# 2017 Citi Open – Women's singles

Yanina Wickmayer was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Ekaterina Makarova won the title, defeating Julia Görges in the final, 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–0.

## Seeds

* Simona Halep (quarterfinals, retired)
* Kristina Mladenovic (second round)
* Lauren Davis (first round)
* Julia Görges (final)
* Océane Dodin (semifinals)
* Monica Niculescu (quarterfinals)
* Ekaterina Makarova (champion)
* Christina McHale (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Ekaterina Makarova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Océane Dodin | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 5 | Océane Dodin | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | Ekaterina Makarova | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Julia Görges | 6 | 6$^2$ | 0 |
| 4 | Julia Görges | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Julia Görges | 6 | 6$^2$ | 0 |
| | Andrea Petkovic | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1/WC | S Halep | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Stephens | 6$^3$ | 0 | | 1/WC | S Halep | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Duque Mariño | 6 | 6 | | | M Duque Mariño | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Rogers | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 1/WC | S Halep | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| Q | L Chirico | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | M Puig | 6 | 6 | | | M Puig | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Loeb | 6$^4$ | 3 | | 7 | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Makarova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Makarova | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | L Davis | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | O Dodin | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | A Sabalenka | 7 | 6 | | | A Sabalenka | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lisicki | 7$^9$ | 7$^7$ | | | S Lisicki | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Grammatikopoulou | 6$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | S Lisicki | 7 | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | |
| | R Ozaki | 6$^0$ | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | O Dodin | 5 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | S Errani | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | S Errani | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Janković | 6 | 3 | 0$^r$ | 5 | O Dodin | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | O Dodin | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Niculescu | 6 | 2 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino | 3 | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | M Niculescu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Watson | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | PM Țig | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | PM Țig | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 6 | M Niculescu | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | A Van Uytvanck | 7 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J Čepelová | 5 | 6 | 1 | | A Van Uytvanck | 6 | 3 | 6$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Abanda | 4 | 4 | | 4 | J Görges | 3 | 6 | 7$^{11}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Görges | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Görges | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | C McHale | 6$^6$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Petkovic | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| | E Bouchard | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | E Bouchard | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Petkovic | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | A Petkovic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nara | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | A Petkovic | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | B Andreescu | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | B Andreescu | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Giorgi | 7 | 3 | 4 | WC | B Andreescu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Maria | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | K Mladenovic | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | K Mladenovic | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Heather Watson (qualified)
* Jamie Loeb (qualified)
* Destanee Aiava (first round)
* Louisa Chirico (qualified)
* Valentini Grammatikopoulou (qualified)
* Usue Maitane Arconada (first round)
* Nigina Abduraimova (first round)
* Deniz Khazaniuk (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Heather Watson
* Jamie Loeb
* Valentini Grammatikopoulou
* Louisa Chirico

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Heather Watson | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | Erika Sema | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | Erika Sema | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Heather Watson | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | | | | | | Shuko Aoyama | 3 | 6$^7$ |
| | Shuko Aoyama | 6 | 6 | | | Shuko Aoyama | 3 | 6$^7$ |
| 6 | Usue Maitane Arconada | 2 | 2 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Jamie Loeb | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Skylar Morton | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Skylar Morton | 2 | 2 | | 2 | Jamie Loeb | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Sophie Chang | 4 | 2 |
| | Sophie Chang | 7 | 4 | 7 | | Sophie Chang | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Deniz Khazaniuk | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Destanee Aiava | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Xu Shilin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Xu Shilin | 6 | 6 | | | Xu Shilin | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Cameron Morra | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Louisa Chirico | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Olivia Rogowska | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | Olivia Rogowska | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6$^5$ | 4 | Louisa Chirico | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Lu Jiajing | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| | Lu Jiajing | 6 | 6 | | | Lu Jiajing | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Nigina Abduraimova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | |