Ladies Open Biel Bienn Tennis 2017, Schedule, Prize Money, Players List

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, Switzerland
Venue	Swiss Tennis Center

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	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	N/A	N/A	N/A

Players List

Singles

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

Wildcards

• Belinda Bencic
• Rebeka Masarova
• Carla Suárez Navarro

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

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

Other entrants

Wildcards

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