2017 BRD Bucharest Open explained

The 2017 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 17 and 24 July 2017.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
style=background:#ededed	Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Anastasija Sevastova	19	1
	Carla Suárez Navarro	27	2
	Julia Görges	45	3
Romania	Monica Niculescu	51	4
Belgium	Elise Mertens	54	5
Romania	Sorana Cîrstea	63	6
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	64	7
	Tatjana Maria	74	8
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Alexandrova	75	9

• ¹ Rankings as of 3 July 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards^[1] into the main draw:

• Irina Bara
• Jaqueline Cristian
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Alexa Glatch
• Polona Hercog

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Alexandra Dulgheru Magdalena Fręch
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Arantxa Rus

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lesley Kerkhove

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova →replaced by Nadia Podoroska
• Océane Dodin →replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay
• Ons Jabeur →replaced by Quirine Lemoine
• Kristína Kučová →replaced by Polona Hercog
• Varvara Lepchenko →replaced by Alexa Glatch
• Christina McHale →replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
• Monica Niculescu →replaced by Lesley Kerkhove
• Yulia Putintseva →replaced by Barbora Krejčíková

Retirements

• Nadia Podoroska

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

^[2]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	Romania	Raluca Olaru	113	1
Belgium	Elise Mertens		Demi Schuurs	132	2
Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	143	3
Argentina	María Irigoyen	Czech Republic	Barbora Krejčíková	153	4

• ¹ Rankings as of July 3, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

• Georgia Crăciun / Alexandra Dulgheru
• Jaqueline Cristian / Cristina Dinu

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Nicoleta Dascălu / Isabella Shinikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Fanny Stollár

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Singles.

• Irina-Camelia Begu def. Julia Görges, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

See main article: 2017 BRD Bucharest Open – Doubles.

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Raluca Olaru def. Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs, 6–3, 6–3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ruse and Cristian receive main draw Wild Cards. Daniel Radu. 2 July 2017. 2017-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730152936/http://www.ponturisipariuri.com/news/article/193. 2017-07-30. dead.
2. Web site: In-advance Bucharest Open Doubles entry list. Daniel Radu. 6 July 2017. 12 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143257/http://www.ponturisipariuri.com/news/article/196. 12 June 2018. dead.