2019 Wuhan Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2019|Wuhan Open|

| date = September 22–28

| edition = 6th

| category = WTA Premier 5

| draw = 56S / 28D

| after_year = 2024

| prize_money = $2,828,000

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = Wuhan, China

| venue=Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center

| champs = {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka

| champd = {{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|RUS}} 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.{{cite web|title=Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2019-wuhan-china-1075%20|website=wtatennis.com}}

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="background:#ededed;"\|Singles \|rowspan=2\|900 \|rowspan=2\|585 \|rowspan=2\|350 \|rowspan=2\|190 \|rowspan=2\|105 \|60 \|1 \|30 \|20 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|W|Win}}

|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}}

style="background:#ededed;"|Singles

|rowspan=2|900

|rowspan=2|585

|rowspan=2|350

|rowspan=2|190

|rowspan=2|105

|60

|30

|20

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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style=background:#ededed\|Singles \|$520,615 \|$260,310 \|$130,030 \|$59,960 \|$29,695 \|$15,240 \|$7,835 \|$4,360 \|$2,245
style=background:#ededed\|Doubles \|$148,845 \|$75,310 \|$37,275 \|$18,765 \|$9,510 \|$4,695 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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|width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#ededed|Singles

|$520,615

|$260,310

|$130,030

|$59,960

|$29,695

|$15,240

|$7,835

|$4,360

|$2,245

style=background:#ededed|Doubles

|$148,845

|$75,310

|$37,275

|$18,765

|$9,510

|$4,695

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
style="width:70px;"\| Country ! style="width:175px;"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Ashleigh Barty \|1 \|1
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|2 \|2
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|3 \|3
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Simona Halep \|6 \|4
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|7 \|5
{{flag\|NED}} \|Kiki Bertens \|8 \|6
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Belinda Bencic \|10 \|7
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Wang Qiang \|12 \|8
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|BLR}} \|Aryna Sabalenka \|13 \|9
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Sloane Stephens \|14 \|10
{{flag\|GER}} \|Angelique Kerber \|15 \|11
~~{{flagu\|USA}}~~ \|~~Madison Keys~~ \|16 \|12
{{flag\|DEN}} \|Caroline Wozniacki \|17 \|13
{{flag\|LAT}} \|Anastasija Sevastova \|18 \|14
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Sofia Kenin \|20 \|15
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Donna Vekić \|21 \|16

class="sortable wikitable"

style="width:70px;"| Country

! style="width:175px;"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|10

|12

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|BLR}}

|Aryna Sabalenka

|13

|Sloane Stephens

|14

|10

|Angelique Kerber

|15

|11

~~{{flagu|USA}}~~

|~~Madison Keys~~

|16

|12

|Caroline Wozniacki

|17

|13

|Anastasija Sevastova

|18

|14

|Sofia Kenin

|20

|15

|Donna Vekić

|21

|16

Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

=Other entrants=

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

{{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Elena Rybakina
{{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xiyu
{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Brady
{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Davis
{{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Kozlova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova
{{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale
{{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
{{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson
{{flagicon|SLO}} Tamara Zidanšek

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|CAN}} Bianca Andreescu → replaced by {{flagicon|SLO}} Tamara Zidanšek
{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka → replaced by {{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
{{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic
{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys → replaced by {{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson
{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
{{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} Marie Bouzková
{{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich
{{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Pegula
{{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai → replaced by {{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Davis (lower back injury)
{{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi (right wrist injury)
{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep (lower back injury)
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Yulia Putintseva (left ankle injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Hsieh Su-wei \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|6 \|1
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|BEL}} \|Elise Mertens \|{{flag\|BLR}} \|Aryna Sabalenka \|8 \|2
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Xu Yifan \|16 \|3
{{flag\|GER}} \|Anna-Lena Grönefeld \|{{flag\|NED}} \|Demi Schuurs \|24 \|4
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Samantha Stosur \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zhang Shuai \|28 \|5
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-ching \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Latisha Chan \|32 \|6
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Melichar \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|36 \|7
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Duan Yingying \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Veronika Kudermetova \|54 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Hsieh Su-wei

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Barbora Strýcová

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|BEL}}

|{{flag|BLR}}

|{{flag|CHN}}

|16

|{{flag|NED}}

|24

|{{flag|CHN}}

|28

|{{flag|TPE}}

|32

|{{flag|CZE}}

|36

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CHN}}

|Duan Yingying

|{{flag|RUS}}

|Veronika Kudermetova

|54

Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens / {{flagicon|NED}} Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
{{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia / {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands
{{flagicon|CHN}} Tang Qianhui / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xinyu

=Withdrawals=

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep (lower back injury)

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka def. {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|RUS}} Veronika Kudermetova def. {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2

References

External links

[https://www.wuhanopen.org/en// Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126041324/http://www.wuhanopen.org/en/ |date=2018-11-26 }}

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