Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was his fifth Australian Open title and record-extending 18th major title overall. It was Federer's first major title since the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Federer, at old, was the oldest men's singles major champion since Ken Rosewall at the 1972 Australian Open. It was Nadal and Federer's ninth and last meeting in a major final. Additionally, this was their fourth, and final meeting at the Australian Open, and the only time Federer beat Nadal at the Melbourne grand slam, as Nadal won their 2009 final in 5 sets and their 2012 and 2014 semifinal matches in 4 and 3 sets, respectively. This was Nadal's second attempt to become the first man in the Open Era to achieve a double career Grand Slam (he would achieve the feat five years later).

Novak Djokovic was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Denis Istomin. It was the first time since the 2008 Wimbledon Championships that Djokovic failed to reach the third round of a major, and the first time since 2006 that he failed to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. With top seed Andy Murray losing in the fourth round, this marked the first time since the 2004 French Open that the top two seeds both failed to reach the quarterfinals of a men's singles major. Murray nonetheless retained the world No. 1 ranking after Djokovic lost in the second round.

This marked the first major tournament for future world No. 1 and US Open champion Daniil Medvedev; he lost in the first round to Ernesto Escobedo.

Seeds

Andy Murray (fourth round) Novak Djokovic (second round) Milos Raonic (quarterfinals) Stan Wawrinka (semifinals) Kei Nishikori (fourth round) Gaël Monfils (fourth round) Marin Čilić (second round) Dominic Thiem (fourth round) Rafael Nadal (final) Tomáš Berdych (third round) David Goffin (quarterfinals) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (quarterfinals) Roberto Bautista Agut (fourth round) Nick Kyrgios (second round) Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals) Lucas Pouille (first round)

Roger Federer (champion) Richard Gasquet (third round) John Isner (second round) Ivo Karlović (third round) David Ferrer (third round) Pablo Cuevas (first round) Jack Sock (third round) Alexander Zverev (third round) Gilles Simon (third round) Albert Ramos-Viñolas (first round) Bernard Tomic (third round) Feliciano López (first round) Viktor Troicki (third round) Pablo Carreño Busta (third round) Sam Querrey (third round) Philipp Kohlschreiber (third round)

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to rankings on 9 January 2017, while ranking and points before are as of 16 January 2017.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Andy Murray 12,560 1,200 180 11,540 Fourth round lost to Mischa Zverev 2 2 Novak Djokovic 11,780 2,000 45 9,825 Second round lost to Denis Istomin [WC] 3 3 Milos Raonic 5,290 720 360 4,930 Quarter-finals lost to Rafael Nadal 4 4 Stan Wawrinka 5,155 180 720 5,695 Semi-finals lost to Roger Federer 5 5 Kei Nishikori 5,010 360 180 4,830 Fourth round lost to Roger Federer 6 6 Gaël Monfils 3,625 360 180 3,445 Fourth round lost to Rafael Nadal 7 7 Marin Čilić 3,605 90 45 3,560 Second round lost to Daniel Evans 8 8 Dominic Thiem 3,415 90 180 3,505 Fourth round lost to David Goffin 9 9 Rafael Nadal 3,195 10 1,200 4,385 Runner-up, lost to Roger Federer 10 10 Tomáš Berdych 3,060 360 90 2,790 Third round lost to Roger Federer 11 11 David Goffin 2,750 180 360 2,930 Quarter-finals lost to Grigor Dimitrov 12 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,505 180 360 2,685 Quarter-finals lost to Stan Wawrinka 13 14 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,350 180 180 2,350 Fourth round lost to Milos Raonic 14 13 Nick Kyrgios 2,460 90 452,415 Second round lost to Andreas Seppi 15 15 Grigor Dimitrov 2,135 90 720 2,765 Semi-finals lost to Rafael Nadal 16 16 Lucas Pouille 2,131 10 10 2,131 First round lost to Alexander Bublik [Q] 17 17 Roger Federer 1,980 720 2,000 3,260 Champion, defeated Rafael Nadal 18 18 Richard Gasquet 1,885 0 90 1,975 Third round lost to Grigor Dimitrov 19 19 John Isner 1,850 180 45 1,715 Second round lost to Mischa Zverev 20 21 Ivo Karlović 1,795 10 90 1,875 Third round lost to David Goffin 21 23 David Ferrer 1,740 360 90 1,470 Third round lost to Roberto Bautista Agut 22 22 Pablo Cuevas 1,780 45 10 1,745 First round lost to Diego Schwartzman 23 20 Jack Sock 1,810 45 90 1,855 Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 24 24 Alexander Zverev 1,655 10 90 1,735 Third round lost to Rafael Nadal 25 25 Gilles Simon 1,585 180 90 1,495 Third round lost to Milos Raonic 26 26 Albert Ramos Viñolas 1,435 45 10 1,400 First round lost to Lukáš Lacko [Q] 27 27 Bernard Tomic 1,420 180 90 1,330 Third round lost to Daniel Evans 28 29 Feliciano López 1,410 90 10 1,330 First round lost to Fabio Fognini 29 35 Viktor Troicki 1,225 90 90 1,225 Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka 30 31 Pablo Carreño Busta 1,370 10 90 1,450 Third round lost to Denis Istomin [WC] 31 32 Sam Querrey 1,355 10 90 1,435 Third round lost to Andy Murray 32 33 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,325 10 90 1,405 Third round lost to Gaël Monfils

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began † – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

Retirements

Notes

References General

Men's Singles drawsheet on ausopen.com

Specific

External links 2017 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation