The 2017 Caterpillar Burnie International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts as part of the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2017 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money for men and $60,000 for women. It was the fourteenth (for men) and eighth (for women) edition of the tournament, which returned to the tennis calendar after missing 2016 due to difficulty acquiring funds. It took place in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, on 28 January–4 February 2017.
Men's singles entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedGo Soeda1391Jason Jung1632Andrew Whittington1943Mohamed Safwat1964Matthew Barton1975Noah Rubin2006Alexander Bublik2077Akira Santillan2118
1 Rankings as of 16 January 2017.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Alex Bolt Harry Bourchier Matthew Ebden Bradley Mousley
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Maverick Banes James Frawley Greg Jones Dayne Kelly
Women's singles entrants
Seeds CountryPlayerRank1SeedHan Xinyun1111Taylor Townsend1302Elizaveta Kulichkova1453Asia Muhammad1514Anastasia Pivovarova1595Tamara Zidanšek1606Barbora Štefková1637Arina Rodionova1788
1 Rankings as of 16 January 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Naiktha Bains Jaimee Fourlis Olivia Tjandramulia Sara Tomic
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Tessah Andrianjafitrimo Alexandra Stevenson Aleksandra Wozniak Zuzana Zlochová
Champions
Men's singles
Omar Jasika def. Blake Mott 6–2, 6–2.
Women's singles
Asia Muhammad def. Arina Rodionova 6–2, 6–1.
Men's doubles
Brydan Klein / Dane Propoggia def. Steven de Waard / Luke Saville 6–3, 6–4.
Women's doubles
Riko Sawayanagi / Barbora Štefková def. Alison Bai / Varatchaya Wongteanchai, 7–6(8–6), 4–6, [10–7].
External links 2017 Caterpillar Burnie International at Tennis Australia Official website
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