ATP 250 tournament, Open Sud de France. Seeded eighth, Baghdatis defeated Lukas Lacko in the opening round. In the second round, he saved seven second set setpoints against Taro Daniel, winning in straight sets. In the quarterfinal he was, however, beaten in two sets by top seed and eventual champion Richard Gasquet. Baghdatis next moved onto Rotterdam, where he competed at the ABN AMRO ATP-500-tournament. He was drawn against fourth seed David Goffin and achieved a three-sets victory, coming back from a 5–2 deficit in the third set tiebreak. He improved to 4–1 against Goffin in their head-to-head. Baghdatis's run ended in Rotterdam after round two, with a two-sets defeat to eventual champion, Martin Kližan. Baghdatis further continued his incredible resurgence at the prestigious Dubai Tennis Championships. Baghdatis, stunned Viktor Troicki, Vasek Pospisil, Bautista Agut and Feliciano Lopez on his way to the final. He would succumb to second seed and superstar Stan Wawrinka in the final 6–4, 7–6, including a near 30-minute tiebreaker in the second sets. Baghdatis, re-entered the world's top 40 for the first time in three years, and hit form that was present from ten years ago. Baghdatis said after the final: "I didn't win the tournament this week but I won a lot more, I won my confidence back. I'm happy I'm back and playing this kind of tennis now. It's just to continue improving and play at this level throughout the year." Traditionally his worst surface, Baghdatis began his clay-court season in Houston. He recorded the first double-bagel victory of his career in the opening round against Diego Schwartzman, before stunning Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–3 to book a spot in the quarterfinals. He was defeated by eventual finalist Jack Sock 6–4, 6–4. Baghdatis, however, struggled once again for majority of the clay-court season, recording first-round losses in Bucharest and Madrid, while pulling out of a number of other tournaments. At Roland Garros, Baghdatis recorded an impressive straight-sets win over Giles Muller, before despite winning the first two sets, bowing out in a thriller to Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in five sets. Baghdatis produced solid, without spectacular results over the coming months. He made the quarterfinals in both Halle and Nottingham on grass, with his run in Halle en route to a straight-sets victory over world No. 8, Tomas Berdych. He was disappointed at Wimbledon, ousted in straight sets to John Isner. He extended his grass-court season