2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open

2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open
Date	October 9–15
Edition	8th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hong Kong
Venue	Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan
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The 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 9 to 15.

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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	1
USA	Venus Williams	5	2
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	6	3
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	11	4
RUS	Elena Vesnina	20	5
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	21	6
AUS	Daria Gavrilova	22	7
CHN	Zhang Shuai	26	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lee Ya-hsuan
• Elina Svitolina
• Elena Vesnina
• Zhang Ling

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Misa Eguchi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Shuko Aoyama
• Jacqueline Cako
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Alexa Guarachi
• Priscilla Hon
• Miyu Kato

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis →replaced by Chang Kai-chen
• Johanna Konta →replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Aleksandra Krunić →replaced by Luksika Kumkhum
• Kristina Mladenovic →replaced by Risa Ozaki
• Kristýna Plíšková →replaced by Nicole Gibbs
• Sloane Stephens →replaced by Misa Eguchi
• Heather Watson →replaced by Lizette Cabrera
• Zheng Saisai →replaced by Kurumi Nara

During the tournament

• Elina Svitolina
• Caroline Wozniacki

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	16	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	61	2
JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	CZE	Renata Voráčová	73	3
JPN	Eri Hozumi	JPN	Miyu Kato	82	4

¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Katherine Ip / Zhang Ling
• Ng Kwan-yau / Wu Ho-ching

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Daria Gavrilova, 5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles[]

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Lu Jiajing / Wang Qiang, 6–1, 6–1

References[]

External links[]

• Official site