2017 Tianjin Open
# 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.

## 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

* Maria Sharapova def. Aryna Sabalenka, 7–5, 7–6 $^{(10–8)}$

### Doubles

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