2017 Taiwan Open
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The 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International category of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year. First-seeded Elina Svitolina won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
- Ukraine Elina Svitolina defeated China Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2
Doubles
- Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan defeated Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká / Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková, 6–4, 6–2
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event1 | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 322 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 13 | 1 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 21 | 2 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 24 | 3 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 33 | 4 |
| CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 37 | 5 |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | 41 | 6 |
| USA | Shelby Rogers | 52 | 7 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 54 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of January 16, 2017.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- New Zealand Marina Erakovic
- Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
- Tunisia Ons Jabeur
- Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
- Japan Miyu Kato
- Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- United States Catherine Bellis → replaced by Japan Risa Ozaki
- Slovakia Kristína Kučová → replaced by Luxembourg Mandy Minella
- Germany Sabine Lisicki → replaced by Slovakia Jana Čepelová
- United States Christina McHale → replaced by Poland Magda Linette
- France Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Italy Francesca Schiavone
- United States Alison Riske → replaced by Japan Nao Hibino
Retirements
- Romania Sorana Cîrstea (Left wrist injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 26 | 1 |
| CZE | Lucie Hradecká | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 45 | 2 |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | 100 | 3 |
| JPN | Eri Hozumi | JPN | Miyu Kato | 105 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of January 16, 2017.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying / Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
- Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan / Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech