2017 Taiwan Open

The 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year.

2017 Taiwan Open
Date	30 January – 5 February
Edition	2nd
Category	International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard (i)
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Venue	Taipei Arena
Champions
Singles
Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event^1	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 32^2	Q2	Q1
Women's Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	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	Rank^1	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	13	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	21	2
FRA	Caroline Garcia	24	3
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	33	4
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	37	5
JPN	Misaki Doi	41	6
USA	Shelby Rogers	52	7
SRB	Jelena Janković	54	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lee Ya-hsuan
• Lucie Šafářová
• Samantha Stosur[1]

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marina Erakovic
• Lucie Hradecká
• Ons Jabeur
• Dalila Jakupović
• Miyu Kato
• Aleksandra Krunić

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Risa Ozaki
• Kristína Kučová → replaced by Mandy Minella
• Sabine Lisicki → replaced by Jana Čepelová
• Christina McHale → replaced by Magda Linette
• Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Francesca Schiavone
• Alison Riske → replaced by Nao Hibino

Retirements

• Sorana Cîrstea (Left wrist injury)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	26	1
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	45	2
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	100	3
JPN	Eri Hozumi	JPN	Miyu Kato	105	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsu Ching-wen
• Lee Ya-hsuan / Peangtarn Plipuech

Champions

Singles

• Elina Svitolina def. Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková, 6–4, 6–2

References

General

• Official website

Specific

1. "STOSUR ACCEPTS TAIWAN OPEN WILDCARD". www.wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 24 January 2017.