2017 in tennis
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2017. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
ITF">International Tennis Federation">ITF
Grand Slam events">Grand Slam (tennis)">Grand Slam events
Category | Championship | Champion | Finalist | Score in the final |
Women's singles | Australian Open | Serena Williams | Venus Williams | 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's singles | French Open | Jeļena Ostapenko | Simona Halep | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Women's singles | Wimbledon | Garbiñe Muguruza | Venus Williams | 7–5, 6–0 |
Women's singles | US Open | Sloane Stephens | Madison Keys | 6–3, 6–0 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
Men's doubles | Australian Open | Henri Kontinen John Peers | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7–5, 7–5 |
Men's doubles | French Open | Ryan Harrison Michael Venus | Santiago González Donald Young | 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
Men's doubles | Wimbledon | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 5–7, 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 13–11 |
Men's doubles | US Open | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | Feliciano López Marc López | 6–4, 6–3 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
Women's doubles | Australian Open | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 6–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Women's doubles | French Open | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 6–2, 6–1 |
Women's doubles | Wimbledon | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | Chan Hao-ching Monica Niculescu | 6–0, 6–0 |
Women's doubles | US Open | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | Lucie Hradecká Kateřina Siniaková | 6–3, 6–2 |
Category | Championship | Champions | Finalists | Score in the final |
Mixed doubles | Australian Open | Abigail Spears Juan Sebastián Cabal | Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig | 6–2, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles | French Open | Gabriela Dabrowski Rohan Bopanna | Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah | 2–6, 6–2, |
Mixed doubles | Wimbledon | Jamie Murray Martina Hingis | Henri Kontinen Heather Watson | 6–4, 6–4 |
Mixed doubles | US Open | Martina Hingis Jamie Murray | Chan Hao-ching Michael Venus | 6–1, 4–6, |
Davis Cup">2017 Davis Cup">Davis Cup
Fed Cup">2017 Fed Cup">Fed Cup
Important events
Other tennis events
- September 22–24: 2017 Laver Cup in Prague
- * Team Europe defeated Team World, 15–9, to win their first Laver Cup title.
Number-1-ranked players
Men's singles
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
Year end 2016 | 20 August 2017 | |
21 August 2017 |
Female singles
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
Angelique Kerber | Year end 2016 | 29 January 2017 |
Serena Williams | 30 January 2017 | 19 March 2017 |
Angelique Kerber | 20 March 2017 | 23 April 2017 |
Serena Williams | 24 April 2017 | 14 May 2017 |
Angelique Kerber | 15 May 2017 | 16 July 2017 |
Karolína Plíšková | 17 July 2017 | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | 11 September 2017 | |
Simona Halep | Incumbent |
Men's doubles
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
Year end 2016 | 2 April 2017 | |
3 April 2017 | 16 July 2017 | |
17 July 2017 | 20 August 2017 | |
21 August 2017 | 5 November 2017 | |
6 November 2017 | Year end 2017 |
Female doubles
Holder | Date gained | Date forfeited |
Sania Mirza | Year end 2016 | 8 January 2017 |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 9 January 2017 | 20 August 2017 |
Lucie Šafářová | 21 August 2017 | 1 October 2017 |
Martina Hingis | 2 October 2017 | Incumbent |
[Beach tennis]
Continental and world events
- July 10: 2017 ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship in Moscow
- * In the final, defeated, 2–0. took third place and fourth place.
- August 1–6: World Championships in Cervia
- * Men's doubles: Michele Cappelletti & Luca Carli
- * Women's doubles: Federica Bacchetta & Giulia Gasparri
- October 8–10: 2017 ITF European Championships in Sozopol
[ITF Beach Tennis Tour] (only prize money)
- January 6–8: #1 in Monopoli
- * Men's doubles: Faccini Marco & Niccolò Strano
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- February 18 & 19 #2 in Nijmegen
- * Men's doubles: Ioannis Dimopoulos & Massimo Mattei
- * Women's doubles: Katarína Páleníková & Natascia Sciolti
- February 18 & 19: #3 in San Lazzaro di Savena
- * Men's doubles: Michele Cappelletti & Luca Carli
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- April 22 & 23: #4 in Cervia
- * Men's doubles: Mikael Alessi & Alessio Chiodioni
- * Women's doubles: Michela Romani & Noemi Romani
- April 29 & 30: #5 in Larnaca
- * Men's doubles: Gregorio Barison & Diego Bollettinari
- * Women's doubles: Ekaterina Glazkova & Anna Romanova
- April 30 & May 1: #6 in Lido degli Estensi #1
- * Men's doubles: Nicolò Appiotti & Francesco Pesaresi
- * Women's doubles: Federica Bacchetta & Giulia Gasparri
- May 20 & 21: #7 in Póvoa de Varzim
- * Men's doubles: Gerard Rodriguez & Thibaut François
- * Women's doubles: Omayra Farías & Silvia Arroyo
- May 26–28: #8 in Lignano Sabbiadoro
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- May 27 & 28: #9 in Jurmala
- * Men's doubles: Gerard Rodriguez & Ioannis Dimopoulos
- * Women's doubles: Anelle Luik & Dorothee Berreth
- June 3 & 4: #10 in Lido degli Estensi #2
- * Men's doubles: Diego Bollettinari & Matteo Marighella
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- June 3: #11 in Viljandi
- * Men's doubles: Ainar Laube & Priit Pihl
- * Women's doubles: Anelle Luik & Anna Svaronoka
- June 4 & 5: #12 in La Flèche
- * Men's doubles: Jérôme Maillot & Jean Nouaux
- * Women's doubles: Pauline Bourdet & Catherine Henuzet
- June 10 & 11: #13 in Liepaja
- * Men's doubles: Nikolay Guryev & Ioannis Dimopoulos
- * Women's doubles: Liudmila Nikoyan & Irina Kuzmina-Rimša
- June 10 & 11: #14 in Furiani
- * Men's doubles: Patricio Pallara & Davide Fontana
- * Women's doubles: Giorgia Gilardi & Elisa Cappelli
- June 17 & 18: #15 in Sillery
- * Men's doubles: Benjamin Gros & Jean Nouaux
- * Women's doubles: Magali Garnier & Natascia Sciolti
- June 17 & 18: #16 in Ravenna
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Federica Bacchetta & Giulia Gasparri
- June 18: #17 in Ingelheim am Rhein
- * Men's doubles: Benjamin Ringlstetter & Manuel Ringlstetter
- * Women's doubles: Nadja Leuenberger & Sarah Leuenberger
- June 24 & 25: #18 in Montauban
- * Men's doubles: Régis Courtois & Simone Burini
- * Women's doubles: Elisa Cappelli & Giorgia Gilardi
- July 1 & 2: #18 in Rhodes
- * Men's doubles: Andrea Stuto & Simone Burini
- * Women's doubles: Alessia Angelini & Natascia Sciolti
- July 1 & 2: #19 in Fregene
- * Men's doubles: Doriano Beccaccioli & Davide Benussi
- * Women's doubles: Veronica Casadei & Nicole Nobile
- July 7–9: #20 in Kazan
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- July 15–16: #21 in Alba Adriatica
- * Men's doubles: Tommaso Giovannini & Luca Meliconi
- * Women's doubles: Maddalena Cini & Greta Giusti
- July 21 & 23: #22 in Ugento
- * Men's doubles: Alessandro Calbucci & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- July 22 & 23: #23 in Preddvor
- * Men's doubles: Alessandro Taccaliti & Mattia Spoto
- * Women's doubles: Katarína Páleniková & Giulia Curzi
- July 22 & 23: #24 in Samara
- * Men's doubles: Nikolay Guryev & Andrey Kozbinov
- * Women's doubles: Ekaterina Kamenetckaia & Regina Livanova
- July 22 & 23: #25 in Angoulême
- * Men's doubles: Igor Panin & Gerard Rodriguez-Querol
- * Women's doubles: Catherine Henuzet & Capucine Rousseau
- July 28–30: #26 in Frontignan
- * Men's doubles: Gregorio Barison & Diego Bolletinari
- * Women's doubles: Dorothee Berreth & Julie Labrit
- July 29 & 30: #27 in Torre del Lago
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- August 5 & 6: #28 in Faro
- * Men's doubles: Pedro Maio & Henrique Freitas
- * Women's doubles: Manuela Cunha & Ana Catarina Alexandrino
- August 6: #29 in Dąbrowa Górnicza
- * Men's doubles: Uroš Brinovec & Daniel Kahr
- * Women's doubles: Aniko Kovacs & Monika Erdelyi
- August 19 & 20: #24 in Ahlbeck
- February 17 & 18: #1 in Marsa Alam
- * Men's doubles: Yves Fornasier & Alexander Bailer
- * Women's doubles: Laura Galli & Manuela Cunha
- March 11 & 12: #2 in Saint-Pierre
- * Men's doubles: Romain Say & Philippe Vadel
- * Women's doubles: Marie-Eve Hoarau & Mathilde Hoarau
- March 17–19: #3 in Saint-Gilles #1
- * Men's doubles: Michele Cappelletti & Luca Carli
- * Women's doubles: Federica Bacchetta & Giulia Gasparri
- March 18 & 19: #4 in Dahab
- * Men's doubles: Georgios Karavasilis & Oliver Munz
- * Women's doubles: Daria Churakova & Angelina Gordienko
- April 15 & 16: #5 in Casablanca #1
- * Men's doubles: Massimo Mattei & Dennis Valmori
- April 22 & 23: #6 in Las Palmas
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Flaminia Daina & Sofia Cimatti
- April 23 & 24: #7 in Cairo
- * Men's doubles: Ioannis Dimopulos & Giorgos Martinis
- * Women's doubles: Anastasia Kokkinou & Evaggelia Tsavou
- May 7 & 8: #8 in L'Étang-Salé
- * Men's doubles: Mathieu Guegano & Ugo Quilici
- * Women's doubles: Julia Coll & Elodie Vadel
- May 15 & 16: #9 in Casablanca #2
- * Men's doubles: Marco Scudellari & Stefano Casadei
- * Women's doubles: Angelina Gordienko & Yulia Chubarova
- May 20 & 21: #10 in Casablanca #3
- * Men's doubles: Marco Scudellari & Stefano Casadei
- * Women's doubles: Sarah Benabdeljalil & Camilia Benabdeljalil
- May 27 & 28: #11 in Saint-Gilles #2
- * Men's doubles: Frédéric Pamard & Théo Irigaray
- * Women's doubles: Mathilde Hoareau & Marie-Eve Hoarau
- July 29 & 30: #12 in Tanger
- * Men's doubles: Adil Medina & Javeir Mendez
- * Women's doubles: Camilia Benabdeljalil & Sarah Benabdeljalil
- April 1 & 2: #1 in Fujisawa #1
- * Men's doubles: Yusuke Hiraki & Susumu Kawashima
- * Women's doubles: Eri Homma & Akiko Otani
- May 20 & 21: #2 in Miura
- * Men's doubles: Keita Iseki & Naoaki Yamamoto
- * Women's doubles: Misa Miyasaka & Tomomi Takahashi
- May 27 & 28: #3 in Fujisawa #2
- * Men's doubles: Susumu Nakajima & Naoaki Yamamoto
- * Women's doubles: Eri Homma & Akiko Otani
- July 1 & 2: #4 in Fujisawa #3
- * Men's doubles: Daisuke Tsuruoka & Naoaki Yamamoto
- * Women's doubles: Eri Homma & Akiko Otani
- August 19 & 20: #5 in Fukuoka
- April 8 & 9: #1 in Orient Bay
- * Men's doubles: Mathieu Porry & Raphael Porry
- * Women's doubles: Maraike Biglmaier & Patricia Diaz
- April 14–16: #2 in Le Moule
- * Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Tommaso Giovannini
- * Women's doubles: Maraike Biglmaier & Patricia Diaz
- April 21–23: #3 in Le Carbet
- * Men's doubles: Nikita Burmakin & Tommaso Giovannini
- * Women's doubles: Maraike Biglmaier & Patricia Diaz
- May 26–28: #4 in Carolina
- * Men's doubles: Carlos Rivera & Carlos Vigon
- * Women's doubles: Lady Correa & Marie-Pier Huet
- June 3–5: #5 in Schœlcher
- * Men's doubles: Nicholas Giannotti & Maxence Tournebize
- * Women's doubles: Julie Labrit & Alizé Ayassamy
- March 3–5: #1 in Salinas
- * Men's doubles: Alessandro Calbucci & Michele Cappelletti
- * Women's doubles: Sofia Cimatti & Flaminia Daina
- April 15 & 16: #2 in Maitencillo
- * Men's doubles: Vicente Brusadelli & Juan Pablo Ramirez
- * Women's doubles: Jessica Orselli & Belen Tejeda
- April 29 & 30: #3 in João Pessoa
- * Men's doubles: Ralff Abreu & Diogo Carneiro
- * Women's doubles: Joana Cortez & Rafaella Miiller
- May 6 & 7: #4 in Niterói
- * Men's doubles: Luca Cramarossa & Marco Garavini
- * Women's doubles: Joana Cortez & Rafaella Miiller
- May 13 & 14: #5 in Balneário Camboriú
- * Men's doubles: Ralff Abreu & Diogo Carneiro
- * Women's doubles: Nathalia Font & Flávia Muniz
- May 20 & 21: #6 in Maceió
- * Men's doubles: Ralff Abreu & Diogo Carneiro
- * Women's doubles: Joana Cortez & Rafaella Miiller
- July 1 & 2: #7 in São Miguel do Gostoso
- * Men's doubles: Ralff Abreu & Diogo Carneiro
- * Women's doubles: Marilia Câmara & Lorena Melo
- August 4–6: #8 in Fortaleza
- * Men's doubles: Allan Oliveira & Adolfo Januário
- * Women's doubles: Flávia Muniz & Marilia Câmara
[International Tennis Hall of Fame]
- Class of 2017:
- *Kim Clijsters, player
- *Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch, player
- *Andy Roddick, player
- *Vic Braden, contributor
- *Steve Flink, contributor