The 2017 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2017 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 24–30, 2017. It was the 4th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
 ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 1 | 1 |
 ROU
|
Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
 CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 4 | 3 |
 DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 6 | 4 |
 GBR
|
Johanna Konta | 7 | 5 |
 RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 6 |
 SVK
|
Dominika Cibulková | 9 | 7 |
 LAT
|
Jeļena Ostapenko | 10 | 8 |
 POL
|
Agnieszka Radwańska | 11 | 9 |
 USA
|
Madison Keys | 12 | 10 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 13 | 11 |
 GER
|
Angelique Kerber | 14 | 12 |
 FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 15 | 13 |
| USA
|
Sloane Stephens | 17 | 14 |
| LAT
|
Anastasija Sevastova | 18 | 15 |
| RUS
|
Elena Vesnina | 19 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 18, 2017
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Ons Jabeur- Varvara Lepchenko
- Magda Linette
- Christina McHale
- Monica Niculescu
- Andrea Petkovic
Monica Puig
Maria Sakkari
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by 
Wang Qiang
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni → replaced by 
Ashleigh Barty- Lucie Šafářová → replaced by
Yulia Putintseva - CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Donna Vekić
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TPE
|
Chan Yung-jan | SUI
|
Martina Hingis | 5 | 1 |
| RUS
|
Ekaterina Makarova | RUS
|
Elena Vesnina | 10 | 2 |
 IND
|
Sania Mirza | CHN
|
Peng Shuai | 17 | 3 |
| AUS
|
Ashleigh Barty | AUS
|
Casey Dellacqua | 28 | 4 |
 CAN
|
Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN
|
Xu Yifan | 38 | 5 |
| GER
|
Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE
|
Květa Peschke | 42 | 6 |
| POL
|
Alicja Rosolska | USA
|
Abigail Spears | 56 | 7 |
| FRA |
RUS |
- Rankings are as of September 18, 2017
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- During the tournament
Retirements
Champions
Singles
- Caroline Garcia def. Ashleigh Barty, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Doubles
- Chan Yung-jan / Martina Hingis def.
Shuko Aoyama / Yang Zhaoxuan, 7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–4]