Two-time defending champion

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defeated

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in the final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 Wuhan Open. Sabalenka became the first player to win three consecutive titles at the Wuhan Open, and extended her unbeaten win streak at the tournament to 17 matches dating back to her tournament debut in 2018. The final was a rematch of the

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final, which Sabalenka also won. One week later, on 21 October 2024, Sabalenka reclaimed the WTA No. 1 singles ranking from

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, who lost her fourth round points from

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earlier this year. Zheng became the first Chinese finalist in the tournament's history, and the semifinal between Zheng and

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was the first all-Chinese semifinal at a WTA 1000 event.

Seeds

The top eight

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received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players based on WTA rankings as of 23 September 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 7 October 2024. Under the 2024 Rulebook, points from one of the three non-combined WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Wuhan) are required to be counted in a player's ranking. Because the tournament was not held in 2023, the points dropping column reflects (a) the points from the tournaments held during the week of 9 October 2023 (

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and

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), (b) the points from a non-combined WTA 1000 tournament or (c) the player's best 18th result. The points won column reflects (a) the points of the 2024 tournament, (b) the player's 18th best result or (c) the player's 19th best result. † The player is defending points from a non-combined WTA 1000 tournament.
‡ The player is defending points from her 18th best result.
§ The player is keeping her 18th best result as it is higher than the Wuhan result which does not need to count in her rankings.

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

References

External links

Main draw

Qualifying draw
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