2017 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
# 2017 Nürnberger Versicherungscup

The 2017 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 22–28 May 2017.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | €34,677 | €17,258 | €9,274 | €4,980 | €2,742 | €1,694 | €823 | €484 |
| Women's doubles | €9,919 | €5,161 | €2,770 | €1,468 | €774 | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 20 | 1 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 29 | 2 |
| CHN | Zhang Shuai | 31 | 3 |
| GER | Laura Siegemund | 32 | 4 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 36 | 5 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 45 | 6 |
| KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 47 | 7 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 48 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of May 15, 2017.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Katharina Gerlach
* Katharina Hobgarski
* Tatjana Maria

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

* Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Marie Bouzková
* Alexandra Cadanțu
* Barbora Krejčíková
* Lena Rüffer
* Amra Sadiković
* Anna Zaja

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Julia Glushko

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Mona Barthel -replaced by Maria Sakkari
* Eugenie Bouchard -replaced by Julia Glushko
* Anastasija Sevastova -replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
* Lesia Tsurenko -replaced by Nao Hibino

### Retirements

* Alexandra Cadanțu
* Misaki Doi
* Monica Niculescu
* Maria Sakkari
* Yaroslava Shvedova
* Laura Siegemund

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| IND | Sania Mirza | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 21 | 1 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 65 | 2 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčiková | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 66 | 3 |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | UKR | Kateryna Bondarenko | 91 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of May 15, 2017.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Annika Beck / Anna Zaja
* Katharina Gerlach / Katharina Hobgarski

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Varvara Lepchenko / Evgeniya Rodina

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Monica Niculescu

**During the tournament**

* Misaki Doi

## Champions

### Singles

* Kiki Bertens def. Barbora Krejčíková, 6–2, 6–1

### Doubles

* Nicole Melichar / Anna Smith def. Kirsten Flipkens / Johanna Larsson, 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
