2017 Tianjin Open
The 2017 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 9 and 15 October 2017.Point distribution
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 | | | |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per teamSeeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
| Caroline Garcia | 15 | 1 |
| Petra Kvitová | 18 | 2 |
| Peng Shuai | 25 | 3 |
| Donna Vekić | 46 | 4 |
| Yulia Putintseva | 48 | 5 |
| Maria Sakkari | 50 | 6 |
| Lesia Tsurenko | 51 | 7 |
| Alison Riske | 53 | 8 |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | 57 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 2, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky loser:
;Before the tournament
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
| Kateryna Bondarenko | | Alla Kudryavtseva | 164 | 1 |
| Nao Hibino | | Danka Kovinić | 167 | 2 |
| Dalila Jakupović | | Nina Stojanović | 169 | 3 |
| Liang Chen | | Lu Jingjing | 210 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 2, 2017
Champions
Singles
- Maria Sharapova def. Aryna Sabalenka, 7–5, 7–6
Doubles
- Irina-Camelia Begu / Sara Errani def. Dalila Jakupović / Nina Stojanović, 6–4, 6–3
