2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Explained

The 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 40th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 24 to 30 April 2017.

Besides the prize money, the singles champion won a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Cabriolet sports car.^[1]

Maria Sharapova made her return to competitive tennis at the tournament, following her 15-month suspension for taking the banned substance meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.^[2]

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	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	€107,036	€57,157	€30,536	€16,411	€8,798	€5,585	€2,508	€1,333	€742
Doubles *	€33,482	€17,885	€9,774	€4,974	€2,702

• per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country		Rank^1	Seed
	Angelique Kerber	1	1
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	3	2
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	4	3
Romania	Simona Halep	5	4
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	6	5
United Kingdom	Johanna Konta	7	6
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	8	7
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	9	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Johanna Konta
• Maria Sharapova^[2]
• Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Naomi Osaka
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Tamara Korpatsch
• Anett Kontaveit

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Jennifer Brady

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Caroline Garcia →replaced by Zhang Shuai
• Madison Keys →replaced by Daria Kasatkina

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
United States	Abigail Spears		Katarina Srebotnik	42	1
	Andreja Klepač	Spain	María José Martínez Sánchez	60	2
United States	Raquel Atawo		Jeļena Ostapenko	69	3
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Czech Republic	Květa Peschke	69	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of April 17, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

• Annika Beck / Anna Zaja

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles.

• Laura Siegemund defeated Kristina Mladenovic, 6–1, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles.

• Raquel Atawo / Jeļena Ostapenko defeated Abigail Spears / Katarina Srebotnik, 6-4, 6–4

External links

• • Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament profile
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament event details

Notes and References

1. Web site: World class tennis at anniversary in the Porsche Arena . en . porsche-tennis.com . 2017-03-31.
2. Web site: Maria Sharapova will return to competitive tennis at Porsche Tennis Grand Prix after serving drug ban. Fox Sports Australia. Staff writers. 10 January 2017. 10 January 2017.