Caroline Garcia defeated Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 Wuhan Open. It was the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her career.
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Peng Shuai.
Garbiñe Muguruza retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after Simona Halep and Karolína Plíšková lost in the second round and quarterfinals, respectively.
Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
Main draw Qualifying draw