2017 WTA Shenzhen Open

The 2017 Shenzhen Open (known as 2017 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2017.

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

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Chang Kai-chen
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇷🇸 Nina Stojanović
 * Stefanie Vögele

The following players received entry as a Lucky loser:
 * 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Fangzhou

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Maria Sakkari
 * 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by 🇨🇳 Liu Fangzhou
 * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of December 26, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Ma Shuyue / 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying / 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková def. 🇺🇸 Alison Riske, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

 * 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai def. 🇷🇴 Raluca Olaru / 🇺🇦 Olga Savchuk, 6–1, 7–5