2019 Wuhan Open
2019 Wuhan Open | |
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Date | September 22–28 |
Edition | 6th |
Category | WTA Premier 5 |
Draw | 56S / 28D |
Prize money | $2,828,000 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Wuhan, China |
Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Aryna Sabalenka | |
Doubles | |
Duan Yingying / 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
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 |
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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 |
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Doubles | $148,845 | $75,310 | $37,275 | $18,765 | $9,510 | $4,695 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Jennifer Brady
- Lauren Davis
- Kateryna Kozlova
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Christina McHale
- Bernarda Pera
- Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
- Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Ons Jabeur
- Julia Görges → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
- Madison Keys → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
- Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Camila Giorgi
- Maria Sakkari → replaced by Marie Bouzková
- Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Jessica Pegula
- Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Wang Yafan
- Zheng Saisai → replaced by Polona Hercog
Retirements
- Lauren Davis (lower back injury)
- Camila Giorgi (right wrist injury)
- Simona Halep (lower back injury)
- Yulia Putintseva (left ankle injury)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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:
- Kiki Bertens / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
- Caroline Garcia / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Tang Qianhui / Wang Xinyu
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
- Simona Halep (lower back injury)
Champions
Singles
- Aryna Sabalenka def. Alison Riske, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles
- Duan Yingying / Veronika Kudermetova def. Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
References
- ^ "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
External links
- Official website Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine