2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 9–15
Edition8th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
LocationHong Kong
Venue Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
  2016  · Hong Kong Tennis Open ·  2018  

The 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 9 to 15.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 31
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 52
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 63
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 114
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 205
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 216
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daria Gavrilova 227
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 268

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 161
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 612
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Renata Voráčová 733
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato 824

1 Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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