2017 Taiwan Open

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2017 Taiwan Open
Date30 January – 5 February
Edition2nd
Category International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard (i)
Location Taipei, Taiwan
Venue Taipei Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
  2016  · Taiwan Open ·  2018  

The 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q2Q1
Women's singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600
Women's doubles *$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

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 131
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 212
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 243
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Anastasija Sevastova 334
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 375
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Misaki Doi 416
Flag of the United States.svg USA Shelby Rogers 527
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 548

Other entrants

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:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 261
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 452
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić 1003
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato 1054

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

See also

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