2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open Explained

The 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 9 to 15.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	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

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Ukraine		3	1
		5	2
	Caroline Wozniacki	6	3
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	11	4
Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	20	5
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	21	6
Australia	Daria Gavrilova	22	7
China	Zhang Shuai	26	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lee Ya-hsuan
• Elina Svitolina
• Elena Vesnina
• Zhang Ling

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Misa Eguchi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Shuko Aoyama
• Jacqueline Cako
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Alexa Guarachi
• Priscilla Hon
• Miyu Kato

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis →replaced by Chang Kai-chen
• Johanna Konta →replaced by Zarina Diyas
• Aleksandra Krunić →replaced by Luksika Kumkhum
• Kristina Mladenovic →replaced by Risa Ozaki
• Kristýna Plíšková →replaced by Nicole Gibbs
• Sloane Stephens →replaced by Misa Eguchi
• Heather Watson →replaced by Lizette Cabrera
• Zheng Saisai →replaced by Kurumi Nara

During the tournament

• Elina Svitolina
• Caroline Wozniacki

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	16	1
Japan	Shuko Aoyama	China		61	2
Japan	Makoto Ninomiya	Czech Republic		73	3
Japan	Eri Hozumi	Japan		82	4

¹ Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Katherine Ip / Zhang Ling
• Ng Kwan-yau / Wu Ho-ching

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles.

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Daria Gavrilova, 5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles.

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Lu Jiajing / Wang Qiang, 6–1, 6–1

External links

• Official site