2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date	24–30 April
Edition	40th
Category	Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$710,900
Surface	Clay (indoor)
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Venue	Porsche-Arena
Attendance	37,000 (2016)
Champions
Singles
Laura Siegemund
Doubles
Raquel Atawo / Jeļena Ostapenko
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The 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 40th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 24 to 30 April 2017.

Besides the prize money, the singles champion won a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet sports car.^[1]

Maria Sharapova made her return to competitive tennis at the tournament, following her 15-month suspension for taking the banned substance meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.^[2]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	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 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	€107,036	€57,157	€30,536	€16,411	€8,798	€5,585	€2,508	€1,333	€742
Doubles *	€33,482	€17,885	€9,774	€4,974	€2,702	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

_{* per team}

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country		Rank1	Seed
GER	Angelique Kerber	1	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	4	3
ROU	Simona Halep	5	4
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	5
GBR	Johanna Konta	7	6
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	7
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	9	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Johanna Konta
• Maria Sharapova^[2]
• Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Naomi Osaka
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Tamara Korpatsch
• Anett Kontaveit

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Jennifer Brady

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Caroline Garcia →replaced by Zhang Shuai
• Madison Keys →replaced by Daria Kasatkina

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Abigail Spears	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	42	1
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	60	2
USA	Raquel Atawo	LAT	Jeļena Ostapenko	69	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	69	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.

Other entrants[]

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

• Annika Beck / Anna Zaja

Finals[]

Singles[]

• Laura Siegemund defeated Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles[]

• Raquel Atawo / Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6–4

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament profile
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament event details

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