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Seeds

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. Seedings are based on 22 May 2017. Rank and points before are as of 29 May 2017. Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 French Open and tournaments from the week of 6 June 2016 (

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). † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2016. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

The following player would have been seeded, but withdrew from the event.

Other entry information

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

* Andrey Rublev

Withdrawals

Retirements

Notes

References

External links

Official Roland Garros 2017 Men's Singles Draw2017 French Open – Men's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:2017 French Open - Men's Singles Men's Singles French Open by year – Men's singles French Open - Men's Singles