2019 Wuhan Open

2019 Wuhan Open
Date	September 22–28
Edition	6th
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Prize money	$2,828,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Wuhan, China
Venue	Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Duan Yingying / Veronika Kudermetova

The 2019 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2019 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 22–28, 2019. It was the 6th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Doubles						1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$520,615	$260,310	$130,030	$59,960	$29,695	$15,240	$7,835	$4,360	$2,245
Doubles	$148,845	$75,310	$37,275	$18,765	$9,510	$4,695	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	2	2
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	3
ROU	Simona Halep	6	4
CZE	Petra Kvitová	7	5
NED	Kiki Bertens	8	6
SUI	Belinda Bencic	10	7
CHN	Wang Qiang	12	8
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	13	9
USA	Sloane Stephens	14	10
GER	Angelique Kerber	15	11
USA	Madison Keys	16	12
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	17	13
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	18	14
USA	Sofia Kenin	20	15
CRO	Donna Vekić	21	16

• Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:

• Peng Shuai
• Elena Rybakina
• Samantha Stosur
• Wang Xiyu
• Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Jennifer Brady
• Lauren Davis
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Veronika Kudermetova
• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Christina McHale
• Bernarda Pera
• Zhu Lin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Ons Jabeur
• Rebecca Peterson
• Tamara Zidanšek

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Julia Görges → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
• Madison Keys → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Marie Bouzková
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Jessica Pegula
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Polona Hercog

Retirements

• Lauren Davis (lower back injury)
• Camila Giorgi (right wrist injury)
• Simona Halep (lower back injury)
• Yulia Putintseva (left ankle injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	6	1
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	8	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	16	3
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	24	4
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	28	5
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	32	6
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	36	7
CHN	Duan Yingying	RUS	Veronika Kudermetova	54	8

• Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kiki Bertens / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
• Caroline Garcia / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Tang Qianhui / Wang Xinyu

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Simona Halep (lower back injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Singles

• Aryna Sabalenka def. Alison Riske, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Wuhan Open – Doubles

• Duan Yingying / Veronika Kudermetova def. Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2

External links

• Official website Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine