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The singles final of the Stanford Classic was held on August 6, 2017. Johanna Konta was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Madison Keys won the title, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.