The 2017 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 9 and 15 October 2017.
| 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 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 | ||
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | ||||
 Czech Republic | Petra Kvitová | 18 | 2 | |
 China | Peng Shuai | 25 | 3 | |
| Donna Vekić | 46 | 4 | ||
 Kazakhstan | Yulia Putintseva | 48 | 5 | |
| Maria Sakkari | 50 | 6 | ||
 Ukraine | Lesia Tsurenko | 51 | 7 | |
| Alison Riske | 53 | 8 | ||
 Romania | Irina-Camelia Begu | 57 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
Misaki Doi →replaced by 
Kristie Ahn Caroline Garcia →replaced by Han Xinyun Zhu Lin
Evgeniya Rodina →replaced by 
Aryna Sabalenka| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | Kateryna Bondarenko | Russian Federation | Alla Kudryavtseva | 164 | 1 | |
| Japan | Nao Hibino |  Montenegro | Danka Kovinić | 167 | 2 | |
 Serbia | Nina Stojanović | 169 | 3 | |||
| China | Liang Chen | China | 210 | 4 |
See main article: 2017 Tianjin Open – Singles.
Maria Sharapova def. Aryna Sabalenka, 7–5, 7–6 (10–8)[1] [2]See main article: 2017 Tianjin Open – Doubles.
Irina-Camelia Begu / 
Sara Errani def. Dalila Jakupović / Nina Stojanović, 6–4, 6–3