2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date24–30 April
Edition40th
CategoryPremier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$710,900
Surface Clay (indoor)
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Attendance37,000 (2016)
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Atawo / Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko
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The 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 40th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 24 to 30 April 2017.

Contents

Besides the prize money, the singles champion won a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet sports car. [1]

Maria Sharapova made her return to competitive tennis at the tournament, following her 15-month suspension for taking the banned substance meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open. [2]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles€107,036€57,157€30,536€16,411€8,798€5,585€2,508€1,333€742
Doubles *€33,482€17,885€9,774€4,974€2,702N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 11
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 32
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 43
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 54
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 65
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 76
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 87
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 98

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 421
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 602
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Atawo Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 693
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 694

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "World class tennis at anniversary in the Porsche Arena". porsche-tennis.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  2. 1 2 "Maria Sharapova will return to competitive tennis at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after serving drug ban". Staff writers. Fox Sports Australia. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.