# 2017 Hobart International

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The 2017 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 24nd edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 9 through 15 January 2017.

## Finals
### Singles

* Elise Mertens defeated Monica Niculescu, 6–3, 6–1

### Doubles

* Raluca Olaru / Olga Savchuk defeated Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan, 0–6, 6–4, [10–5]

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^2$ | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
| Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team |||||||||
$^2$ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 22 | 1 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 34 | 2 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 38 | 3 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 39 | 4 |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | 40 | 5 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 41 | 6 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 42 | 7 |
| CRO | Ana Konjuh | 47 | 8 |
| JPN | Naomi Osaka | 48 | 9 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 49 | 10 |
| SWE | Johanna Larsson | 50 | 11 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 2 January 2017.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Lizette Cabrera
* Jaimee Fourlis
* Francesca Schiavone
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
* Galina Voskoboeva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Jana Fett
* Elise Mertens
* Risa Ozaki
* Teliana Pereira
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Cindy Burger
* Verónica Cepede Royg
* Nicole Gibbs
* Mandy Minella
* Kurumi Nara
* Sílvia Soler Espinosa
* Sachia Vickery

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Alizé Cornet (back injury) → replaced by Cindy Burger
* Sara Errani (left thigh injury) → replaced by Kurumi Nara
* Julia Görges (change in schedule) → replaced by Verónica Cepede Royg
* Ana Konjuh (left toe injury) → replaced by Mandy Minella
* Naomi Osaka (left wrist injury) → replaced by Nicole Gibbs
* Alison Riske (change in schedule) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa
* Kateřina Siniaková (change in schedule) → replaced by Sachia Vickery

#### During the tournament

* Lesia Tsurenko

### Retirements

* Sachia Vickery

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | USA | Abigail Spears | 40 | 1 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 63 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 99 | 3 |
| ARG | María Irigoyen | CHN | Liang Chen | 114 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 2 January 2017.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua
* Pauline Parmentier / Francesca Schiavone
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Alison Bai / Lizette Cabrera
* Jessica Moore / Varatchaya Wongteanchai

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ashleigh Barty
* Kurumi Nara

#### During the tournament

* Sara Errani
* Lyudmyla Kichenok
* Abigail Spears