2017 Kremlin Cup
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The 2017 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2017 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 28th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 22nd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2017 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 16 October through 22 October 2017.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP | Pablo Carreño Busta | 11 | 1 |
| ESP | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 25 | 2 |
| FRA | Adrian Mannarino | 29 | 3 |
| GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 33 | 4 |
| RUS | Andrey Rublev | 35 | 5 |
| BIH | Damir Džumhur | 37 | 6 |
| ITA | Paolo Lorenzi | 39 | 7 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 40 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of October 9, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić
- India Yuki Bhambri
- Serbia Filip Krajinović
- Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Brazil Thomaz Bellucci →replaced by Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
- Russia Karen Khachanov →replaced by Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik
- Spain Feliciano López →replaced by Russia Evgeny Donskoy
- Serbia Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Serbia Dušan Lajović
Retirements
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLR | Max Mirnyi | AUT | Philipp Oswald | 117 | 1 |
| CHI | Hans Podlipnik Castillo | BLR | Andrei Vasilevski | 135 | 2 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | UKR | Denys Molchanov | 149 | 3 |
| USA | James Cerretani | AUS | Marc Polmans | 161 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 9, 2017
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
During the tournament
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 13 | 1 |
| USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 15 | 2 |
| RUS | Elena Vesnina | 19 | 3 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 20 | 4 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 5 |
| AUS | Daria Gavrilova | 22 | 6 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 27 | 7 |
| SVK | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 28 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of October 9, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Croatia Donna Vekić
- United Kingdom Johanna Konta →replaced by Hungary Tímea Babos
- Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova →replaced by Belgium Maryna Zanevska
- Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko →replaced by Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro →replaced by Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Retirements
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUN | Tímea Babos | CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | 21 | 1 |
| UKR | Olga Savchuk | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 67 | 2 |
| CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 70 | 3 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 84 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 9, 2017
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Men's singles
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur def. Lithuania Ričardas Berankis, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Women's singles
- Germany Julia Görges def. Russia Daria Kasatkina, 6–1, 6–2
Men's doubles
- Belarus Max Mirnyi / Austria Philipp Oswald def. Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur / Croatia Antonio Šančić, 6–3, 7–5
Women's doubles
- Hungary Tímea Babos / Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková def. United States Nicole Melichar / United Kingdom Anna Smith, 6–2, 3–6, [10–3]