2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix | |
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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 | |
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Doubles | |
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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
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]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 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]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 | — | — | — | — |
* per team
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Rank1 | Seed | |
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Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 3 | 2 |
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Simona Halep | 5 | 4 |
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Garbiñe Muguruza | 6 | 5 |
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Johanna Konta | 7 | 6 |
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Agnieszka Radwańska | 8 | 7 |
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Svetlana Kuznetsova | 9 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit]- 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Abigail Spears | ![]() |
Katarina Srebotnik | 42 | 1 |
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Andreja Klepač | ![]() |
María José Martínez Sánchez | 60 | 2 |
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Raquel Atawo | ![]() |
Jeļena Ostapenko | 69 | 3 |
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Anna-Lena Grönefeld | ![]() |
Květa Peschke | 69 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Laura Siegemund defeated
Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Doubles
[edit]Raquel Atawo /
Jeļena Ostapenko defeated
Abigail Spears /
Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6–4
References
[edit]- ^ "World class tennis at anniversary in the Porsche Arena". porsche-tennis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
- ^ a b "Maria Sharapova will return to competitive tennis at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after serving drug ban". Staff writers. Fox Sports Australia. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.