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2017 WTA Calendar.Xlsx 2017 WTA Calendar As of December 6, 2016 MD Draw Draw Prize Money Minimum TFC On-Site Prize Week Week of Premier Surface International Surface Minimum TFC Start Date M/Q/D Ω Ω M/Q/D Money SUN Brisbane International presented by Suncorp - Brisbane ^ H 30/32/16 $890,100 $1,000,000 Shenzhen Open - Shenzhen ^ H 32/16/16 $626,750 $750,000 12-Jan MON ASB Classic - Auckland ^ H 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 29-JanSUNApia International Sydney - Sydney ! H 30/32/16 $710,900 $776,000 Hobart International - Hobart ^ H 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 3 16-Jan MON Australian Open - Melbourne* ^ 128/96/64 - H 4 23-Jan 5 30-Jan MON St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy - St. Petersburg IH 28/32/16 $710,900 $776,000 Taiwan Open - Taipei City H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 66-Feb Fed Cup by BNP Paribas First Round* 7 13-Feb MON Qatar Total Open 2017 - Doha ^ H 28/32/16 $710,900 $776,000 SUN Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships - Dubai ^ H 56/32/28 $2,365,250 $2,666,000 8 20-Feb MON Hungarian Ladies Open - Budapest IH 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presentado por HSBC - Acapulco ^ H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 9 27-Feb MON Alya WTA Malaysian Open - Kuala Lumpur H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 10 6-Mar WED BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells H 96/48/32 $6,814,635 $7,669,423 11 13-Mar 12 20-Mar TUE Miami Open presented by Itaú - Miami ^ H 96/48/32 $6,814,635 $7,669,423 13 27-Mar 14 3-Apr MON Volvo Car Open - Charleston CL 56/32/16 $710,900 $776,000 Abierto Monterrey Afirme presented by Mastercard - Monterrey H 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 Claro Open Colsanitas - Bogota CL 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 15 10-Apr MON Ladies Open Biel Bienne - Biel IH 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 16 17-Apr Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Semi-finals and Play-offs* 17 24-Apr MON Porsche Tennis Grand Prix - Stuttgart ICL 28/32/16 $710,900‡ $776,000‡ TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup - Istanbul CL 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 Grand Prix De SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem - Rabat ^ (Doubles !) CL 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 18 1-May MON J&T Banka Prague Open - Prague ^ (Doubles !) CL 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 19 8-May SAT Mutua Madrid Open - Madrid ^ CL 64/32/28 € 5,300,270 € 5,924,318 20 15-May MON Internazionali BNL d'Italia - Rome CL 56/32/28 $2,775,745‡ $3,076,495‡ NÜRNBERGER Versicherungs Cup - Nürnberg ^ CL 32/24/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ 21 22-May SUN Internationaux de Strasbourg - Strasbourg ^ CL 32/24/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ 22 29-May SUN Roland Garros - Paris* ^ 128/96/64 - CL 23 5-Jun Aegon Open Nottingham - Nottingham G 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 24 12-Jun MON Ricoh Open - 's-Hertogenbosch G 32/24/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ 25 19-Jun MON Aegon Classic Birmingham - Birmingham G 32/32/16 $819,940 $885,040 Mallorca Open - Mallorca G 32/24/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ 26 26-Jun SUN Aegon International Eastbourne - Eastbourne ^ G 48/24/16 $753,900 $819,000 27 3-Jul MON The Championships - Wimbledon* ^ 128/96/64 - G 28 10-Jul Bucharest Open - Bucharest CL 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 29 17-Jul MON Ladies Championship Gstaad - Gstaad CL 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 Ericsson Open - Bastad CL 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 30 24-Jul MON Jiangxi Open - Nanchang H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 31 31-Jul MON Bank of the West Classic - Stanford H 28/16/16 $710,900 $776,000 Citi Open - Washington D.C. H 32/16/16 $226,750 $250,000 32 7-Aug MON Rogers Cup presented by National Bank - Toronto H 56/48/28 33 14-Aug MON Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati H 56/48/28 34 21-Aug SUN Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies - New Haven ^ H 30/48/16 TBD 35 28-Aug MON US Open - Flushing Meadows* 128/128/64 - H 36 4-Sep 37 11-Sep MON COUPE BANQUE NATIONALE présentée par Mazda - Quebec City IH 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 Japan Women's Open Tennis - Tokyo H 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo H 28/32/16 Korea Open - Seoul H 32/32/16 $226,750 $250,000 38 18-Sep MON Guangzhou Open - Guangzhou ^ H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 SUN Wuhan Open - Wuhan ^ H 56/32/28 39 25-Sep MON Tashkent Open - Tashkent ^ H 32/16/16 $226,750 $250,000 40 2-Oct SAT China Open - Beijing H 60 ℗/32/28 Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open - Hong Kong H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 41 9-Oct MON Ladies Linz presented by Upper Austria - Linz IH 32/32/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ Tianjin Open - Tianjin H 32/24/16 $226,750 $250,000 42 16-Oct MON VTB Kremlin Cup - Moscow ^ IH 28/32/16 BGL BNP PARIBAS Luxembourg Open - Luxembourg^ IH 32/32/16 $226,750‡ $250,000‡ 43 23-Oct SUN BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SCglobal - Singapore - TBD 8/-/8 - IH 44 30-Oct TUE WTA Elite Trophy - Zhuhai - $2,280,935 12/-/6 - H 45 6-Nov Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final* 46 13-Nov 47 20-Nov 48 27-Nov 49 4-Dec OFF SEASON 50 11-Dec 51 18-Dec 52 25-Dec * Grand Slams and Fed Cup are not WTA events H = Hard Court C = Clay G = Grass Sunday Singles Final unless noted as follows: ‡Prize Money Paid in Euros (Euro-USD at 1.24) IH = Indoor Hard Court ICL = Indoor Clay Court ^ Saturday Final ! Friday Final TFC: Total Financial Commitment is the Tournament's investment in the event, including Tour Fees, Bonus Pool contributions and on-site prize money Ω Unlisted amounts are TBD based on the Prize Money Formula calculation for each event (Premier 5 Minimum - $2,666,000; Premier 700 minimum - $776,000) ℗ Performance Byes to Wuhan Semifinalists.
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