Caroline Garcia defeated Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 Wuhan Open. It was the fourth title of her career and first on hardcourts, after prior titles on clay and grass.

Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Peng Shuai.

Garbiñe Muguruza retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after Simona Halep and Karolína Plíšková lost in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively.

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

01. Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals)

02. Romania Simona Halep (second round)

03. Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)

04. Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (second round)

05. United Kingdom Johanna Konta (second round)

06. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

07. Slovakia Dominika Cibulková (third round)

08. Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko (semifinals)

09. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

10. United States Madison Keys (first round)

11. Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (first round)

12. Germany Angelique Kerber (first round)

13. France Kristina Mladenovic (first round)

14. United States Sloane Stephens (first round)

15. Latvia Anastasija Sevastova (first round)

16. Russia Elena Vesnina (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • SR = Special ranking
  • SE = Special exempt
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
  • CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
  • NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Finals

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Spain Garbiñe Muguruza632
8Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko166
8Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko30
Australia Ashleigh Barty66
3Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková66362
Australia Ashleigh Barty47777
Australia Ashleigh Barty77642
France Caroline Garcia63776
France Alizé Cornet625
QGreece Maria Sakkari777
QGreece Maria Sakkari32
France Caroline Garcia66
France Caroline Garcia776
Russia Ekaterina Makarova634

Top half

Section 1

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
1Spain G Muguruza66
Spain C Suárez Navarro3612Ukraine L Tsurenko44
Ukraine L Tsurenko67141Spain G Muguruza616
QPoland M Linette76QPoland M Linette264
Estonia A Kontaveit54QPoland M Linette66
Czech Republic K Siniaková66Czech Republic K Siniaková12
13France K Mladenovic321Spain G Muguruza632
11Czech Republic P Kvitová6777638Latvia J Ostapenko166
China S Peng796577China S Peng634
QPuerto Rico M Puig6606QPuerto Rico M Puig466
Germany M Barthel0774QPuerto Rico M Puig263
QTunisia O Jabeur138Latvia J Ostapenko636
Czech Republic B Strýcová66Czech Republic B Strýcová653
8Latvia J Ostapenko276

Section 2

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
3Czech Republic Ka Plíšková636
China S Zhang756China S Zhang464
Croatia D Vekić5713Czech Republic Ka Plíšková66
WCChina Y Wang33China Q Wang21
Romania S Cîrstea66Romania S Cîrstea33
China Q Wang66China Q Wang66
14/PRUnited States S Stephens223Czech Republic Ka Plíšková66362
9Poland A Radwańska67Australia A Barty47777
Slovakia M Rybáriková459Poland A Radwańska77
Australia D Gavrilova464Germany J Görges55
Germany J Görges6169Poland A Radwańska604
United States C Bellis50Australia A Barty466
Australia A Barty76Australia A Barty6477
5United Kingdom J Konta0663

Bottom half

Section 3

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
6Russia S Kuznetsova33
Russia A Pavlyuchenkova32France A Cornet66
France A Cornet66France A Cornet366
Netherlands K Bertens66QUnited States V Lepchenko642
QRomania M Niculescu21Netherlands K Bertens44
QUnited States V Lepchenko677QUnited States V Lepchenko66
10United States M Keys264France A Cornet625
16Russia E Vesnina66QGreece M Sakkari777
WCChina Y Duan3416Russia E Vesnina66
Belgium E Mertens616Belgium E Mertens24
Japan N Osaka46416Russia E Vesnina665
QGreece M Sakkari166QGreece M Sakkari787
Kazakhstan Y Putintseva642QGreece M Sakkari76
4Denmark C Wozniacki53

Section 4

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals
7Slovakia D Cibulková66
Australia S Stosur463WCSwitzerland J Teichmann22
WCSwitzerland J Teichmann6367Slovakia D Cibulková35
QUnited States C McHale66France C Garcia67
Italy R Vinci44QUnited States C McHale11
France C Garcia366France C Garcia66
12Germany A Kerber631France C Garcia776
15Latvia A Sevastova42Russia E Makarova634
Russia E Makarova66Russia E Makarova66
QGermany A Petkovic32United States L Davis24
United States L Davis66Russia E Makarova66
Russia D Kasatkina626Russia D Kasatkina44
United States A Riske163Russia D Kasatkina66
2Romania S Halep21

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Romania Monica Niculescu (qualified)
  2. Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva (qualifying competition)
  3. United States Shelby Rogers (withdrew)
  4. Spain Lara Arruabarrena (first round)
  5. Puerto Rico Monica Puig (qualified)
  6. Poland Magda Linette (qualified)
  7. Germany Carina Witthöft (qualifying competition)
  8. United Kingdom Heather Watson (qualifying competition)
  9. United States Varvara Lepchenko (qualified)
  10. United States Christina McHale (qualified)
  11. Greece Maria Sakkari (qualified)
  12. United States Madison Brengle (first round)
  13. Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualifying competition)
  14. Tunisia Ons Jabeur (qualified)
  15. Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo (withdrew)
  16. Montenegro Danka Kovinić (first round)
  17. Germany Andrea Petkovic (qualified)

Qualifiers

  1. Romania Monica Niculescu
  2. Greece Maria Sakkari
  3. Germany Andrea Petkovic
  4. United States Christina McHale
  5. Puerto Rico Monica Puig
  6. Poland Magda Linette
  7. United States Varvara Lepchenko
  8. Tunisia Ons Jabeur

Draw

First qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
1Romania Monica Niculescu66
China Lu Jiajing21
1Romania Monica Niculescu266
China Liu Fangzhou610
China Liu Fangzhou64
AltAustralia Anastasia Rodionova12r

Second qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
2Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva66
China Gao Xinyu31
2Russia Natalia Vikhlyantseva162
11Greece Maria Sakkari677
AltBulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova30
11Greece Maria Sakkari66

Third qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
17Germany Andrea Petkovic66
AltCanada Gabriela Dabrowski12
17Germany Andrea Petkovic66
13Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich11
China Zhu Lin634
13Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich776

Fourth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
4Spain Lara Arruabarrena632
United States Bernarda Pera776
United States Bernarda Pera50r
10United States Christina McHale74
United States Nicole Gibbs163
10United States Christina McHale636

Fifth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
5Puerto Rico Monica Puig4
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká4r
5Puerto Rico Monica Puig776
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen622
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen466
12United States Madison Brengle642

Sixth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
6Poland Magda Linette66
Australia Arina Rodionova33
6Poland Magda Linette6066
China Lu Jingjing7741
China Lu Jingjing366
16Montenegro Danka Kovinić622

Seventh qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
7Germany Carina Witthöft67
Japan Shuko Aoyama05
7Germany Carina Witthöft162
9United States Varvara Lepchenko677
United States Kristie Ahn02
9United States Varvara Lepchenko66

Eighth qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
8United Kingdom Heather Watson6267
China Han Xinyun7725
8United Kingdom Heather Watson164
14Tunisia Ons Jabeur646
WCChina Guo Shanshan10
14Tunisia Ons Jabeur66