The 2017 Shenzhen Open (known as 2017 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 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 | $163,260 | $81,251 | $43,663 | $13,121 | $7,238 | $4,698 | $2,720 | $1,588 | ||
| Doubles * | $26,031 | $13,544 | $7,271 | $3,852 | $2,031 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 | ||
| Simona Halep | 4 | 2 | ||
 United Kingdom | Johanna Konta | 10 | 3 | |
| Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 4 | ||
 Hungary | Tímea Babos | 28 | 5 | |
| Anastasija Sevastova | 34 | 6 | ||
 Romania | Monica Niculescu | 38 | 7 | |
 United States | Alison Riske | 39 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as a Lucky loser:
Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by 
Liu Fangzhou Ana Bogdan| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Raquel Atawo | China | Xu Yifan | 41 | 1 | |
 Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková | China | Peng Shuai | 52 | 2 | |
| Romania | Raluca Olaru |  Ukraine | Olga Savchuk | 137 | 3 | |
| Romania | Simona Halep | Romania | Monica Niculescu | 143 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2017 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles.
Kateřina Siniaková def. Alison Riske, 6–3, 6–4See main article: 2017 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles.
Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai def. Raluca Olaru / Olga Savchuk, 6–1, 7–5
