The 2017 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2017 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 49th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 20 through August 26. It was the last event of the 2017 US Open Series before the 2017 US Open.
Points and prize money
Point distribution Event Round of 16Round of 32 Singles4703051851005512518131Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$130,300$69,380$37,020$19,885$10,665$5,820$3,045$1,620$895Doubles$40,650$21,700$11,865$6,035$3,270
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank* SeedAgnieszka Radwańska101Dominika Cibulková112Petra Kvitová 133Kristina Mladenovic144Elena Vesnina185Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova206Barbora Strýcová237Peng Shuai258
Rankings are as of 14 August 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens (wrist injury)
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ana Bogdan Jana Čepelová Kirsten Flipkens Magda Linette Elise Mertens Kristýna Plíšková
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Christina McHale
Withdrawals Before the tournament Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Alizé Cornet Sloane Stephens →replaced by Christina McHale Samantha Stosur →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
During the tournament Zhang Shuai
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank* Seed Sania MirzaMonica Niculescu261Ashleigh BartyCasey Dellacqua302Anna-Lena GrönefeldKvěta Peschke403Gabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan484 Rankings are as of 14 August 2017
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard / Sloane Stephens
The following pair received entry as alternates: Nicole Melichar / Anna Smith
Withdrawals Before the tournament Sloane Stephens
Finals
Singles
Daria Gavrilova defeated Dominika Cibulková, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Xu Yifan defeated Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
References
External links WTA tournament draws