diff --git a/python/ray/tune/progress_reporter.py b/python/ray/tune/progress_reporter.py
index dc0b3ba72..c0bccc621 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/progress_reporter.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/progress_reporter.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import time
 
 from ray.tune.result import (EPISODE_REWARD_MEAN, MEAN_ACCURACY, MEAN_LOSS,
                              TRAINING_ITERATION, TIME_TOTAL_S, TIMESTEPS_TOTAL)
-from ray.tune.utils import flatten_dict
+from ray.tune.utils import unflattened_lookup
 
 try:
     from collections.abc import Mapping
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ def _get_trial_info(trial, parameters, metrics):
         parameters (list[str]): Names of trial parameters to include.
         metrics (list[str]): Names of metrics to include.
     """
-    result = flatten_dict(trial.last_result)
-    config = flatten_dict(trial.config)
+    result = trial.last_result
+    config = trial.config
     trial_info = [str(trial), trial.status, str(trial.location)]
-    trial_info += [config.get(param) for param in parameters]
-    trial_info += [result.get(metric) for metric in metrics]
+    trial_info += [unflattened_lookup(param, config) for param in parameters]
+    trial_info += [unflattened_lookup(metric, result) for metric in metrics]
     return trial_info
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/tests/test_progress_reporter.py b/python/ray/tune/tests/test_progress_reporter.py
index c8afa18ed..4141c8233 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/tests/test_progress_reporter.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/tests/test_progress_reporter.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ Number of trials: 5 (1 PENDING, 3 RUNNING, 1 TERMINATED)
 
 EXPECTED_RESULT_2 = """Result logdir: /foo
 Number of trials: 5 (1 PENDING, 3 RUNNING, 1 TERMINATED)
-+--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----+
-|   Trial name | status     | loc   |   a |   b |
-|--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----|
-|        00000 | TERMINATED | here  |   0 |   0 |
-|        00001 | PENDING    | here  |   1 |   2 |
-|        00002 | RUNNING    | here  |   2 |   4 |
-|        00003 | RUNNING    | here  |   3 |   6 |
-|        00004 | RUNNING    | here  |   4 |   8 |
-+--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----+"""
++--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----+---------+---------+
+|   Trial name | status     | loc   |   a |   b |   n/k/0 |   n/k/1 |
+|--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----+---------+---------|
+|        00000 | TERMINATED | here  |   0 |   0 |       0 |       0 |
+|        00001 | PENDING    | here  |   1 |   2 |       1 |       2 |
+|        00002 | RUNNING    | here  |   2 |   4 |       2 |       4 |
+|        00003 | RUNNING    | here  |   3 |   6 |       3 |       6 |
+|        00004 | RUNNING    | here  |   4 |   8 |       4 |       8 |
++--------------+------------+-------+-----+-----+---------+---------+"""
 
 EXPECTED_RESULT_3 = """Result logdir: /foo
 Number of trials: 5 (1 PENDING, 3 RUNNING, 1 TERMINATED)
@@ -246,21 +246,29 @@ class ProgressReporterTest(unittest.TestCase):
             t.trial_id = "%05d" % i
             t.local_dir = "/foo"
             t.location = "here"
-            t.config = {"a": i, "b": i * 2}
-            t.evaluated_params = t.config
+            t.config = {"a": i, "b": i * 2, "n": {"k": [i, 2 * i]}}
+            t.evaluated_params = {
+                "a": i,
+                "b": i * 2,
+                "n/k/0": i,
+                "n/k/1": 2 * i
+            }
             t.last_result = {
                 "config": {
                     "a": i,
-                    "b": i * 2
+                    "b": i * 2,
+                    "n": {
+                        "k": [i, 2 * i]
+                    }
                 },
                 "metric_1": i / 2,
                 "metric_2": i / 4
             }
             t.__str__ = lambda self: self.trial_id
             trials.append(t)
-        # One metric, all parameters
+        # One metric, two parameters
         prog1 = trial_progress_str(
-            trials, ["metric_1"], None, fmt="psql", max_rows=3)
+            trials, ["metric_1"], ["a", "b"], fmt="psql", max_rows=3)
         print(prog1)
         assert prog1 == EXPECTED_RESULT_1
 
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/utils/__init__.py b/python/ray/tune/utils/__init__.py
index 42d9abc89..0eed502b8 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from ray.tune.utils.util import deep_update, flatten_dict, get_pinned_object, \
-    merge_dicts, pin_in_object_store, UtilMonitor, validate_save_restore, \
-    warn_if_slow
+    merge_dicts, pin_in_object_store, unflattened_lookup, UtilMonitor, \
+    validate_save_restore, warn_if_slow
 
 __all__ = [
     "deep_update",
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "get_pinned_object",
     "merge_dicts",
     "pin_in_object_store",
+    "unflattened_lookup",
     "UtilMonitor",
     "validate_save_restore",
     "warn_if_slow",
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/utils/util.py b/python/ray/tune/utils/util.py
index 195d155aa..60fe732b6 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/utils/util.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/utils/util.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import copy
 import logging
 import threading
 import time
-from collections import defaultdict
+from collections import defaultdict, deque, Mapping, Sequence
 from threading import Thread
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -216,6 +216,27 @@ def flatten_dict(dt, delimiter="/"):
     return dt
 
 
+def unflattened_lookup(flat_key, lookup, delimiter="/", default=None):
+    """
+    Unflatten `flat_key` and iteratively look up in `lookup`. E.g.
+    `flat_key="a/0/b"` will try to return `lookup["a"][0]["b"]`.
+    """
+    keys = deque(flat_key.split(delimiter))
+    base = lookup
+    while keys:
+        key = keys.popleft()
+        try:
+            if isinstance(base, Mapping):
+                base = base[key]
+            elif isinstance(base, Sequence):
+                base = base[int(key)]
+            else:
+                raise KeyError()
+        except KeyError:
+            return default
+    return base
+
+
 def _to_pinnable(obj):
     """Converts obj to a form that can be pinned in object store memory.