The 2017

Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem The Morocco Open or Rabat Grand Prix (for sponsorship reasons called the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem), is a women's professional tennis tournament currently held in Rabat, Morocco. This WTA Tour event is classified as an Internat ...

was a women's professional tennis tournament played on

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s. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the

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. It took place in

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, Morocco, between 1 and 6 May 2017.

Point distribution

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of April 24, 2017

Other entrants

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

Lina Qostal Lina Qostal ( ar, لينة قصطال; born 11 March 1997) is a Moroccan tennis player. Qostal has won one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit in her career. On 10 November 2014, she reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 792. Qost ...

* Francesca Schiavone The following players received entry as qualifiers: * Gabriela Dabrowski *

Aleksandra Krunić Aleksandra Krunić ( sr-Cyrl, Александра Крунић; born 15 March 1993) is a Serbian professional tennis player. She has won one singles title and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour along with one singles title on WTA 125 tournament ...

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...

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The following player received entry as a Lucky Loser: *

Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Caroline Garcia → replaced by Andrea Petkovic * Peng Shuai → replaced by Sara Errani * Shelby Rogers → replaced by Maryna Zanevska * Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Tatjana Maria * Laura Siegemund → replaced by

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of April 24, 2017

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Abir Elfahimi /

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* Laura Pous Tió /

Champions

Singles

* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Francesca Schiavone 7–5, 7–5

Doubles

* Tímea Babos / Andrea Hlaváčková def. Nina Stojanović / Maryna Zanevska 2–6, 6–3, 0–5

References

External links

Official website
{{2017 WTA Tour Morocco Open

Morocco