Potro	6	77	77																							24	JM del Potro	1	2	6	77	6
	30	A Mannarino	6	6	6																							6	D Thiem	6	6	1	61	4
	PR	R Berankis	2	4	2					30	A Mannarino	6	64	6	6
	WC	B Fratangelo	77	6	3	77				WC	B Fratangelo	3	77	1	2
		I Karlović	62	4	6	64													30	A Mannarino	5	3	4
		M Baghdatis	4	4	3														6	D Thiem	7	6	6
	WC	T Fritz	6	6	6					WC	T Fritz	4	4	6	5
	WC	A De Minaur	4	1	1					6	D Thiem	6	6	4	7
	6	D Thiem	6	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	17	S Querrey	6	6	6
		G Simon	4	3	4					17	S Querrey	6	6	6
	WC	C Eubanks	2	4	2						D Sela	4	1	4
		D Sela	6	6	6														17	S Querrey	4	6	6	6
	Q	R Albot	7	4	6	6													Q	R Albot	6	2	4	4
		E Escobedo	5	6	2	4				Q	R Albot	6	79	5	0	77
		Y-h Lu	4	6	6	6					Y-h Lu	2	67	7	6	62
	25	K Khachanov	6	2	3	3																						17	S Querrey	6	6	6
	23	M Zverev	77	4	4	7	6																					23	M Zverev	2	2	1
	WC	T-S Kwiatkowski	65	6	6	5	3			23	M Zverev	6	6	3	63	7
	LL	L Lacko	3	2	65						B Paire	3	2	6	77	5
		B Paire	6	6	77														23	M Zverev	6	6	77
		H Zeballos	6	68	4	3													10	J Isner	4	3	65
		H Chung	3	710	6	6					H Chung	3	4	5
		P-H Herbert	1	3	6	3				10	J Isner	6	6	7
	10	J Isner	6	6	4	6

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	13	J Sock	2	612	6	7	4
		J Thompson	6	714	1	5	6				J Thompson	6	2	6	4	2
	Q	J-P Smith	65	4	6	64					T Fabbiano	2	6	3	6	6
		T Fabbiano	77	6	3	77														T Fabbiano	2	4	4
		J Sousa	6	3	64	2														P Lorenzi	6	6	6
		P Lorenzi	4	6	77	6					P Lorenzi	64	6	77	6
		B Tomic	6	3	4	4				19	G Müller	77	3	64	3
	19	G Müller	3	6	6	6																							P Lorenzi	4	3	77	4
	28	K Anderson	6	6	6																							28	K Anderson	6	6	64	6
	Q	JC Aragone	3	3	1					28	K Anderson	6	7	6
		A Giannessi	4	77	2	5				PR	E Gulbis	3	5	4
	PR	E Gulbis	6	63	6	7													28	K Anderson	6	6	6
		J Veselý	65	62	2															B Ćorić	4	3	2
		B Ćorić	77	77	6						B Ćorić	3	7	77	77
	Q	D King	69	5	4					4	A Zverev	6	5	61	64
	4	A Zverev	711	7	6

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	8	J-W Tsonga	6	6	6
		M Copil	3	3	4					8	J-W Tsonga	4	4	63
	Q	D Shapovalov	7	6	6					Q	D Shapovalov	6	6	77
		D Medvedev	5	1	2														Q	D Shapovalov	3	6	6	1
		N Almagro	4	62	65															K Edmund	6	3	3	0r
		S Johnson	6	77	77						S Johnson	5	2	64
		K Edmund	6	7	6						K Edmund	7	6	77
	32	R Haase	3	5	3																							Q	D Shapovalov	62	64	63
	20	A Ramos Viñolas	4	77	7	63	7																					12	P Carreño Busta	77	77	77
		D Istomin	6	64	5	77	5			20	A Ramos Viñolas	6	4	6	3	0
		M Fucsovics	3	6	4	6	63			Q	N Mahut	4	6	4	6	6
	Q	N Mahut	6	2	6	2	77												Q	N Mahut	3	4	3
	PR	D Tursunov	67	1	0r														12	P Carreño Busta	6	6	6
	Q	C Norrie	79	6	0					Q	C Norrie	2	4	3
	Q	E King	3	2	65					12	P Carreño Busta	6	6	6
	12	P Carreño Busta	6	6	77

Section 8

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	16	L Pouille	6	6	6
		R Bemelmans	3	4	4					16	L Pouille	7	6	4	3	6
		J Donaldson	6	4	6	78					J Donaldson	5	4	6	6	4
		N Basilashvili	0	6	3	66													16	L Pouille	2	6	6	6
	PR	A Haider-Maurer	63	1r															Q	M Kukushkin	6	3	4	4
		E Donskoy	77	5							E Donskoy	4	4	5
	Q	M Kukushkin	4	6	6	6				Q	M Kukushkin	6	6	7
	21	D Ferrer	6	3	2	1																						16	L Pouille	63	5	6	2
	29	D Schwartzman	6	6	6																							29	D Schwartzman	77	7	2	6
		C Berlocq	2	1	3					29	D Schwartzman	6	6	7
	PR	T Kokkinakis	77	6	1	62	3				J Tipsarević	2	4	5
		J Tipsarević	65	3	6	77	6												29	D Schwartzman	4	7	7	6
		R Dutra Silva	5	6	3	4													5	M Čilić	6	5	5	4
		F Mayer	7	0	6	6					F Mayer	3	3	3
		T Sandgren	4	3	6	3				5	M Čilić	6	6	6
	5	M Čilić	6	6	3	6

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seeds are based on the rankings as of August 21, 2017. Rank and points before are as of August 28, 2017.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	7,645	180	2,000	9,465	Champion, defeated Kevin Anderson [28]
2	2	Andy Murray	7,150	360	0	6,790	Withdrew due to hip injury[8]
3	3	Roger Federer	7,145	0	360	7,505	Quarterfinals lost to Juan Martín del Potro [24]
4	6	Alexander Zverev	4,470	45	45	4,470	Second round lost to Borna Ćorić
5	7	Marin Čilić	4,155	90	90	4,155	Third round lost to Diego Schwartzman [29]
6	8	Dominic Thiem	4,030	180	180	4,030	Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [24]
7	9	Grigor Dimitrov	3,710	180	45	3,575	Second round lost to Andrey Rublev
8	12	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,690	360	45	2,375	Second round lost to Denis Shapovalov [Q]
9	14	David Goffin	2,525	10	180	2,695	Fourth round lost to Andrey Rublev
10	15	John Isner	2,425	90	90	2,425	Third round lost to Mischa Zverev [23]
11	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,525	90	90	2,525	Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [24]
12	19	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,225	90	720	2,855	Semifinals lost to Kevin Anderson [28]
13	16	Jack Sock	2,345	180	10	2,175	First round lost to Jordan Thompson
14	17	Nick Kyrgios	2,325	90	10	2,245	First round lost to John Millman [PR]
15	18	Tomáš Berdych	2,310	0	45	2,355	Second round lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov
16	20	Lucas Pouille	2,210	360	180	2,030	Fourth round lost to Diego Schwartzman [29]
17	21	Sam Querrey	2,095	10	360	2,445	Quarterfinals lost to Kevin Anderson [28]
18	22	Gaël Monfils	1,915	720	90	1,285	Third round retired against David Goffin [9]
19	23	Gilles Müller	1,885	10	45	1,920	Second round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
20	24	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1,815	45	45	1,815	Second round lost to Nicolas Mahut [Q]
21	25	David Ferrer	1,695	90	10	1,615	First round lost to vs. Mikhail Kukushkin [Q]
22	26	Fabio Fognini	1,580	45	10	1,545	First round lost to Stefano Travaglia [Q]
23	27	Mischa Zverev	1,484	70	180	1,594	Fourth round lost to Sam Querrey [17]
24	28	Juan Martín del Potro	1,460	360	720	1,820	Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
25	29	Karen Khachanov	1,390	70	10	1,330	First round lost to Lu Yen-hsun
26	30	Richard Gasquet	1,390	10	10	1,390	First round lost to Leonardo Mayer [LL]
27	31	Pablo Cuevas	1,360	45	10	1,325	First round lost to Damir Džumhur
28	32	Kevin Anderson	1,360	90	1,200	2,470	Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal [1]
29	33	Diego Schwartzman	1,280	10+90	360+45	1,585	Quarterfinals lost to Pablo Carreño Busta [12]
30	34	Adrian Mannarino	1,255	10	90	1,335	Third round lost to Dominic Thiem [6]
31	35	Feliciano López	1,250	45	90	1,295	Third round lost to Roger Federer [3]
32	36	Robin Haase	1,168	10+48	10+45	1,165	First round lost to Kyle Edmund
33	37	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,135	10	180	1,305	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [3]

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
4	Stan Wawrinka	5,690	2,000	3,690	Knee injury[9]
5	Novak Djokovic	5,325	1,200	4,125	Elbow injury[10]
10	Kei Nishikori	3,195	720	2,475	Wrist injury[11]
11	Milos Raonic	2,870	45	2,825	Wrist injury[12]

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Geoffrey Blancaneaux^[13]
• Alex De Minaur^[14]
• Christopher Eubanks^[15]
• Bjorn Fratangelo^[15]
• Taylor Fritz^[15]
• Thai-Son Kwiatkowski^[16][A]
• Patrick Kypson^[15][B]
• Tommy Paul^[15][C]

Protected ranking

• Andreas Haider-Maurer (63)
• Thanasi Kokkinakis (81)
• John Millman (81)
• Dmitry Tursunov (89)
• Ričardas Berankis (92)
• Ernests Gulbis (99)

Qualifiers

Main article: 2017 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

• Radu Albot
• JC Aragone
• Darian King
• Evan King
• Mikhail Kukushkin
• Nicolas Mahut
• Maximilian Marterer
• Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras
• Vincent Millot
• Cameron Norrie
• Václav Šafránek
• Denis Shapovalov
• John-Patrick Smith
• Tim Smyczek
• Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
• Stefano Travaglia

Lucky losers

• Lukáš Lacko
• Leonardo Mayer

Withdrawals

• ‡ Dan Evans (60) → replaced by Ernests Gulbis (99 PR)
• ‡ Novak Djokovic (4) → replaced by Henri Laaksonen (100)
• ‡ Yoshihito Nishioka (90) → replaced by Tennys Sandgren (101)
• ‡ Stan Wawrinka (5) → replaced by Florian Mayer (102)
• ‡ Kei Nishikori (8) → replaced by Thiago Monteiro (103)
• ‡ Federico Delbonis (84) → replaced by Alessandro Giannessi (104)^[D]
• @ Milos Raonic (9) → replaced by Leonardo Mayer (LL)
• § Andy Murray (1) → replaced by Lukáš Lacko (LL)

‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw

Retirements

• Kyle Edmund
• Santiago Giraldo
• Andreas Haider-Maurer
• Gaël Monfils
• Vasek Pospisil
• Dmitry Tursunov

Notes

1. Winner of the men's singles tournament in the 2017 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
2. Winner of the Kalamazoo Wild Card tournament
3. Winner of the Men's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Binghamton, New York, Lexington, Kentucky and Aptos, California
4. Last direct acceptance