The 2017 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2017 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 24–30, 2017. It was the 4th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

2017 Wuhan Open
DateSeptember 24–30
Edition4th
CategoryWTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,666,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationWuhan, China
VenueOptics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
France Caroline Garcia
Doubles
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan / Switzerland Martina Hingis
← 2016 · Wuhan Open · 2018 →

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $471,700 $235,520 $117,770 $54,230 $26,900 $13,790 $7,090 $3,955 $2,040
Doubles $135,000 $68,200 $33,635 $16,990 $8,600 $4,255

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Ranking Seeds
  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 1 1
  ROU Simona Halep 2 2
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 4 3
  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 4
  GBR Johanna Konta 7 5
  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 8 6
  SVK Dominika Cibulková 9 7
  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 10 8
  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 11 9
  USA Madison Keys 12 10
  CZE Petra Kvitová 13 11
  GER Angelique Kerber 14 12
  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 15 13
  USA Sloane Stephens 17 14
  LAT Anastasija Sevastova 18 15
  RUS Elena Vesnina 19 16
  • Rankings are as of September 18, 2017

Other entrants

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The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  TPE Chan Yung-jan    SUI Martina Hingis 5 1
  RUS Ekaterina Makarova   RUS Elena Vesnina 10 2
  IND Sania Mirza   CHN Peng Shuai 17 3
  AUS Ashleigh Barty   AUS Casey Dellacqua 28 4
  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski   CHN Xu Yifan 38 5
  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld   CZE Květa Peschke 42 6
  POL Alicja Rosolska   USA Abigail Spears 56 7
  FRA Kristina Mladenovic   RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 58 8
  • Rankings are as of September 18, 2017

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

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Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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