Women's tennis circuit
The2017 WTA Tour was the elite professionaltennis circuit organised by theWomen's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises theGrand Slam tournaments (supervised by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF), theWTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), theWTA International tournaments , theFed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (theWTA Tour Championships and theWTA Elite Trophy ). Also included in the 2017 calendar is theHopman Cup , which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.[ 1]
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Key Grand Slam tournaments Year-end championships WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Premier 5 WTA Premier WTA International Team events
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 2 Jan Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR) France 2–1 United States Round robin (Group A)
Switzerland Germany Great Britain Round robin (Group B)
Spain Czech Republic Australia Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Karolína Plíšková 6–0, 6–3Alizé Cornet Elina Svitolina Garbiñe Muguruza Angelique Kerber Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova Dominika Cibulková Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza 6–2, 6–3Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Shenzhen Open Shenzhen , China WTA International Hard – $750,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4Alison Riske Camila Giorgi Johanna Konta Agnieszka Radwańska Wang Qiang Kristýna Plíšková Nina Stojanović Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 6–1, 7–5Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk Auckland Open Auckland , New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Lauren Davis 6–3, 6–1Ana Konjuh Jeļena Ostapenko Julia Görges Madison Brengle Barbora Strýcová Caroline Wozniacki Naomi Osaka Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–2, 6–2Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová 9 Jan Sydney International Sydney , Australia WTA Premier Hard – $776,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Johanna Konta 6–4, 6–2Agnieszka Radwańska Eugenie Bouchard Barbora Strýcová Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Caroline Wozniacki Duan Yingying Tímea Babos Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 6–4Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová Hobart International Hobart , Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Elise Mertens 6–3, 6–1Monica Niculescu Jana Fett Lesia Tsurenko Kiki Bertens Verónica Cepede Royg Risa Ozaki Shelby Rogers Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan 16 Jan 23 Jan Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard – A$22,697,600 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Serena Williams 6–4, 6–4Venus Williams CoCo Vandeweghe Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Garbiñe Muguruza Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Karolína Plíšková Johanna Konta Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 6–3Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai Abigail Spears Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–2, 6–4Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig 30 Jan St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg , Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $776,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 6–7(3–7) , 6–4Yulia Putintseva Natalia Vikhlyantseva Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Roberta Vinci Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Vesnina Jeļena Ostapenko Alicja Rosolska 3–6, 6–2, [10–5]Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll Taiwan Open Taipei , Taiwan WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Elina Svitolina 6–3, 6–2Peng Shuai Mandy Minella Lucie Šafářová Ons Jabeur Zhu Lin Misaki Doi Samantha Stosur Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–4, 6–2Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Feb Fed Cup Quarterfinals Ostrava , Czech Republic – hard (i)Maui , United States – hardMinsk , Belarus – hard (i)Geneva , Switzerland – hard (i)Quarterfinals winners
Czech Republic 3–2 United States 4–0 Belarus 4–1 Switzerland 4–1Quarterfinals losers
Spain Germany Netherlands France 13 Feb Qatar Open Doha , Qatar WTA Premier Hard – $776,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–4Caroline Wozniacki Monica Puig Dominika Cibulková Daria Kasatkina Lauren Davis Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 7–6(9–7) Olga Savchuk Yaroslava Shvedova 20 Feb Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,666,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles –Doubles Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–2Caroline Wozniacki Angelique Kerber Anastasija Sevastova Ana Konjuh Lauren Davis Catherine Bellis Wang Qiang Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai Hungarian Ladies Open Budapest , Hungary WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Tímea Babos 6–7(4–7) , 6–4, 6–3Lucie Šafářová Julia Görges Carina Witthöft Océane Dodin Yanina Wickmayer Annika Beck Aliaksandra Sasnovich Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]Arina Rodionova Galina Voskoboeva 27 Feb Mexican Open Acapulco , Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Lesia Tsurenko 6–1, 7–5Kristina Mladenovic Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Christina McHale Pauline Parmentier Jeļena Ostapenko Monica Puig Kirsten Flipkens Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–2Verónica Cepede Royg Mariana Duque Mariño Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 6–2Nao Hibino Magda Linette Han Xinyun Lesley Kerkhove Duan Yingying Wang Qiang Zhang Kailin Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 7–6(7–5) , 6–3Nicole Melichar Makoto Ninomiya
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Mar 13 Mar Indian Wells Open Indian Wells , United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $7,669,423 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles –Doubles Elena Vesnina 6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 6–4Svetlana Kuznetsova Karolína Plíšková Kristina Mladenovic Garbiñe Muguruza Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Caroline Wozniacki Venus Williams Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 7–6(7–4) , 6–2Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková 20 Mar 27 Mar Miami Open Key Biscayne , United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $7,669,423 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles –Doubles Johanna Konta 6–4, 6–3Caroline Wozniacki Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková Angelique Kerber Simona Halep Lucie Šafářová Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–4, 6–3Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 3 Apr Charleston Open Charleston , United States WTA Premier Clay – $776,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Daria Kasatkina 6–3, 6–1Jeļena Ostapenko Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Laura Siegemund Shelby Rogers Caroline Wozniacki Anastasija Sevastova Irina-Camelia Begu Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 4–6, [10–7]Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková Monterrey Open Monterrey , Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Angelique Kerber Carla Suárez Navarro Caroline Garcia Heather Watson Alizé Cornet Julia Boserup Tímea Babos Nao Hibino Alicja Rosolska 6–2, 7–6(7–4) Dalila Jakupović Nadiia Kichenok 10 Apr Ladies Open Biel Bienne Biel , Switzerland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Markéta Vondroušová 6–4, 7–6(8–6) Anett Kontaveit Barbora Strýcová Aliaksandra Sasnovich Julia Görges Kristýna Plíšková Elise Mertens Camila Giorgi Hsieh Su-wei Monica Niculescu 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis Copa Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–5Lara Arruabarrena Johanna Larsson Sara Sorribes Tormo Kiki Bertens Sara Errani Aleksandra Krunić Magda Linette Beatriz Haddad Maia Nadia Podoroska 6–3, 7–6(7–4) Verónica Cepede Royg Magda Linette 17 Apr Fed Cup Semifinals Tampa , United States – ClayMinsk , Belarus – hard (i)Semifinals winners
United States 3–2 Belarus 3–2Semifinals losers
Czech Republic Switzerland 24 Apr Stuttgart Open Stuttgart , Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – €573,306 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Laura Siegemund 6–1, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) Kristina Mladenovic Maria Sharapova Simona Halep Carla Suárez Navarro Anett Kontaveit Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková Raquel Atawo Jeļena Ostapenko 6–4, 6–4Abigail Spears Katarina Srebotnik İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Elina Svitolina 6–2, 6–4Elise Mertens Jana Čepelová Irina-Camelia Begu Sorana Cîrstea Dayana Yastremska Başak Eraydın Çağla Büyükakçay Dalila Jakupović Nadiia Kichenok 7–6(8–6) , 6–2Nicole Melichar Elise Mertens
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 May Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Mona Barthel 2–6, 7–5, 6–2Kristýna Plíšková Barbora Strýcová Jeļena Ostapenko Camila Giorgi Kateřina Siniaková Beatriz Haddad Maia Ana Konjuh Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková Morocco Open Rabat , Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–5, 7–5Francesca Schiavone Sara Errani Varvara Lepchenko Lauren Davis Daria Gavrilova Tatjana Maria Catherine Bellis Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]Nina Stojanović Maryna Zanevska 8 May Madrid Open Madrid , Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €5,924,318 – 64S/32Q/28DSingles –Doubles Simona Halep 7–5, 6–7(5–7) , 6–2Kristina Mladenovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Anastasija Sevastova Eugenie Bouchard Sorana Cîrstea CoCo Vandeweghe Kiki Bertens Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–3Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 15 May Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – $3,076,495 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles –Doubles Elina Svitolina 4–6, 7–5, 6–1Simona Halep Kiki Bertens Garbiñe Muguruza Anett Kontaveit Daria Gavrilova Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 22 May Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Samantha Stosur 5–7, 6–4, 6–3Daria Gavrilova Peng Shuai Caroline Garcia Shelby Rogers Carla Suárez Navarro Kristýna Plíšková Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 6–4, 6–2Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg , Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–1Barbora Krejčíková Misaki Doi Sorana Cîrstea Alison Riske Yaroslava Shvedova Carina Witthöft Yulia Putintseva Nicole Melichar Anna Smith 3–6, 6–3, [11–9]Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 28 May 5 Jun French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – €16,566,000 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Jeļena Ostapenko 4–6, 6–4, 6–3Simona Halep Timea Bacsinszky Karolína Plíšková Caroline Wozniacki Kristina Mladenovic Elina Svitolina Caroline Garcia Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–2, 6–1Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua Gabriela Dabrowski Rohan Bopanna 2–6, 6–2, [12–10]Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 12 Jun Nottingham Open Nottingham , Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Donna Vekić 2–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5Johanna Konta Magdaléna Rybáriková Lucie Šafářová Ashleigh Barty Kristie Ahn Tsvetana Pironkova Maria Sakkari Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 6–4, 4–6, [10–4]Jocelyn Rae Laura Robson Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen , Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–3Natalia Vikhlyantseva Ana Konjuh Lesia Tsurenko Evgeniya Rodina Arantxa Rus Carina Witthöft Kristina Mladenovic Dominika Cibulková Kirsten Flipkens 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs 19 Jun Birmingham Classic Birmingham , Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $885,040 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Ashleigh Barty Lucie Šafářová Garbiñe Muguruza Daria Gavrilova Kristina Mladenovic CoCo Vandeweghe Camila Giorgi Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 6-1, 2–6, [10–8]Chan Hao-ching Zhang Shuai Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa , Spain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Anastasija Sevastova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Julia Görges Catherine Bellis Caroline Garcia Sabine Lisicki Kristýna Plíšková Roberta Vinci Ana Konjuh Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis WalkoverJelena Janković Anastasija Sevastova 26 Jun Eastbourne International Eastbourne , Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $819,000 – 48S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Karolína Plíšková 6–4, 6–4Caroline Wozniacki Johanna Konta Heather Watson Angelique Kerber Svetlana Kuznetsova Barbora Strýcová Simona Halep Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–3, 7–5Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 3 Jul 10 Jul The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – £14,814,000 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–0Venus Williams Magdaléna Rybáriková Johanna Konta Svetlana Kuznetsova CoCo Vandeweghe Jeļena Ostapenko Simona Halep Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–0, 6–0Chan Hao-ching Monica Niculescu Martina Hingis Jamie Murray 6–4, 6–4Heather Watson Henri Kontinen 17 Jul Bucharest Open Bucharest , Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Irina-Camelia Begu 6–3, 7–5Julia Görges Ana Bogdan Carla Suárez Navarro Anastasija Sevastova Alexandra Dulgheru Pauline Parmentier Tatjana Maria Irina-Camelia Begu Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–3Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs Swiss Open Gstaad , Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kiki Bertens 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Anett Kontaveit Tereza Martincová Sara Sorribes Tormo Antonia Lottner Carina Witthöft Tamara Korpatsch Johanna Larsson Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 7–6(7–4) , 4–6, [10–7]Viktorija Golubic Nina Stojanović 24 Jul Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–4Caroline Wozniacki Elise Mertens Caroline Garcia Kateryna Kozlova Aleksandra Krunić Barbora Krejčíková Anastasija Sevastova Quirine Lemoine Arantxa Rus 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]María Irigoyen Barbora Krejčíková Jiangxi Open Nanchang , China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2Nao Hibino Wang Yafan Han Xinyun Hsieh Su-wei Lu Jingjing Arina Rodionova Zhu Lin Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui 6–3, 6–2Alla Kudryavtseva Arina Rodionova 31 Jul Stanford Classic Stanford , United States WTA Premier Hard – $776,000 – 28S/16Q/16DSingles –Doubles Madison Keys 7–6(7–4) , 6–4CoCo Vandeweghe Garbiñe Muguruza Catherine Bellis Ana Konjuh Lesia Tsurenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Petra Kvitová Abigail Spears CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–3Alizé Cornet Alicja Rosolska Washington Open Washington, D.C. , United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles –Doubles Ekaterina Makarova 3–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–0Julia Görges Océane Dodin Andrea Petkovic Simona Halep Sabine Lisicki Monica Niculescu Bianca Andreescu Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová 6–3, 6–2Eugenie Bouchard Sloane Stephens
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 7 Aug Canadian Open Toronto , Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,735,139 – 56S/48Q/28DSingles –Doubles Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–0Caroline Wozniacki Sloane Stephens Simona Halep Karolína Plíšková Lucie Šafářová Garbiñe Muguruza Caroline Garcia Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–0, 6–4Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 14 Aug Cincinnati Open Mason , United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,836,904 – 56S/48Q/28DSingles –Doubles Garbiñe Muguruza 6–1, 6–0Simona Halep Karolína Plíšková Sloane Stephens Caroline Wozniacki Svetlana Kuznetsova Julia Görges Johanna Konta Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]Hsieh Su-wei Monica Niculescu 21 Aug Connecticut Open New Haven , United States WTA Premier Hard – $776,000 – 30S/48Q/16DSingles –Doubles Daria Gavrilova 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Dominika Cibulková Agnieszka Radwańska Elise Mertens Peng Shuai Kirsten Flipkens Zhang Shuai Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 28 Aug 4 Sep US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $24,193,400 128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles –Doubles –Mixed doubles Sloane Stephens 6–3, 6–0Madison Keys CoCo Vandeweghe Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková Kaia Kanepi Petra Kvitová Anastasija Sevastova Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–2Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková Martina Hingis Jamie Murray 6–1, 4–6, [10–8]Chan Hao-ching Michael Venus
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 11 Sep Tournoi de Québec Quebec City , Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Alison Van Uytvanck 5–7, 6–4, 6–1Tímea Babos Lucie Šafářová Tatjana Maria Lucie Hradecká Françoise Abanda Sachia Vickery Caroline Dolehide Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 6–3, 6–1Bianca Andreescu Carson Branstine Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Zarina Diyas 6–2, 7–5Miyu Kato Jana Fett Christina McHale Wang Qiang Aleksandra Krunić Elise Mertens Yulia Putintseva Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan 6–0, 2–6, [10–5]Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 18 Sep Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 7–5Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Garbiñe Muguruza Angelique Kerber Caroline Garcia Dominika Cibulková Barbora Strýcová Karolína Plíšková Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 6–3, 6–2Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina Korea Open Seoul , South Korea WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Jeļena Ostapenko 6–7(5–7) , 6–1, 6–4Beatriz Haddad Maia Luksika Kumkhum Richèl Hogenkamp Verónica Cepede Royg Sorana Cîrstea Sara Sorribes Tormo Priscilla Hon Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–4, 6–1Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech Guangzhou Open Guangzhou , China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Zhang Shuai 6–2, 3–6, 6–2Aleksandra Krunić Yanina Wickmayer Evgeniya Rodina Alizé Cornet Rebecca Peterson Lizette Cabrera Kateryna Kozlova Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–3Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders 25 Sep Wuhan Open Wuhan , China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,666,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles –Doubles Caroline Garcia 6–7(3–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 6–2Ashleigh Barty Jeļena Ostapenko Maria Sakkari Garbiñe Muguruza Karolína Plíšková Alizé Cornet Ekaterina Makarova Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 7–6(7–5) , 3–6, [10–4]Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles –Doubles Kateryna Bondarenko 6–4, 6–4Tímea Babos Vera Zvonareva Aryna Sabalenka Kurumi Nara Aleksandra Krunić Kateryna Kozlova Stefanie Vögele Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 7–5, 6–4Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 2 Oct China Open Beijing , China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,289,521 – 61S/32Q/28DSingles –Doubles Caroline Garcia 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Simona Halep Petra Kvitová Jeļena Ostapenko Barbora Strýcová Elina Svitolina Sorana Cîrstea Daria Kasatkina Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 6–1, 6–4Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 9 Oct Tianjin Open Tianjin , China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Maria Sharapova 7–5, 7–6(10–8) Aryna Sabalenka Peng Shuai Sara Errani Stefanie Vögele Sara Sorribes Tormo Christina McHale Zhu Lin Irina-Camelia Begu Sara Errani 6–4, 6–3Dalila Jakupović Nina Stojanović Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles –Doubles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) Daria Gavrilova Jennifer Brady Wang Qiang Nicole Gibbs Lizette Cabrera Samantha Stosur Naomi Osaka Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–1, 6–1Lu Jiajing Wang Qiang Linz Open Linz , Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–1Magdaléna Rybáriková Viktorija Golubic Mihaela Buzărnescu Sorana Cîrstea Johanna Larsson Belinda Bencic Tatjana Maria Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]Natela Dzalamidze Xenia Knoll 16 Oct Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $790,208 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Julia Görges 6–1, 6–2Daria Kasatkina Irina-Camelia Begu Natalia Vikhlyantseva Aliaksandra Sasnovich Vera Lapko Alizé Cornet Lesia Tsurenko Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 6–2, 3–6, [10–3]Nicole Melichar Anna Smith Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles –Doubles Carina Witthöft 6–3, 7–5Monica Puig Elise Mertens Pauline Parmentier Naomi Broady Heather Watson Johanna Larsson Kiki Bertens Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava 6–7(4–7) , 6–4, [10–6]Eugenie Bouchard Kirsten Flipkens 23 Oct WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8DSingles –Doubles Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–4Venus Williams Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia Round robinElina Svitolina Simona Halep Jeļena Ostapenko Garbiñe Muguruza Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 4–6, 6–4, [10–5]Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 30 Oct WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai , China Year-end championships Hard – $2,280,935 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR)Singles –Doubles Julia Görges 7–5, 6–1CoCo Vandeweghe Ashleigh Barty Anastasija Sevastova Round robinMagdaléna Rybáriková Kristina Mladenovic Peng Shuai Elena Vesnina Barbora Strýcová Sloane Stephens Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Angelique Kerber Duan Yingying Han Xinyun 6–2, 6–1Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai
Statistical information [ edit ] These tables present the number ofsingles (S),doubles (D), andmixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 WTA Tour: theGrand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (theWTA Tour Championships and theTournament of Champions ), theWTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and theWTA International tournaments . The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Grand Slam tournaments Year-end championships WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Premier 5 WTA Premier WTA International
Titles won by player [ edit ] Titles won by nation [ edit ] The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
Singles Doubles Mixed doubles The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
Singles Doubles The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:
Singles Doubles These are theWTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the end of the 2017 season.[ 2] [ 3]
WTA Championships Race Rankings , Final rankings[ 4] # Player Points Move† Tourn 1 Simona Halep 5,675 17 2 Garbiñe Muguruza 5,635 20 3 Karolína Plíšková 5,105 19 4 Elina Svitolina 5,000 18 5 Venus Williams 4,642 15 6 Caroline Wozniacki 4,640 22 7 Jeļena Ostapenko 4,510 20 8 Caroline Garcia 3,795 23 9 Johanna Konta 3,610 20 10 Kristina Mladenovic 2,885 25 11 Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,856 17 12 CoCo Vandeweghe 2,819 17 13 Sloane Stephens 2,722 10 14 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,425 25 15 Anastasija Sevastova 2,295 24 16 Madison Keys 2,213 14 17 Elena Vesnina 2,195 24 18 Julia Görges 2,060 1023 19 Angelique Kerber 2,042 121 20 Ashleigh Barty 2,031 117
WTA Singles Year-End Rankings[ 5] # Player Points #Trn '16 Rk High Low '16→'17 1 Simona Halep (ROU) 6,175 18 4 1 8 32 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 6,135 21 7 1 15 53 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6,015 22 19 3 20 164 Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 5,730 20 6 1 6 25 Venus Williams (USA) 5,597 16 17 5 17 126 Elina Svitolina (UKR) 5,500 19 14 3 14 87 Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) 5,010 21 44 7 71 378 Caroline Garcia (FRA) 4,420 24 23 8 29 159 Johanna Konta (GBR) 3,610 20 10 4 11 110 CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 3,258 18 37 10 38 2711 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 2,881 26 42 10 51 3112 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2,856 17 9 7 12 313 Sloane Stephens (USA) 2,802 11 36 13 957 2314 Julia Görges (GER) 2,650 24 53 14 57 3915 Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 2,475 25 35 15 35 2016 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 2,445 26 28 14 27 1217 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 2,251 18 325 17 271 30818 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 2,220 25 16 13 21 219 Madison Keys (USA) 2,213 14 8 8 21 1120 Magdaléna Rybáriková (SVK) 2,141 20 156 20 453 136
WTA Championships Race Rankings , Final rankings[ 6] # Team Points Move‡ Tourn 1 Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis 9,770 15 2 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6,785 14 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 5,120 7 4 Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua 4,470 16 5 Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková 4,005 115 6 Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková 3,871 114 7 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 3,005 22 8 Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 2,921 14 9 Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 2,776 7 10 Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 2,570 23 11 Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 2,270 14
WTA rankings (Doubles), Year-End Rankings[ 7] # Player Points Move‡ 1 Chan Yung-jan (TPE) 10,130 1 Martina Hingis (SUI) 10,130 3 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7,320 3 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 7,320 5 Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (CZE) 6,885 6 Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 6,800 7 Tímea Babos (HUN) 5,600 8 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 5,591 9 Peng Shuai (CHN) 4,890 10 Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 4,715 11 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 4,555 12 Sania Mirza (IND) 4,475 13 Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) 4,440 14 Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 3,930 15 Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 3,880 16 Yifan Xu (CHN) 3,765 17 Chan Hao-ching (TPE) 3,725 18 Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) 3,670 19 Kiki Bertens (NED) 3,420 20 Johanna Larsson (SWE) 3,325
Prize money leaders [ edit ] For the first time since the 2001 season, at the age of 37, Venus Williams topped the money list with $5,468,741. The top-37 players earned over $1,000,000. Martina Hingis and Yung-Jan Chan each made over $1.4 million by playing exclusively in doubles tournaments. It was the 4th consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.
# Player Singles Doubles Mixed Year-to-date 1 Venus Williams $5,468,741 $0 $0 $5,468,741 2 Garbiñe Muguruza $5,079,898 $3,559 $0 $5,083,457 3 Caroline Wozniacki $4,748,518 $0 $0 $4,748,518 4 Simona Halep $4,627,957 $47,270 $0 $4,675,227 5 Sloane Stephens $4,023,466 $32,037 $938 $4,056,441 6 Jeļena Ostapenko $3,861,198 $129,360 $7,468 $3,998,026 7 Karolína Plíšková $3,432,429 $20,236 $0 $3,452,665 8 Caroline Garcia $3,351,361 $75,789 $0 $3,427,150 9 Elina Svitolina $3,225,086 $18,327 $19,903 $3,263,316 10 Johanna Konta $2,706,385 $25,109 $0 $2,931,494 prize money given in US$ as of November 6, 2017[update] [ 8]
as of October 30, 2017[update] [ 9]
Points distribution [ edit ] Category W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1 Grand Slam (S) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2 Grand Slam (D) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 10 – 40 – – – WTA Finals (S) 1500* 1080* 750* (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) WTA Finals (D) 1500 1080 750 375 – WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 35 10 30 – 20 2 WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 10 – 30 – 20 2 WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) 1000 650 390 215 120 10 – – – – – – WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q) 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 – 30 22 15 1 WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q) 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 – 30 - 20 1 WTA Premier 5 (28D) 900 585 350 190 105 1 – – – – – – WTA Premier 5 (16D) 900 585 350 190 1 - – – – – – – WTA Premier (56S) 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 – 25 – 13 1 WTA Premier (32S) 470 305 185 100 55 1 – – 25 18 13 1 WTA Premier (16D) 470 305 185 100 1 – – – – – – – WTA Elite Trophy (S) 700* 440* 240* (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) WTA International (32S, 32Q) 280 180 110 60 30 1 – – 18 14 10 1 WTA International (32S, 24/16Q) 280 180 110 60 30 1 – – 18 - 12 1 WTA International (16D) 280 180 110 60 1 – – – – – – –
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players. * Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
Player of the month [ edit ] Breakthrough of the month [ edit ] Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of theWTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2017 season:
Alberta Brianti – The former world number 55 announced her retirement in 2017.Ekaterina Bychkova – The former world number 66 announced her retirement in 2017.[citation needed ] Kimiko Date – The former world number 4 announced she will retire for a second time after the 2017 Japan Open.[ 20] Vesna Dolonc – The former world number 84 announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2017.[ 21] Vera Dushevina – The former singles world number 34 and doubles world number 27 announced her retirement from professional tennis on 15 August 2017.[ 22] Daniela Hantuchová – The former world number 5 and four-time mixed doubles grand slam champion announced her retirement from professional tennis in July 2017.[ 23] Martina Hingis – The former world number 1 in both singles and doubles, having turned professional in 1994. First retired in 2002 due to injuries, she had a comeback in 2006 after three years of inactivity and retired for the second time in 2008 after being banned for drug usage. She then announced a comeback in 2013, before retiring for a third and final time after the2017 WTA Finals .Liezel Huber – The former doubles world number 1 and seven-time doubles grand slam champion announced her retirement from professional tennis in April 2017.[ 24] Melanie Oudin – The former world number 31 andUS Open mixed champion announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2017.[ 25] Shahar Pe'er – The former world number 11 announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2017.[ 26] Nadia Petrova – The former world number 3 announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2017.[ 27] Jocelyn Rae – The former doubles world number 67 announced her retirement from professional tennis in December 2017.[ 28] Jarmila Wolfe – The former world number 25 andAustralian Open mixed champion announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2017.[ 29] ^ "2017 WTA calendar" (PDF) .wtatennis.com . WTA Tour, Inc. 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