The 2017

Dow Tennis Classic The Dow Tennis Classic or Dow Corning Tennis Classic (DCTC) is a WTA 125 level tennis tournament. It is played in October–November each year in Midland, Michigan. From 2010 to 2020, it used to be held as a $100,000 tournament as part of the ITF ...

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the twenty-third edition of the tournament and part of the

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, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in

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, United States, from 30 January–5 February 2017.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 17 January 2017

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Usue Maitane Arconada Usue Maitane Arconada (born 28 October 1998) is an American tennis player born in Argentina. Arconada is the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles champion, alongside Claire Liu Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American tennis pla ...

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Katarzyna Kawa Katarzyna Kawa (; born 17 November 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 112 in singles, achieved November 2020, and world No. 70 in doubles, set on 26 September 2022. She has won one WTA Challenger doubl ...

* Alexandra Sanford *

Valeria Savinykh Valeria Dmitrievna Savinykh (russian: Валерия Дмитриевна Савиных; born 20 February 1991) is a Russian tennis player. In April 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 99. On 20 November 2017, she pea ...

Katherine Sebov Katherine Sebov (born January 5, 1999) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 190, on 16 January 2023, and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 22, on 20 July 2015. Early life Sebov was ...

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot: *

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Champions

Singles

Tatjana Maria Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won two singles ...

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Naomi Broady Naomi Broady (; born 28 February 1990) is a British tennis player. She has won one WTA doubles title, as well as nine singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of wor ...

, 6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–4

Doubles

Ashley Weinhold Ashley Weinhold (born June 20, 1989) is a former tennis player from the United States. She turned professional in 2007 and had her last appearance on the ITF Circuit in August 2018. Her career-high singles ranking is 181, achieved October 201 ...

Caitlin Whoriskey Caitlin Whoriskey (born February 19, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, where she was a three-time All-American. Whoriskey finished runner-up in doubles at the 2010 N ...

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Kayla Day Kayla Day (born September 28, 1999) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 122 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). As a junior, she won one junior Grand Slam title, at the 2016 US Open. There, she al ...

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External links

2017 Dow Tennis Classic
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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