2017 ATP Shenzhen Open

2017 ATP Shenzhen Open
2017 ATP Shenzhen Open
Date	September 25–October 1
Edition	4th
Category	World Tour 250 series
Draw	28S/16D
Surface	Hard
Location	Shenzhen, China
Champions
Singles
	David Goffin
Doubles
	Alexander Peya / Rajeev Ram

The 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2017 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China from September 25 to October 1.

Dudi Sela, Israel's # 1 player quit his quarterfinal match in the third set of the 2017 Shenzhen Open so he could begin observing Yom Kippur—the holiest day of the Jewish year—by the time the sun set, forfeiting a possible $34,000 in prize money and 90 rankings points.^[1]^[2] He had asked the tournament organizers to have his match be moved forward to be completed before sunset to accommodate his religion, but they denied his request.^[1]^[2]

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
GER	Alexander Zverev	4	1
BEL	David Goffin	12	2
GER	Mischa Zverev	27	3
ITA	Paolo Lorenzi	38	4
UKR	Alexandr Dolgopolov	52	5
BIH	Damir Džumhur	55	6
POR	João Sousa	57	7
USA	Donald Young	60	8

¹ Rankings are as of September 18, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Thomaz Bellucci →replaced by Nicolás Kicker
Tomáš Berdych →replaced by Henri Laaksonen
Chung Hyeon →replaced by Marcel Granollers
Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by Marius Copil
Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Alessandro Giannessi

Retirements

Dudi Sela

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
CRO	Nikola Mektić	USA	Nicholas Monroe	64	1
AUT	Alexander Peya	USA	Rajeev Ram	88	2
BRA	Marcelo Melo	GER	Alexander Zverev	105	3
NED	Wesley Koolhof	NZL	Artem Sitak	108	4