2017 China Open (tennis)

The 2017 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the China Open for the men (21st for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2017 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2017 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 2 to October 8, 2017.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 25, 2017

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro
 * 🇨🇳 Wu Di
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

The following player received entry as a special exempt:
 * 🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis
 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers
 * 🇹🇳 Malek Jaziri
 * 🇷🇸 Dušan Lajović

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 David Ferrer →replaced by 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber →replaced by 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev
 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray →replaced by 🇺🇸 Jared Donaldson
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by 🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff

Retirements

 * 🇬🇧 Aljaž Bedene
 * 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 25, 2017

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro / 🇦🇷 Leonardo Mayer
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Wesley Koolhof / 🇳🇿 Artem Sitak

Seeds
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 25 September 2017. Rankings and points before are as of 2 October 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena
 * 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko
 * 🇵🇱 Magda Linette
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 🇩🇪 Carina Witthöft

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Donna Vekić
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis →replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang
 * 🇫🇷 Océane Dodin →replaced by 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Keys →replaced by 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers
 * Ana Konjuh →replaced by 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni →replaced by 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová →replaced by 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci →replaced by 🇷🇺 Natalia Vikhlyantseva
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams →replaced by 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams →replaced by 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel

Retirements

 * 🇵🇱 Magda Linette
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková
 * 🇺🇸 CoCo Vandeweghe

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 25, 2017

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun / 🇨🇳 Liang Chen
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang / 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis / 🇺🇸 Alison Riske

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic

Men's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal def. 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios, 6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

 * 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia def. 🇷🇴 Simona Halep, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Men's doubles

 * 🇫🇮 Henri Kontinen / 🇦🇺 John Peers def. 🇺🇸 John Isner / 🇺🇸 Jack Sock, 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

Women's doubles

 * Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis def. 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos / 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková, 6–1, 6–4