2017 US Open – Wheelchair women's singles

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Wheelchair women's singles
2017 US Open
Final
Champion Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji
Runner-up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot
Score7–5, 6–2
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women mixed
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Yui Kamiji defeated Diede de Groot in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the women's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2017 US Open. It was the first of seven consecutive years where Kamiji and de Groot would meet in the final, and as of 2023 the final remains de Groot's only singles defeat at the US Open.

Contents

Jordanne Whiley was the reigning champion from when the event was last held in 2015, but did not participate this year due to pregnancy. [1] The event was not held in 2016 due to a schedule conflict with the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji (champion)
  2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot (final)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji 66
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Shuker 1 0
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji 62 6
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aniek van Koot 4 62
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Aniek van Koot 66
Flag of South Africa.svg Kgothatso Montjane 4 2
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yui Kamiji 76
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot 5 2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjolein Buis 66
WC Flag of the United States.svg Dana Mathewson 2 3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marjolein Buis 4 4
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot 66
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Ellerbrock 2 4
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Diede de Groot 66

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References

  1. "ITF Tennis - WHEELCHAIR - Articles - Wheelchair tennis begins on show courts at US Open". www.itftennis.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-07.