2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne

The 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the Ladies Open Biel Bienne and part of the International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at the Swiss Tennis Center in Roger Federer Allee, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, from 10 April through 16 April 2017.

2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
Date	10 – 16 April
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard (i)
Location	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Venue	Swiss Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Markéta Vondroušová
Doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Women's doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	18	1
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	25	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	30	3
ITA	Roberta Vinci	34	4
GER	Laura Siegemund	37	5
FRA	Alizé Cornet	44	6
GER	Julia Görges	46	7
ROU	Monica Niculescu	47	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 3 April 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Rebeka Masarova
• Carla Suárez Navarro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marie Bouzková
• Antonia Lottner
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Markéta Vondroušová

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lina Gjorcheska

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet →replaced by Lina Gjorcheska
• Kirsten Flipkens →replaced by Mona Barthel
• Kristina Mladenovic →replaced by Julia Boserup
• Tsvetana Pironkova →replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Jana Čepelová

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Xenia Knoll	NED	Demi Schuurs	99	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	ROU	Monica Niculescu	102	2
ROU	Raluca Olaru	UKR	Olga Savchuk	104	3
BEL	Elise Mertens	GBR	Heather Watson	156	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 3 April 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

• Amandine Hesse / Rebeka Masarova
• Ylena In-Albon / Leonie Küng

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Singles

• Markéta Vondroušová def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)

Doubles

Main article: 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Doubles

• Hsieh Su-wei / Monica Niculescu def. Timea Bacsinszky / Martina Hingis, 5–7, 6–3, [10–7]

External links

• Official website