# 2017 Tianjin Open – Singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final, 7–5, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ to win the singles tennis title at the 2017 Tianjin Open. It was Sharapova's first title since serving a suspension for a doping offense, and her final career title before retiring in 2020.
Peng Shuai was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Sharapova.

## Seeds

* Caroline Garcia (withdrew)
* Petra Kvitová (first round)
* Peng Shuai (semifinals)
* Donna Vekić (first round)
* Yulia Putintseva (second round)
* Maria Sakkari (second round)
* Lesia Tsurenko (first round)
* Alison Riske (first round)
* Irina-Camelia Begu (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| WC | Maria Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Peng Shuai | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Peng Shuai | 3 | 1 | WC | Maria Sharapova | 7 | 7$^{10}$ |
| | | | | | Aryna Sabalenka | 5 | 6$^8$ |
| Q | Sara Errani | 1 | 3 | | Aryna Sabalenka | 5 | 6$^8$ |
| | Aryna Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 9 | I-C Begu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Sharapova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Linette | 3 | 6 | 7 | | M Linette | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Bondarenko | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | WC | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | S Vögele | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | K Ahn | 3 | 3 | | Q | S Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Davis | 6$^2$ | 6 | 2 | 5 | Y Putintseva | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Y Putintseva | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | S Peng | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Peng | 3 | 1 |
| Q | H Guo | 2 | 6$^5$ | | 3 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | X Wang | 6 | 7$^{10}$ | | WC | X Wang | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kovinić | 3 | 6$^8$ | | | | | | | 3 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Ar Rodionova | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | S Sorribes Tormo | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | S Sorribes Tormo | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | S Sorribes Tormo | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | Y Wang | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | A Riske | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | M Sakkari | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Liu | 2 | 1 | | 6 | M Sakkari | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C McHale | 6 | 6 | | | C McHale | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Hibino | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | C McHale | 7 | 6$^2$ | 1 | | | | |
| Q | S Errani | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | S Errani | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | K Kozlova | 2 | 1 | | Q | S Errani | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Haddad Maia | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | B Haddad Maia | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Vekić | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Errani | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | L Tsurenko | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 |
| | Y Duan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | Y Duan | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | X Han | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Zhu | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | Jin Lu | 2 | 2 | | | S-w Hsieh | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhu | 6 | 5 | 6 | | L Zhu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Kvitová | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Lauren Davis (qualified)
* Arina Rodionova (qualified)
* Han Xinyun (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Lu Jingjing (qualified)
* Nina Stojanović (qualifying competition)
* Stefanie Vögele (qualified)
* Zhang Kailin (qualifying competition)
* Gao Xinyu (first round)
* Dalila Jakupović (first round)
* Hiroko Kuwata (qualifying competition)
* Gabriela Dabrowski (first round)
* Sara Errani (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Lauren Davis
* Arina Rodionova
* Sara Errani
* Lu Jingjing
* Guo Hanyu
* Stefanie Vögele

### Lucky loser

* Han Xinyun

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Lauren Davis | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Kyōka Okamura | 6 | 3 | 6$^0$ | | | | |
| | Kyōka Okamura | 6 | 3 | 6$^0$ | 1 | Lauren Davis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Sun Xuliu | 2 | 2 |
| | Sun Xuliu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Sun Xuliu | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Gao Xinyu | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Zheng Wushuang | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Zheng Wushuang | 2 | 3 | 2 | Arina Rodionova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 10 | Hiroko Kuwata | 1 | 4 |
| | Alla Kudryavtseva | 3 | 3 | 10 | Hiroko Kuwata | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Hiroko Kuwata | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Han Xinyun | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Liu Yanni | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Liu Yanni | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Han Xinyun | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 12 | Sara Errani | 6 | 6 |
| | You Xiaodi | 2 | 1 | | 12 | Sara Errani | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | Sara Errani | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Lu Jingjing | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Olivia Tjandramulia | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Olivia Tjandramulia | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Lu Jingjing | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Zhang Yuxuan | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Zhang Yuxuan | 6 | 6 | | WC | Zhang Yuxuan | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Gabriela Dabrowski | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Nina Stojanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Xu Shilin | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Xu Shilin | 4 | 3 | | 5 | Nina Stojanović | 1 | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | | Guo Hanyu | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Guo Hanyu | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Guo Hanyu | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 9 | Dalila Jakupović | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Stefanie Vögele | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kang Jiaqi | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | Kang Jiaqi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | Zhang Kailin | 0 | 3 |
| | Xun Fangying | 1 | 0 | | 7 | Zhang Kailin | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Zhang Kailin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |