The 2023 Prague Open (branded as the 2023 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the

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. It was the 14th ( WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the

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, classified as a

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. It took place in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

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from 31 July to 6 August 2023.

Exclusion of Russian & Belarusian players

Ahead of the tournament, the Czech police prevented the Russian player

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won three Grand Slam titles and became the junior world No. 1, in January 2006, at the age of 14. She co ...

from entering the country. Russian and Belarusian players were subsequently asked not to travel to Czechia and were forced to withdraw from the tournament. They would have competed as neutrals, without any national flag or symbol, but the Czech government passed a resolution banning all Russian and Belarusian athletes from entering the country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Champions

Singles

Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...

def.

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 ...

6–4, 6–1

Doubles

/ Oksana Kalashnikova def.

Quinn Gleason Quinn Gleason (born November 10, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. Born in Mendon, New York to parents Cynthia Constantino and Sean Gleason, Quinn has an older brother Sean, and a younger sister Aerin. Gleason first played coll ...

/ Elixane Lechemia 6–7^(7–9), 7–5, 0–3

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

^† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw: *

Lucie Havlíčková Lucie Havlíčková (born 13 March 2005) is a Czech tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 381 in singles and 370 in doubles, both achieved November 2022. Havlíčková made her Women's Tennis Association, WTA Tour main-draw debut a ...

* Tereza Martincová *

Barbora Palicová Barbora Palicová (; born 11 March 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Palicová has a career high WTA ranking of 200 in singles, achieved on 28 November 2022. Palicová made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Prague Open, where she received a ...

The following players received entry with a protected ranking: *

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 ...

Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won her fir ...

Patricia Maria Țig Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994) is a Romanian tennis player. Țig has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 56, achieved on 26 October 2020. Her best doubles ranking of world No. 155, she achieved on 14 November 2016. Țig has won o ...

The following player received entry as a special exempt: *

Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British professional tennis player. A former British No. 1, Watson has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships partnering Henri K ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Emiliana Arango Emiliana Arango (; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 220, achieved on 7 March 2022. Up to date, she has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Colombia Fe ...

Viktória Hrunčáková Viktória Hrunčáková (née 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). Hrunčáková has wo ...

Elvina Kalieva Elvina Kalieva (born July 27, 2003) is an American tennis player. Kalieva has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 168, achieved on 26 June 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 194, set on 6 F ...

Gabriela Knutson Gabriela may refer to: * Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name * ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film * ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film * ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film * ''Gabriela ...

Tamara Korpatsch Tamara Korpatsch (born 12 May 1995) is a German tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 74, achieved on 28 November 2022, and doubles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 7 March 2022. She has won one singles title on WTA Chall ...

* Dayana Yastremska The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Ankita Raina Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian professional tennis player. Since 2013, she has regularly been the Indian number one in both singles and doubles. Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one at WTA 125 tourn ...

Withdrawals

* Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Kaia Kanepi *

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

→ replaced by

Lucrezia Stefanini Lucrezia Stefanini (born 15 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings by No. 140 in singles and No. 393 in doubles. Career 2021: WTA debut Stefanini made her WTA Tour debut at the Abu Dhabi Open, qualifying for t ...

* Tatjana Maria → replaced by

Rebeka Masarova Rebeka Masarova ( sk, Rebeka Masárová, ; born 6 August 1999) is a Spanish–Swiss tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 121 in singles and 170 in doubles. The 2016 French Open junior champion started representing Spain in January 2 ...

→ replaced by

Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (russian: Евгения Сергеевна Родина, born 4 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of 67. Rodina has won 13 singles titles on the ITF ...

→ replaced by

Jule Niemeier Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcar ...

* Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Yuan Yue

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

^† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw: *

Nikola Bartůňková Nikola Bartůňková (born 25 February 2006) is a Czech tennis player. Bartůňková has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 267, achieved on 21 November 2022, and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 320, ach ...

Tereza Valentová Tereza "Tery" Valentová (born 20 February 2007) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 264 in singles and No. 241 in doubles. She has a career high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 4, achieved on 10 Ju ...

Dominika Šalková Dominika Šalková (born 28 June 2004) is a Czech tennis player. Šalková has a career-high singles ranking of 209 by the WTA, achieved on 29 January 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 147, achieved on 28 August 2023. Šal ...

Withdrawals

Miriam Kolodziejová Miriam Kolodziejová ( pl, Kołodziej; born 11 April 1997) is a Czech tennis player. On 16 May 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 247. On 30 January 2023, she peaked at No. 48 in the WTA doubles rankings. Kolodziejová h ...

→ replaced by

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...

/ Peangtarn Plipuech

References

External links

Official website
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