The 2022 Chennai Open was a professional women's

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, 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

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, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.

Champions

Singles

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, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 This was Fruhvirtová's first WTA Tour singles title.

Doubles

* Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani def. Anna Blinkova / Natela Dzalamidze, 6–1, 6–2

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

^† Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Eugenie Bouchard *

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Karman Thandi Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. She has been a previous Indian No. 1 in singles. Thandi has career-high WTA rankings of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 Janu ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking: * Yanina Wickmayer The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jana Fett *

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Withdrawals

; Before the tournament * Caroline Garcia → replaced by Despina Papamichail * Elise Mertens → replaced by

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Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

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

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Riya Bhatia Riya Bhatia ( hi, रिया भाटिया; born 24 September 1997) is a professional Indian tennis player. Bhatia has career-high WTA rankings of 338 in singles, achieved on 2 March 2020, and 387 in doubles, reached on 17 May 2021. She ...

* Eugenie Bouchard / Yanina Wickmayer

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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* Miyu Kato /

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/ Emily Webley-Smith *

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/ Astra Sharma → replaced by Astra Sharma / Ekaterina Yashina

References

External links

WTA tournament profile

Official website
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