The 2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 9 to 15.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600Doubles *$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 Rank1 SeedElina Svitolina 31Venus Williams 52Caroline Wozniacki63Agnieszka Radwańska114Elena Vesnina205Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova216Daria Gavrilova227Zhang Shuai268 1 Rankings are as of October 2, 2017
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Lee Ya-hsuan Elina Svitolina Elena Vesnina Zhang Ling
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Misa Eguchi
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Shuko Aoyama Jacqueline Cako Valentini Grammatikopoulou Alexa Guarachi Priscilla Hon Miyu Kato
Withdrawals Before the tournament Catherine Bellis →replaced by Chang Kai-chen Johanna Konta →replaced by Zarina Diyas Aleksandra Krunić →replaced by Luksika Kumkhum Kristina Mladenovic →replaced by Risa Ozaki Kristýna Plíšková →replaced by Nicole Gibbs Sloane Stephens →replaced by Misa Eguchi Heather Watson →replaced by Lizette Cabrera Zheng Saisai →replaced by Kurumi Nara
During the tournament Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedChan Hao-chingChan Yung-jan161Shuko AoyamaYang Zhaoxuan 612Makoto NinomiyaRenata Voráčová 733Eri HozumiMiyu Kato 824 1 Rankings are as of October 2, 2017
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Katherine Ip / Zhang Ling Ng Kwan-yau / Wu Ho-ching
Champions
Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Daria Gavrilova, 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Lu Jiajing / Wang Qiang, 6–1, 6–1
References
External links Official site