2017 WTA Shenzhen Open

For the men's event played in September 2017, see 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open.

2017 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date	1–7 January 2017
Edition	5th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$750,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Shenzhen, China
Venue	Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Kateřina Siniaková
Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai

The 2017 Shenzhen Open (known as 2017 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2017.

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	$163,260	$81,251	$43,663	$13,121	$7,238	$4,698	$2,720	$1,588
Doubles *	$26,031	$13,544	$7,271	$3,852	$2,031	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
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	1
ROU	Simona Halep	4	2
GBR	Johanna Konta	10	3
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	15	4
HUN	Tímea Babos	28	5
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	34	6
ROU	Monica Niculescu	38	7
USA	Alison Riske	39	8

• ¹ Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Zhang Kailin
• Zhu Lin

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Chang Kai-chen
• Ons Jabeur
• Nina Stojanović
• Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser:

• Ana Bogdan
• Liu Fangzhou

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Maria Sakkari
• Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Liu Fangzhou
• Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Ana Bogdan

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Raquel Atawo	CHN	Xu Yifan	41	1
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CHN	Peng Shuai	52	2
ROU	Raluca Olaru	UKR	Olga Savchuk	137	3
ROU	Simona Halep	ROU	Monica Niculescu	143	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ma Shuyue / Zhang Kailin
• Duan Yingying / Wang Qiang

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2017 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles

• Kateřina Siniaková def. Alison Riske, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2017 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles

• Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai def. Raluca Olaru / Olga Savchuk, 6–1, 7–5

External links

• Official website