The 2019 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2019 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's
tennis
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tournament played on outdoor
hard court
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s between September 22–28, 2019. It was the 6th edition of the
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Voyah) is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its ...
, 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 tournaments (supervised by the International Te ...
. The tournament was held at the
Optics Valley International Tennis Center in
Wuhan
Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
, 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 card
Wild card most commonly refers to:
* Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
* Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...
s into the singles main draw:
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Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...
*
Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, making her the first Kazakhstani ...
*
Samantha Stosur
Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and ...
*
Wang Xiyu
Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024.
Wang became junior world No. 1 on ...
*
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
The following players received entry from the singles
qualifying draw:
*
Jennifer Brady
Jennifer Elizabeth Brady (born April 12, 1995) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA ranking of No. 13 on 22 February 2021, and a career-high doubles ranking of 44 on 19 August 2019. Brady has won one WTA ...
*
Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ran ...
*
Kateryna Kozlova
Kateryna Baindl (, née Kozlova ; born 20 February 1994) is a Ukrainian inactive tennis player. On 19 February 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 62. On 22 October 2012, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings. Ko ...
*
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In ...
*
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (born 27 June 1985) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Kuznetsova won 18 singl ...
*
Christina McHale
Christina Maria McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles.
Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New Yor ...
*
Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera ( ; ; born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved ...
*
Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
*
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP ranking ...
*
Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 43 in singles and No. 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA.
Peterson has reached three singles ...
*
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked world No. 4 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Andreescu has won two singles titles on the WTA T ...
→ replaced by
Tamara Zidanšek
Tamara Zidanšek (; born 26 December 1997) is a Slovenian professional tennis player.
She has career-high rankings of world No. 22 in singles and No. 47 in doubles by the WTA, and has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tou ...
*
Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...
→ replaced by
Ons Jabeur
Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022, making her the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP ranking ...
*
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
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10.
She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...
*
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
→ replaced by
Rebecca Peterson
Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 43 in singles and No. 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA.
Peterson has reached three singles ...
*
Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit (; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which she first achieved on 6 June 2022 to become the highes ...
→ replaced by
Camila Giorgi
Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 26, which was achieved on 22 October 2018. Giorgi was known for her aggressive style of pla ...
*
Maria Sakkari
Maria Sakkari (, ; born 25 July 1995) is a Greek professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, which she first achieved on 21 March 2022, making her the highest-ranked Greek player ...
→ replaced by
Marie Bouzková
Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 24 on 12 December 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 15 on 6 May 2024. She has won one singles title (at the 2022 P ...
*
Carla Suárez Navarro
Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, o ...
→ replaced by
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Aliaksandra Aliaksandraŭna Sasnovich (born 22 March 1994) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 29 on 19 September 2022, and peaked at No. 39 in the WTA doubles rankings on 23 August 2021 ...
*
Lesia Tsurenko
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 Febr ...
→ replaced by
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings in singles of world No. 3, achieved October 2022, and in doubles of world No. 1, set on 11 September 2023. Pegula reached the single ...
*
Markéta Vondroušová
Markéta Vondroušová (; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Vondroušová has won two singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Champio ...
→ replaced by
Wang Yafan
Wang Yafan (; ; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese professional tennis player. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.
In her career, she has won ...
*
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she wo ...
→ replaced by
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had ...
Retirements
*
Lauren Davis
Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ran ...
(lower back injury)
*
Camila Giorgi
Camila Giorgi (; born 30 December 1991) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 26, which was achieved on 22 October 2018. Giorgi was known for her aggressive style of pla ...
(right wrist injury)
*
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 64 w ...
(lower back injury)
*
Yulia Putintseva
Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025.
Puti ...
(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
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
/
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (born 4 November 1991) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 June 2022, she re ...
*
Caroline Garcia
Caroline Garcia (, born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player. She had a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles. Garcia was the 2022 WTA Finals – Singles, 2022 WTA Finals champi ...
/
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
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Tang Qianhui
Tang Qianhui (; ; born 10 September 2000) is a Chinese tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 617, achieved on 24 June 2019. She peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 10 February 2025. Tang has won three doubles ...
/
Wang Xinyu
Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, s ...
Withdrawals
;During the tournament
*
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 64 w ...
(lower back injury)
Champions
Singles
*
Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles. ...
def.
Alison Riske
Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014, at the Tianjin Open.
S ...
, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Doubles
*
Duan Yingying
Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a former Chinese tennis player.
In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titl ...
/
Veronika Kudermetova
Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In ...
def.
Elise Mertens
Elise Mertens (; born 17 November 1995) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles on 10 May 2021, the third Belgian to hold the top ranking in either singles or ...
/
Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles. ...
, 7–6
(7–3), 6–2
References
External links
Official website
{{2019 WTA Tour
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Voyah) is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its ...
2019 in Chinese women's sport
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Voyah) is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its ...
2019 in Chinese tennis