2022 Chennai Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2022|Chennai Open|

| date=12–18 September

| edition = 7th (1st as Chennai Open)

| category=WTA 250

| draw=32S / 16D

| prize_money=$251,750

| surface=Hard / outdoor

| location=Chennai, India

| venue=SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam

| champs= {{flagicon|CZE}} Linda Fruhvirtová

| champd= {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski / {{flagicon|BRA}} Luisa Stefani

| before_year = 2008

| before_name = Canara Bank Bangalore Open

| main_name = WTA Indian Open

|after_year= 2025

}}

The 2022 Chennai Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/tennis-wta-chennai/article65413571.ece |title=Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour |newspaper=The Hindu |date=14 May 2022 |access-date=2022-08-12 |archive-date=2022-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706041325/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/tennis-wta-chennai/article65413571.ece |url-status=live |last1=Ragav |first1=S. Dipak }}{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/chennai-open-wta-250-2022-india-tennis-start-date |title=Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis: Sania Mirza may play - full schedule |access-date=2022-08-12 |archive-date=2022-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812234124/https://olympics.com/en/news/chennai-open-wta-250-2022-india-tennis-start-date |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2662913/hologic-wta-tour-announces-updates-to-2022-calendar |title=Hologic WTA Tour announces updates to 2022 calendar |access-date=2022-08-12 |archive-date=2022-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715091858/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2662913/hologic-wta-tour-announces-updates-to-2022-calendar |url-status=live }} A part of the 2022 WTA Tour, this tournament marked the return of a WTA tournament in India for the first time since 2008.

The event was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions

= Singles =

{{flagicon|CZE}} Linda Fruhvirtová def. {{flagicon|POL}} Magda Linette, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

This was Fruhvirtová's first WTA Tour singles title.

= Doubles =

{{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski / {{flagicon|BRA}} Luisa Stefani def. {{flagicon|}} Anna Blinkova / {{flagicon|GEO}} Natela Dzalamidze, 6–1, 6–2

Points and prize money

= Point distribution =

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style="width:135px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \|style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"\|SF \|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q \|style="width:80px;"\|Q2 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's singles \|rowspan="2"\|280 \|rowspan="2"\|180 \|rowspan="2"\|110 \|rowspan="2"\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|12 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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style="width:135px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F

|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF

|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

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

|style="width:80px;"|Q

|style="width:80px;"|Q2

|style="width:80px;"|Q1

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles

|rowspan="2"|280

|rowspan="2"|180

|rowspan="2"|110

|rowspan="2"|60

|30

|18

|12

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles

|{{n/a}}

= Prize money =

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" \|style="width:135px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event \|style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"\|SF \|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32¹ \|style="width:80px;"\|Q2 \|style="width:80px;"\|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's singles \|$31,000 \|$18,037 \|$10,100 \|$5,800 \|$3,675 \|$2,675 \|$1,950 \|$1,270
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's doubles* \|$10,800 \|$6,300 \|$3,800 \|$2,300 \|$1,750 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

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|style="width:135px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

|style="width:80px; background:thistle;"|F

|style="width:80px; background:#ffff00;"|SF

|style="width:80px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="width:80px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|style="width:80px;"|Q2

|style="width:80px;"|Q1

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles

|$31,000

|$18,037

|$10,100

|$5,800

|$3,675

|$2,675

|$1,950

|$1,270

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles*

|$10,800

|$6,300

|$3,800

|$2,300

|$1,750

| {{n/a}}

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank^†

! Seed

|Alison Riske-Amritraj

|29

|Varvara Gracheva

|72

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|POL}}

|73

|85

|92

|102

|106

|111

^† Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/en/news/chennai-open-2022-tennis-wta-250-eugenie-bouchard-wild-card-sania-mirza-india | title=Chennai Open 2022: Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard handed wildcard, Sania Mirza may play | publisher=olympics.com | date=24 August 2022 | accessdate=18 May 2023 }}
{{flagicon|IND}} Ankita Raina{{cite news | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/chennai-open-2022-ankita-raina-gets-wild-card-entry-in-women-s-singles-draw-news-218429 | title=Chennai Open 2022: Ankita Raina Gets Wild Card Entry In Women's Singles Draw | publisher=Outlook | location=India | agency=PTI | date=23 August 2022 | accessdate=18 May 2023}}
{{flagicon|IND}} Karman Thandi

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

{{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|CRO}} Jana Fett
{{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino
{{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kyōka Okamura
{{flagicon|AUS}} Olivia Tjandramulia
{{flagicon|}} Mariia Tkacheva

= Withdrawals =

; Before the tournament

{{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia → replaced by {{flagicon|GRE}} Despina Papamichail
{{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens → replaced by {{flagicon|ARG}} Nadia Podoroska

Doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

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width="70"\| Country !width="175"\| Player !width="70"\| Country !width="175"\| Player !Rank¹ !Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|{{flag\|BRA}} \|Luisa Stefani \|105 \|1
{{flag\|USA}} \|Kaitlyn Christian \| \|Lidziya Marozava \|126 \|2
{{flag\|GEO}} \|Oksana Kalashnikova \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Nadiia Kichenok \|153 \|3
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Han Xinyun \|{{flag\|POL}} \|Katarzyna Kawa \|155 \|4

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width="70"| Country

!width="175"| Player

!width="70"| Country

!width="175"| Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CAN}}

|{{flag|BRA}}

|105

|126

|{{flag|UKR}}

|153

|{{flag|POL}}

|155

¹ Rankings as of 29 August 2022.

=Other entrants=

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|IND}} Sharmada Balu / {{flagicon|IND}} Riya Bhatia
{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard / {{flagicon|BEL}} Yanina Wickmayer

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|AND}} Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva / {{flagicon|ARG}} Nadia Podoroska → replaced by {{flagicon|IND}} Rutuja Bhosale / {{flagicon|IND}} Karman Thandi
{{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato / {{flagicon|USA}} Asia Muhammad → replaced by {{flagicon|LTU}} Justina Mikulskytė / {{flagicon|GBR}} Emily Webley-Smith
{{flagicon|GER}} Julia Lohoff / {{flagicon|AUS}} Astra Sharma → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Astra Sharma / {{flagicon|}} Ekaterina Yashina

References

External links

[https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2078/chennai WTA tournament profile]
[https://chennaiopenwta.in/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170827/https://chennaiopenwta.in/ |date=20 September 2022 }}

Category:2022 WTA Tour

Category:Sports competitions in Chennai

Category:2020s in Tamil Nadu

Category:2022 in Indian women's sport

Category:September 2022 sports events in India