2017 Japan Women's Open

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2017 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 11–17
Edition9th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $250,000
Surface Hard
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zarina Diyas
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan
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The 2017 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2017 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 11 through September 17, 2017.

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$2,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles2$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 131
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 262
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 393
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kristýna Plíšková 414
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 445
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naomi Osaka 456
Flag of the United States.svg USA Alison Riske 497
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 508

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Renata Voráčová 701
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato 782
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 823
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 864

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Diyas beats Kato to win first WTA title at Japan Women's Open". Tennis.com . 17 September 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2024.