2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
# 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne

The 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Ladies Open Biel Bienne and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Swiss Tennis Center in Roger Federer Allee, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, from 10 April through 16 April 2017.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 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 | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 18 | 1 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 25 | 2 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | 30 | 3 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 34 | 4 |
| GER | Laura Siegemund | 37 | 5 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 44 | 6 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 46 | 7 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 47 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 3 April 2017.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Belinda Bencic
* Rebeka Masarova
* Carla Suárez Navarro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Marie Bouzková
* Antonia Lottner
* Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Markéta Vondroušová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Lina Gjorcheska

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Alizé Cornet →replaced by Lina Gjorcheska
* Kirsten Flipkens →replaced by Mona Barthel
* Kristina Mladenovic →replaced by Julia Boserup
* Tsvetana Pironkova →replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
* Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Jana Čepelová

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Xenia Knoll | NED | Demi Schuurs | 99 | 1 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 102 | 2 |
| ROU | Raluca Olaru | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 104 | 3 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | GBR | Heather Watson | 156 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 3 April 2017.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

* Amandine Hesse / Rebeka Masarova
* Ylena In-Albon / Leonie Küng

## Champions

### Singles

* Markéta Vondroušová def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–4, $7–6^{(8–6)}$

### Doubles

* Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu def. Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis, 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]
