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{{TennisEventInfo|2017|Hong Kong Tennis Open|
| date      = October 9–15
| edition   = 8th
| category = [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]]
| draw = 32S / 16D
| prize_money = $250,000
| surface   = [[Hardcourt|Hard]]
| location  = Hong Kong
| venue = [[Victoria Park, Hong Kong|Victoria Park Tennis Stadium]]
| champs = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]
| champd = {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Hao-ching]] / {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chan Yung-jan]]
}}

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 [[hardcourt|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===
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
|  style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event'''
|  style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W'''
|  style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F
|  style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF
|  style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|  style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16
|  style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32
|width=85 |Q
|width=85 |Q2
|width=85 |Q1
|-
! style="background:#ededed;"| Singles
|rowspan=2|280
|rowspan=2|180
|rowspan=2|110
|rowspan=2|60
|30
|1
|18
|12
|1
|-
! style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles
|1
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|}

===Prize money===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
|  style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Event'''
|  style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W'''
|  style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F
|  style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF
|  style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|  style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16
|  style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32<sup>1</sup>
|width=85|Q2
|width=85|Q1
|-
| style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Singles'''
|$43,000
|$21,400
|$11,500
|$6,175
|$3,400
|$2,100
|$1,020
|$600
|-
| style="background:#dfe2e9;"|'''Doubles *'''
|$12,300
|$6,400
|$3,435
|$1,820
|$960
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|}
<sub><sup>1</sup> Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money</sub><br>
<sub>* per team</sub>

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank<sup>1</sup>
! Seed
|-
|{{flag|UKR}}
|[[Elina Svitolina]] 
|3
|1
|-
|{{flagu|USA}}
|[[Venus Williams]] 
|5
|2
|-
|{{flag|DEN}}
|[[Caroline Wozniacki]]
|6
|3
|-
|{{flag|POL}}
|[[Agnieszka Radwańska]]
|11
|4
|-
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Elena Vesnina]]
|20
|5
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|RUS}}
|[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]
|21
|6
|- style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|AUS}}
|[[Daria Gavrilova]]
|22
|7
|- 
|{{flag|CHN}}
|[[Zhang Shuai]]
|26
|8
|}
* <sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

===Other entrants===
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
*{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lee Ya-hsuan]]
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]]
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Vesnina]]
*{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Zhang Ling (tennis)|Zhang Ling]]

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misa Eguchi]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shuko Aoyama]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jacqueline Cako]]
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Valentini Grammatikopoulou]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Alexa Guarachi]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Priscilla Hon]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miyu Kato (tennis)|Miyu Kato]]

===Withdrawals===
;Before the tournament
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Catherine Bellis]] →replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chang Kai-chen]]
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johanna Konta]] →replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Zarina Diyas]]
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandra Krunić]] →replaced by {{flagicon|THA}} [[Luksika Kumkhum]]
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kristina Mladenovic]] →replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Risa Ozaki]]
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kristýna Plíšková]] →replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Gibbs]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]] →replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misa Eguchi]]
* {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]] →replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lizette Cabrera]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]] →replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kurumi Nara]]

;During the tournament
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elina Svitolina]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Caroline Wozniacki]]

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player
! Rank<sup>1</sup> 
! Seed
|-style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|TPE}}
|[[Chan Hao-ching]]
|{{flag|TPE}}
|[[Chan Yung-jan]]
|16
|1
|-
|{{flag|JPN}}
|[[Shuko Aoyama]]
|{{flag|CHN}}
|[[Yang Zhaoxuan]] 
|61
|2
|-
|{{flag|JPN}}
|[[Makoto Ninomiya]]
|{{flag|CZE}}
|[[Renata Voráčová]]  
|73
|3
|-
|{{flag|JPN}}
|[[Eri Hozumi]]
|{{flag|JPN}}
|[[Miyu Kato (tennis)|Miyu Kato]] 
|82
|4
|}
<sup>1</sup> Rankings are as of October 2, 2017

=== Other entrants ===
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Katherine Ip]] / {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Zhang Ling (tennis)|Zhang Ling]]
* {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Ng Kwan-yau]] / {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Wu Ho-ching]]

==Champions==

===Singles===
{{main|2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles}}
* {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova]]''' def. {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Daria Gavrilova]], 5–7, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>

===Doubles===
{{main|2017 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles}}
* {{flagicon|TPE}} '''[[Chan Hao-ching]]''' / {{flagicon|TPE}} '''[[Chan Yung-jan]]''' def. {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jiajing]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Qiang (tennis)|Wang Qiang]], 6–1, 6–1

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hktennisopen.hk Official site]

{{2017 WTA Tour}}

[[Category:2017 WTA Tour|Hong Kong Open (tennis)]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Open (tennis)]]
[[Category:2017 in Hong Kong sport]]
[[Category:October 2017 sports events in China|Hong Kong Tennis Open]]
[[Category:2017 in Chinese tennis]]