2019 Wuhan Open
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Tennis tournament
| 2019 Wuhan Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 22–28 |
| Edition | 6th |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | 2,828,000ドル |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Wuhan, China |
| Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Belarus Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
| China Duan Yingying / Russia Veronika Kudermetova | |
The 2019 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2019 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 22–28, 2019. It was the 6th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit ]Point distribution
[edit ]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit ]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 520,615ドル | 260,310ドル | 130,030ドル | 59,960ドル | 29,695ドル | 15,240ドル | 7,835ドル | 4,360ドル | 2,245ドル |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 148,845ドル | 75,310ドル | 37,275ドル | 18,765ドル | 9,510ドル | 4,695ドル | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 2 | 2 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 3 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 6 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 5 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 6 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 10 | 7 |
| CHN | Wang Qiang | 12 | 8 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 9 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 14 | 10 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 15 | 11 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 17 | 13 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 18 | 14 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 20 | 15 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 21 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 16, 2019
Other entrants
[edit ]The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
- China Peng Shuai
- Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina
- Australia Samantha Stosur
- China Wang Xiyu
- United States Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- United States Jennifer Brady
- United States Lauren Davis
- Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova
- Russia Veronika Kudermetova
- Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
- United States Christina McHale
- United States Bernarda Pera
- China Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Before the tournament
- Canada Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
- Belarus Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Tunisia Ons Jabeur
- Germany Julia Görges → replaced by France Kristina Mladenovic
- United States Madison Keys → replaced by Sweden Rebecca Peterson
- Estonia Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Italy Camila Giorgi
- Greece Maria Sakkari → replaced by Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by United States Jessica Pegula
- Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by China Wang Yafan
- China Zheng Saisai → replaced by Slovenia Polona Hercog
Retirements
[edit ]- United States Lauren Davis (lower back injury)
- Italy Camila Giorgi (right wrist injury)
- Romania Simona Halep (lower back injury)
- Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva (left ankle injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 1 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 16 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 24 | 4 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 28 | 5 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 32 | 6 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 36 | 7 |
| CHN | Duan Yingying | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 54 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of September 16, 2019
Other entrants
[edit ]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Netherlands Kiki Bertens / Netherlands Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
- France Caroline Garcia / United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- China Tang Qianhui / China Wang Xinyu
Withdrawals
[edit ]- During the tournament
- Romania Simona Halep (lower back injury)
Champions
[edit ]Singles
[edit ]Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Singles
- Belarus Aryna Sabalenka def. United States Alison Riske, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles
- China Duan Yingying / Russia Veronika Kudermetova def. Belgium Elise Mertens / Belarus Aryna Sabalenka, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
References
[edit ]- ^ "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
External links
[edit ]- Official website Archived 2018年11月26日 at the Wayback Machine