![]() Simona Halep finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the first time in her career, though Garbiñe Muguruza was named the Player of the Year. Halep won one tournament during the season, a Premier Mandatory event, and finished runner-up at a major, the French Open. Muguruza won two tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, and a Premier 5 event. | |
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Duration | 1 January – 5 November 2017 |
Edition | 47th |
Tournaments | 59 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32) WTA Elite Trophy |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | ![]() |
Most tournament finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The 2017 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2017 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points. [1]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Mar 13 Mar | Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $7,669,423 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
20 Mar 27 Mar | Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $7,669,423 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles | ![]() 6–4, 6–3 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() 6–4, 6–3 | ![]() ![]() |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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11–12 Nov | Fed Cup Final Minsk, Belarus – hard (i) | ![]() 3–2 | ![]() |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
WTA Premier Mandatory |
WTA Premier 5 |
WTA Premier |
WTA International |
Total | Nation | Grand Slam | Year-end | Premier Mandatory | Premier 5 | Premier | International | Total | |||||||||
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S | D | X | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | S | D | X | ||
19 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
13 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
13 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |||||||
11 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
9 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
7 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:
These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the end of the 2017 season. [2] [3]
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Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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![]() | Year end 2016 | 29 January 2017 |
![]() | 30 January 2017 | 19 March 2017 |
![]() | 20 March 2017 | 23 April 2017 |
![]() | 24 April 2017 | 14 May 2017 |
![]() | 15 May 2017 | 16 July 2017 |
![]() | 17 July 2017 | 10 September 2017 |
![]() | 11 September 2017 | 8 October 2017 |
![]() | 9 October 2017 | Year end 2017 |
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
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![]() | Year end 2016 | 8 January 2017 |
![]() | 9 January 2017 | 20 August 2017 |
![]() | 21 August 2017 | 1 October 2017 |
![]() | 2 October 2017 | 22 October 2017 |
![]() ![]() | 23 October 2017 | Year end 2017 |
For the first time since the 2001 season, at the age of 37, Venus Williams topped the money list with $5,468,741. The top-37 players earned over $1,000,000. Martina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan each made over $1.4 million by playing exclusively in doubles tournaments. It was the 4th consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.
# | Player | Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Year-to-date | |
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1 | ![]() | $5,468,741 | $0 | $0 | $5,468,741 | |
2 | ![]() | $5,079,898 | $3,559 | $0 | $5,083,457 | |
3 | ![]() | $4,748,518 | $0 | $0 | $4,748,518 | |
4 | ![]() | $4,627,957 | $47,270 | $0 | $4,675,227 | |
5 | ![]() | $4,023,466 | $32,037 | $938 | $4,056,441 | |
6 | ![]() | $3,861,198 | $129,360 | $7,468 | $3,998,026 | |
7 | ![]() | $3,432,429 | $20,236 | $0 | $3,452,665 | |
8 | ![]() | $3,351,361 | $75,789 | $0 | $3,427,150 | |
9 | ![]() | $3,225,086 | $18,327 | $19,903 | $3,263,316 | |
10 | ![]() | $2,706,385 | $25,109 | $0 | $2,931,494 | |
as of October 30,2017 [update] [9]
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Category | W | F | SF | QF | R16 | R32 | R64 | R128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Grand Slam (S) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
Grand Slam (D) | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 10 | – | 40 | – | – | – |
WTA Finals (S) | 1500* | 1080* | 750* | (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA Finals (D) | 1500 | 1080 | 750 | 375 | – | |||||||
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 35 | 10 | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | – | 30 | – | 20 | 2 |
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | – | 30 | - | 20 | 1 |
WTA Premier 5 (28D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier 5 (16D) | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 1 | - | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Premier (56S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | – | 25 | – | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (32S) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
WTA Premier (16D) | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
WTA Elite Trophy (S) | 700* | 440* | 240* | (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) | ||||||||
WTA International (32S, 32Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
WTA International (32S, 24/16Q) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | – | – | 18 | - | 12 | 1 |
WTA International (16D) | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Month | Player | Nationality | Other candidates |
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January | Serena Williams (46%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
February | Elina Svitolina (63%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
March | Elena Vesnina (40%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
April | Laura Siegemund (53%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
May | Simona Halep (87%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
June | Garbiñe Muguruza (60%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
July | Madison Keys (36%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
August | Sloane Stephens (63%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
September | Caroline Garcia (79%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
October | Caroline Wozniacki (64%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Month | Player | Nationality | Other candidates |
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January | CoCo Vandeweghe (50%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
February | Kristina Mladenovic (56%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
March | Risa Ozaki (55%) | ![]() | ![]() |
April | Daria Kasatkina (60%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
May | Jeļena Ostapenko (60%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
June | Magdaléna Rybáriková (74%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
July | Bianca Andreescu (39%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
August | Sofia Kenin (46%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
September | Ashleigh Barty (87%) | ![]() | ![]() |
October | Julia Görges (46%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Month | Player | Nationality | Other candidates |
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January [10] | Agnieszka Radwańska (76%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
February [11] | Angelique Kerber (41%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
March [12] | Caroline Wozniacki (36%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
April [13] | Kristina Mladenovic (34%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
May [14] | Venus Williams (35%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
June [15] | Lucie Šafářová (70%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
July [16] | Petra Kvitová (60%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
August [17] | Daria Kasatkina (55%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
September [18] | Agnieszka Radwańska (78%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
October [19] | Magdaléna Rybáriková (31%) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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