2017 BRD Bucharest Open

2017 BRD Bucharest Open
Date	17–23 July
Edition	4th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Venue	Arenele BNR
Champions
Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Raluca Olaru
BRD Bucharest Open

The 2017 BRD Bucharest Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was part of the WTA International category of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania from 17 July until 24 July 2017. Seventh-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu won the singles title.^[1][2]

Finals

Singles

• Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Julia Görges, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Raluca Olaru defeated Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs, 6–3, 6–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	19	1
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	27	2
GER	Julia Görges	45	3
ROU	Monica Niculescu	51	4
BEL	Elise Mertens	54	5
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	63	6
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	64	7
GER	Tatjana Maria	74	8
RUS	Ekaterina Alexandrova	75	9

• ¹ Rankings as of 3 July 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards^[3] into the main draw:

• Irina Bara
• Jaqueline Cristian
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Alexa Glatch
• Polona Hercog

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexandra Dulgheru
• Magdalena Fręch
• Sesil Karatantcheva
• Arantxa Rus

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lesley Kerkhove

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova →replaced by Nadia Podoroska
• Océane Dodin →replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay
• Ons Jabeur →replaced by Quirine Lemoine
• Kristína Kučová →replaced by Polona Hercog
• Varvara Lepchenko →replaced by Alexa Glatch
• Christina McHale →replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
• Monica Niculescu →replaced by Lesley Kerkhove
• Yulia Putintseva →replaced by Barbora Krejčíková

Retirements

• Nadia Podoroska

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

^[4]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Raluca Olaru	113	1
BEL	Elise Mertens	NED	Demi Schuurs	132	2
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	CZE	Renata Voráčová	143	3
ARG	María Irigoyen	CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	153	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 3 July 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

• Georgia Crăciun / Alexandra Dulgheru
• Jaqueline Cristian / Cristina Dinu

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Nicoleta Dascălu / Isabella Shinikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Fanny Stollár

References

1. Jovica Ilic (23 July 2017). "WTA Bucharest: Irina-Camelia Begu conquers 4th title in front of home crowd". Tennis World USA.
2. "Begu thrills home crowd with Bucharest crown". WTA. 23 July 2017.
3. "Ruse and Cristian receive main draw Wild Cards". Daniel Radu. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
4. "In-advance Bucharest Open Doubles entry list". Daniel Radu. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

External links

• Official website