Seeds The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 27, 2017. Rankings and points before are as of March 6, 2017.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: •
Jennifer Brady •
Danielle Collins •
Irina Falconi •
Kayla Day •
Nicole Gibbs •
Bethanie Mattek-Sands •
Taylor Townsend •
Donna Vekić The following player received entry using a protected ranking: •
Ajla Tomljanović The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: •
Mona Barthel •
Mariana Duque Mariño •
Anett Kontaveit •
Varvara Lepchenko •
Magda Linette •
Tatjana Maria •
Mandy Minella •
Risa Ozaki •
Peng Shuai •
Francesca Schiavone •
Sara Sorribes Tormo •
Patricia Maria Țig The following player received entry as a lucky loser: •
Evgeniya Rodina Withdrawals ;Before the tournament •
Victoria Azarenka (maternity) → replaced by
Vania King •
Alizé Cornet (torn pectoral) → replaced by
Heather Watson •
Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by
Sorana Cîrstea •
Karin Knapp → replaced by
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni •
Petra Kvitová (knife attack injury) → replaced by
Ajla Tomljanović •
Sloane Stephens (foot surgery) → replaced by
Kurumi Nara •
Serena Williams (knee injury) → replaced by
Evgeniya Rodina Retirements •
Timea Bacsinszky •
Vania King ==WTA doubles main-draw entrants==