2017 Taiwan Open Explained

The 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event^1	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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^2	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's 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	Elina Svitolina	13	1
Australia	Samantha Stosur	21	2
France	Caroline Garcia	24	3
	Anastasija Sevastova	33	4
Czech Republic	Kateřina Siniaková	37	5
Japan	Misaki Doi	41	6
	Shelby Rogers	52	7
Serbia	Jelena Janković	54	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lee Ya-hsuan
  • Lucie Šafářová Samantha Stosur^[1]

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marina Erakovic
• Lucie Hradecká
• Ons Jabeur
• Dalila Jakupović
• Miyu Kato
• Aleksandra Krunić

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Risa Ozaki
• Kristína Kučová → replaced by Mandy Minella
• Sabine Lisicki → replaced by Jana Čepelová
• Christina McHale → replaced by Magda Linette
• Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Francesca Schiavone
• Alison Riske → replaced by Nao Hibino

Retirements

• Sorana Cîrstea (Left wrist injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	26	1
Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	Czech Republic	Kateřina Siniaková	45	2
Georgia	Oksana Kalashnikova	Serbia	Aleksandra Krunić	100	3
Japan	Eri Hozumi	Japan	Miyu Kato	105	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsu Ching-wen
• Lee Ya-hsuan / Peangtarn Plipuech

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2017 Taiwan Open – Singles.

• Elina Svitolina def. Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2017 Taiwan Open – Doubles.

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Lucie Hradecká / Kateřina Siniaková, 6–4, 6–2

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

General

• Official website

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: STOSUR ACCEPTS TAIWAN OPEN WILDCARD . www.wtatennis.com . WTA . 24 January 2017 .