2019 Wuhan Open

2019 Wuhan Open
DateSeptember 22–28
Edition6th
CategoryWTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,828,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationWuhan, China
VenueOptics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
China Duan Yingying / Russia Veronika Kudermetova
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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

Point distribution

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

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $520,615 $260,310 $130,030 $59,960 $29,695 $15,240 $7,835 $4,360 $2,245
Doubles $148,845 $75,310 $37,275 $18,765 $9,510 $4,695 — — —

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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
 USA Madison Keys 16 12
 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

The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Singles

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles

References

  1. ^ "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview". wtatennis.com.