2017 Tianjin Open

The 2017 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 9 and 15 October 2017.

2017 Tianjin Open
Date	October 9–15
Edition	4th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Venue	Tuanbo International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Maria Sharapova
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Sara Errani

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,164	$55,324	$29,730	$8,898	$4,899	$3,026	$1,470	$865
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383	—	—	—

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* per team</sub>

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Caroline Garcia	15	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	18	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	25	3
CRO	Donna Vekić	46	4
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	48	5
GRE	Maria Sakkari	50	6
UKR	Lesia Tsurenko	51	7
USA	Alison Riske	53	8
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	57	9

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Liu Fangzhou
• Maria Sharapova
• Wang Xiyu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lauren Davis
• Sara Errani
• Guo Hanyu
• Lu Jingjing
• Arina Rodionova
• Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

• Han Xinyun

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Misaki Doi →replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Caroline Garcia →replaced by Han Xinyun
• Sabine Lisicki →replaced by Zhu Lin
• Evgeniya Rodina →replaced by Aryna Sabalenka

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	164	1
JPN	Nao Hibino	MNE	Danka Kovinić	167	2
SLO	Dalila Jakupović	SRB	Nina Stojanović	169	3
CHN	Liang Chen	CHN	Lu Jingjing	210	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2017 Tianjin Open – Singles

• Maria Sharapova def. Aryna Sabalenka, 7–5, 7–6 ^{(10–8)[1][2]}

Doubles

Main article: 2017 Tianjin Open – Doubles

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Sara Errani def. Dalila Jakupović / Nina Stojanović, 6–4, 6–3