2017 Taiwan Open

The 2017 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was moved from Kaohsiung to Taipei starting from this year.

Prize money
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Lee Ya-hsuan
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová
 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * Dalila Jakupović
 * 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis → replaced by 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki
 * 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová → replaced by 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki → replaced by 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale → replaced by 🇵🇱 Magda Linette
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier → replaced by 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone
 * 🇺🇸 Alison Riske → replaced by 🇯🇵 Nao Hibino

Retirements

 * 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea (Left wrist injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of January 16, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Hsieh Shu-ying / Hsu Ching-wen
 * Lee Ya-hsuan / 🇹🇭 Peangtarn Plipuech

Singles

 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina def. 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

 * Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká / 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková, 6–4, 6–2