2017 Japan Women's Open

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2017 Japan Women's Open
Date	September 11 – 17
Edition	9th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Zarina Diyas
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Yang Zhaoxuan
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The 2017 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2017 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 11 through September 17, 2017.

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$2,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles2	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
² Per team}

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	13	1
CHN	Zhang Shuai	26	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	39	3
CZE	Kristýna Plíšková	41	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	44	5
JPN	Naomi Osaka	45	6
USA	Alison Riske	49	7
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	50	8

• Rankings are as of August 28, 2017

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kimiko Date
• Kristina Mladenovic
• Kristýna Plíšková

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Misa Eguchi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Zarina Diyas
• Jana Fett
• Miyu Kato
• Danka Kovinić

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Lauren Davis → replaced by Jana Čepelová
• Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Kurumi Nara
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp
• Donna Vekić → replaced by Han Xinyun
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	CZE	Renata Voráčová	70	1
JPN	Eri Hozumi	JPN	Miyu Kato	78	2
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	82	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	86	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 28, 2017

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Chuang Chia-jung / Misaki Doi
• Erina Hayashi / Momoko Kobori

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Zarina Diyas def. Miyu Kato, 6–2, 7–5

Doubles[]

• Shuko Aoyama / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Monique Adamczak / Storm Sanders, 6–0, 2–6, [10–5]

External links[]

• Official website