2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
2016 Champion	Sara Errani

Main article: 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships

Sara Errani was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament due to an adductor problem.

Angelique Kerber will regain the world No. 1 ranking if she wins the title.

Seeds

The top eight seeds will receive a bye into the second round.

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								1	A Kerber
		J Janković	1	3				WC	M Barthel
	WC	M Barthel	6	6
		Y Shvedova	3	6	4
		M Puig	6	4	6				M Puig
		J Larsson	3	3				15	C Garcia
	15	C Garcia	6	6
	12	S Stosur	6	6
	Q	K Zhang	3	3				12	S Stosur
		S Zhang	0	1					A Konjuh
		A Konjuh	6	6
		M Brengle	2	77	3
		M Doi	6	64	6				M Doi
								8	E Vesnina

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								3	D Cibulková
		E Makarova	6	6					E Makarova
	Q	L Zhu	3	1
		L Davis	2	6	6
	LL	M Minella	6	2	1				L Davis
		Kr Plíšková	3	7	6				Kr Plíšková
	16	R Vinci	6	5	3
	13	K Bertens	77	3	4
		C McHale	65	6	6				C McHale
	Q	K-c Chang	2	4					N Osaka
		N Osaka	6	6
	Q	S Zheng	6	3	6
		L Arruabarrena	4	6	3			Q	S Zheng
								7	E Svitolina

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								5	G Muguruza
		K Bondarenko	4	6	6				K Bondarenko
	Q	A Sabalenka	6	4	3
	WC	Ç Büyükakçay	77	3	2
		V Golubic	64	6	6				V Golubic
		D Kasatkina	2	5				10	C Wozniacki
	10	C Wozniacki	6	7
	17	Y Putintseva	1	5
		C Bellis	6	7					C Bellis
		L Siegemund	64	6	77				L Siegemund
	Q	S Soler Espinosa	77	4	63
		T Pironkova	3	2
	Q	E Mertens	6	6				Q	E Mertens
								4	A Radwańska

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
								9	B Strýcová
	WC	S Peng	6	6				WC	S Peng
		L Tsurenko	1	1
		I-C Begu	1	5
		A Sevastova	6	7					A Sevastova
		A Riske	6	6					A Riske
	11	C Vandeweghe	4	4
	14	A Pavlyuchenkova	66	6	4
	Q	O Jabeur	78	2	6			Q	O Jabeur
		Q Wang	77	6					Q Wang
		J Ostapenko	61	2
		K Mladenovic	6	6
		K Siniaková	3	3					K Mladenovic
								2	Ka Plíšková

Qualifying

Seeds

2

Qualifiers

2

Lucky Loser

1. Mandy Minella

Draw

First Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Duan Yingying	3	3
		Aleksandrina Naydenova	6	6
									Aleksandrina Naydenova	2	2
								14	Aryna Sabalenka	6	6
	WC	Lyudmyla Kichenok	5	0
	14	Aryna Sabalenka	7	6

Second Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Mandy Minella	7	6
		Amra Sadiković	5	2
								2	Mandy Minella	1	5
								10	Zhu Lin	6	7
		Michaela Hončová	1	4
	10	Zhu Lin	6	6

Third Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Elise Mertens	6	6
		Andrea Hlaváčková	1	3
								3	Elise Mertens	63	6	6
								9	Patricia Maria Țig	77	3	4
	PR	Ayumi Morita	0r
	9	Patricia Maria Țig	3

Fourth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	6	6
		Darija Jurak	3	2
								4	Natalia Vikhlyantseva	3	0
								13	Zhang Kailin	6	6
		Alicja Rosolska	3	3
	13	Zhang Kailin	6	6

Fifth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Risa Ozaki	6	6
	WC	Nadiia Kichenok	3	4
								5	Risa Ozaki	4	3
								12	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	6	6
		Olga Savchuk
	12	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	w/o

Sixth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	6	Zheng Saisai	7	6
		Andreja Klepač	5	4
								6	Zheng Saisai	6	6
									María José Martínez Sánchez	3	2
		María José Martínez Sánchez	6	6
	15	Lucie Hradecká	3	4

Seventh Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	7	Nao Hibino	66	6	69
		Gabriela Dabrowski	78	4	711
									Gabriela Dabrowski	6	65	1
									Ons Jabeur	4	77	6
		Ons Jabeur	6	6
	16	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	3	3

Eighth Qualifier

	First Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Julia Boserup	1	7	77
		Anastasia Rodionova	6	5	61
								8	Julia Boserup	2	4
								11	Chang Kai-chen	6	6
	WC	Fatma Al-Nabhani	0	1
	11	Chang Kai-chen	6	6