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2017 WTA Tour

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Edition
  
47th

Tournaments
  
59

Duration
  
2 January – 5 November 2017

Categories
  
Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32) WTA Elite Trophy

Most tournament titles
  
Karolína Plíšková Elina Svitolina (2)

Most tournament finals
  
Karolína Plíšková Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki (2)

The 2017 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2017 tennis season. The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2017 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.

Contents

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2017 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2017 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles
  • Lauren Davis – Auckland (draw)
  • Kateřina Siniaková – Shenzhen (draw)
  • Elise Mertens – Hobart (draw)
  • Kristina Mladenovic – St. Petersburg (draw)
  • Doubles
  • Jeļena Ostapenko – St. Petersburg (draw)
  • Mixed Doubles
  • Abigail Spears – Australian Open (draw)
  • The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

    Doubles
  • Sania Mirza – Brisbane (draw)
  • Chan Hao-ching – Taipei (draw)
  • Chan Yung-jan – Taipei (draw)
  • Top 10 entry

    The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

    Singles
  • Elina Svitolina (enters at #10 on February 27)
  • WTA Rankings

    These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2017 season.

    Statistics leaders

    as of 20 February 2017

    Points distribution

    * Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.

    Retirements

    Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2017 season:

  • Vesna Dolonc (born 21 July 1989 in Moscow, Soviet Union) – The former world number 84 announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2017.
  • Shahar Peer (born 1 May 1987 in Jerusalem, Israel) – The former world number 11 announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2017.
  • Nadia Petrova (born 8 June 1982 in Moscow, Soviet Union) – The former world number 3 announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2017.
  • Francesca Schiavone (born 23 June 1980 in Milan, Italy) – The former world number 4 and 2010 French Open champion announced she will retire after the 2017 season.
  • Jarmila Wolfe (born 26 April 1987 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) – The former world number 25 and Australian Open mixed champion announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2017.
  • References

    2017 WTA Tour Wikipedia