Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 China Open.^[1] Nadal saved two match points en route to the title, in his first-round match against Lucas Pouille.

Andy Murray was the reigning champion, but withdrew with a hip injury before the tournament.^[2]

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Rafael Nadal	6	4	6
	3	Grigor Dimitrov	3	6	1
								1	Rafael Nadal	6	6
								8	Nick Kyrgios	2	1
	8	Nick Kyrgios	6	7
	2	Alexander Zverev	3	5

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	R Nadal	4	78	7
		L Pouille	6	66	5			1	R Nadal	6	6
	WC	D Wu	4	2					K Khachanov	3	3
		K Khachanov	6	6											1	R Nadal	6	77
		L Mayer	78	5	6										6	J Isner	4	60
		P Lorenzi	66	7	4				L Mayer	0	3
	Q	M Jaziri	2	3				6	J Isner	6	6
	6	J Isner	6	6																		1	R Nadal	6	4	6
	3	G Dimitrov	6	3	6																	3	G Dimitrov	3	6	1
	SE	D Džumhur	1	6	3			3	G Dimitrov	78	7
		P Cuevas	64	4				WC	JM del Potro	66	5
	WC	JM del Potro	77	6											3	G Dimitrov	77	4	6
	Q	M Granollers	4	2											5	R Bautista Agut	65	6	2
		A Bedene	6	6					A Bedene	0	0r
	WC	Ze Zhang	1	3				5	R Bautista Agut	6	4
	5	R Bautista Agut	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	N Kyrgios	6	6
		N Basilashvili	1	2				8	N Kyrgios	3	6	6
		J-L Struff	7	4	4				M Zverev	6	2	2
		M Zverev	5	6	6										8	N Kyrgios	6	3
		F Verdasco	1	6	3										Q	S Darcis	0	0r
	Q	D Lajović	6	3	6			Q	D Lajović	3	4
	Q	S Darcis	6	6				Q	S Darcis	6	6
	4	P Carreño Busta	0	4																		8	N Kyrgios	6	7
	7	T Berdych	6	0	6																	2	A Zverev	3	5
		J Donaldson	3	6	2			7	T Berdych	6	4	1
		J Sock	6	1	2				A Rublev	1	6	6
		A Rublev	3	6	6											A Rublev	2	3
		R Haase	64	2											2	A Zverev	6	6
		F Fognini	77	6					F Fognini	4	2
		K Edmund	3	63				2	A Zverev	6	6
	2	A Zverev	6	77

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Borna Ćorić	6	6
	Alt	Marcos Giron	3	4
								1	Borna Ćorić	3	4
								Alt	Marcel Granollers	6	6
	Alt	Marcel Granollers	6	6
	6	Jérémy Chardy	3	2

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Rogério Dutra Silva	6	6
	WC	Te Rigele	0	4
								2	Rogério Dutra Silva	3	7	3
								5	Dušan Lajović	6	5	6
		Alessandro Giannessi	3	6	3
	5	Dušan Lajović	6	3	6

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Steve Darcis	6	6
	WC	Sun Fajing	4	2
								3	Steve Darcis	5	78	6
								8/Alt	Peter Polansky	7	66	4
	Alt	Ivan Dodig	6	5	0r
	8/Alt	Peter Polansky	4	7	0

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Malek Jaziri	6	6
	WC	Zhang Zhizhen	4	1
								4	Malek Jaziri	6	79
								7	Sergiy Stakhovsky	4	67
		Thiago Monteiro	77	5	3
	7	Sergiy Stakhovsky	64	7	6

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw