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 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by ...
. The tournament was held at the
Optics Valley International Tennis Center in
Wuhan, China.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of September 16, 2019
Other entrants
The following players received
wild cards into the singles main draw:
*
Peng Shuai
*
Elena Rybakina
*
Samantha Stosur
*
Wang Xiyu
*
Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles
qualifying draw:
*
Jennifer Brady
*
Lauren Davis
*
Kateryna Kozlova
*
Veronika Kudermetova
*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian inactive professional tennis player. She is a two-time major singles champion, winning the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open, and finishing runner-up at two other majors. I ...
*
Christina McHale
*
Bernarda Pera
*
Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
*
Ons Jabeur
*
Rebecca Peterson
*
Tamara Zidanšek
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Bianca Andreescu → replaced by
Tamara Zidanšek
*
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by
Ons Jabeur
*
Julia Görges
Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...
→ 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
* 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
Tang Qianhui (; ; born 10 September 2000) is an inactive Chinese tennis player.
Tang has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 617, achieved on 24 June 2019. She peaked at No. 109 in the doubles rankings on 3 February 2020. Tang has won ...
/
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
External links
Official website
{{2019 WTA Tour
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2019 in Chinese women's sport
Wuhan Open
2019 in Chinese tennis