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s at the Forus Tennis Centre and held between 26 September and 2 October 2022. It was the first tournament in the

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and was organized as a

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. The event was held for the first time, however, it 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 Peng Shuai (; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese retired professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either single ...

's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.

Champions

Singles

Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles ten ...

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Anett Kontaveit Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked Eston ...

6–2, 6–3 This is Krejčíková's first title of the year and fourth of her career.

Doubles

Lyudmyla Kichenok Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 12 Septem ...

Nadiia Kichenok Nadiia Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Надія Вікторівна Кіченок, born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 6 January 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 100. On 31 January 2022, she ...

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Nicole Melichar-Martinez Nicole Melichar-Martinez (née Melichar; cz, Nicole Melicharová, ) is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has won twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven double ...

Laura Siegemund Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988, in Filderstadt) is a German professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 US Open in women's doubles with Vera Zvonareva, as well as the 2016 US Open in mixed ...

7–5, 4–6, 0–7

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}
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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

^† Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Elena Malõgina Elena Malõgina (born 27 May 2000) is an Estonian tennis player. Malõgina made her debut on the professional tour in 2016. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 236, achieved on 7 November 2022, while her career-high WTA singles r ...

Karolína Muchová Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 19, achieved on 17 May 2021. Muchová has reached two finals on the WTA Tour, winning one title, the International-level Kore ...

Maileen Nuudi Maileen Nuudi (born 24 May 2000) is an Estonian tennis player. Playing for the Estonia Fed Cup team The Estonia Billie Jean King Cup team represents Estonia in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Estonian Ten ...

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

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Ysaline Bonaventure Ysaline Bonaventure (born 29 August 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Bonaventure has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached he ...

Katie Boulter Katie Boulter (born 1 August 1996) is a British tennis player. Boulter, from Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, has won six singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 February 2019, she reached her best singles rank ...

Viktorija Golubic Viktorija Golubic ( sr, Викторија Голубић, Viktorija Golubić; ; born 16 October 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. Golubic has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, two singles WTA Challenger titles, as well as ten s ...

Viktória Kužmová Viktória Kužmová (; born 11 May 1998) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Kužmová has won three WTA doubles ti ...

Linda Nosková Linda Nosková (born 17 November 2004) is a Czech tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 56, reached on 9 January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 160, set on 3 Octo ...

Jessika Ponchet Jessika Ponchet (born 26 September 1996) is a French professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 138 in singles, achieved on 27 February 2023, and No. 101 in doubles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Career Ponchet did not p ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Mirjam Björklund Mirjam Björklund (born 29 July 1998) is a Swedish tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of World No. 123, achieved on 20 June 2022. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of World No. 281, achieved on 31 January 2022. Bj� ...

Withdrawals

Anhelina Kalinina Anhelina Serhiyivna Kalinina ( uk, Ангеліна Сергіївна Калініна ; born 7 February 1997) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. Kalinina has won 15 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 27 June ...

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Wang Xiyu Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese tennis player. On 7 November 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 50. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 240 in the WTA doubles rankings. Junior career Junior Grand Slam ...

Elena Rybakina Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is the reigning champion at Wimbledon and the first Kazakhstani player to win a title at a major. She is also the first to be ranked in the world's to ...

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Clara Tauson Clara Tauson (born 21 December 2002) is a Danish professional tennis player. In 2016, at age 13, she became the youngest Danish champion in tennis. Caroline Wozniacki held the previous record when she won at age 14. Her career-high rankings are ...

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Wang Xinyu Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese tennis player. Coaching team Wang's current team consists of her father Wang Peng; a Serbian technical coach, Aleksandar Slović, who won the men's singles title at 2009 Summer Universiade ...

Alison Van Uytvanck Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player. Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...

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Jaqueline Cristian Jaqueline Adina Cristian (born 5 June 1998) is a professional tennis player from Romania. Cristian has career-high WTA rankings of 58 in singles and 168 in doubles. Up to date, she has won ten doubles and ten singles titles on tournaments of t ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 19 September 2022.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Valentini Grammatikopoulou Valentini Grammatikopoulou ( el, Βαλεντίνη Γραμματικοπούλου; born 9 February 1997) is a Greek tennis player. On 22 August 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 143. On 28 February 2022, she peaked at No ...

Daniela Vismane Daniela Adrija Vismane (born 10 August 2000) is a tennis player from Latvia. She is a member of the Latvia Fed Cup team and has a win–loss record in Fed Cup competition of 3–9. On the ITF Circuit, she has won three singles and two doubles ...

Withdrawals

; Before the tournament *

Vivian Heisen Vivian Heisen (born 27 December 1993) is a German professional tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 61 in April 2022. Career Heisen made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 201 ...

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles ...

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References

External links

WTA tournament profile
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