{"id":24734,"date":"2023-07-13T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/?p=24734"},"modified":"2023-11-07T02:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T02:01:56","slug":"wta-china-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wta-china-open\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA China Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>WTA China Open<\/strong> is a women&#8217;s tennis tournament that is played at the National Tennis Centre in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament was first played in 2004 and was held annually until 2019, with the tournament returning to the <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/2023-wta-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10539\">WTA Tour<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WTA-China-Open.png\" alt=\"WTA China Open\" class=\"wp-image-24740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WTA-China-Open.png 640w, https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WTA-China-Open-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WTA China Open 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/td><td>Beijing, China<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Tour Level:<\/strong><\/td><td>WTA 1000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Court Surface:<\/strong><\/td><td>Outdoor Hard Court<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Draw Size:<\/strong><\/td><td>64 Singles, 32 Doubles<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Prize Money:<\/strong><\/td><td>$8,127,389<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tournament Dates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 WTA China Open tennis tournament took place from the <strong>30th of September to the 8th of October 2023<\/strong>, with the 2023 tournament being played in the same week as the <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/shanghai-masters\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12567\">ATP Shanghai Masters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Players<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The official entry list for the 2023 WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing has now been released and below is a selection of players that participated in the 2023 singles event, with Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek the top seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Anastasia Potapova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anhelina Kalinina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/aryna-sabalenka-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23745\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbora Krejcikova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beatriz Haddad Maia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caroline Garcia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/coco-gauff-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19057\">Coco Gauff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daria Kasatkina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donna Vekic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elena Rybakina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise Mertens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/iga-swiatek-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18999\">Iga Swiatek<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Je\u013cena Ostapenko<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/jessica-pegula-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"25788\">Jessica Pegula<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ludmilla Samsonova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magda Linette<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria Sakkari<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mayar Sherif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/ons-jabeur-next-tournament-match-and-schedule\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"24559\">Ons Jabeur<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petra Kvitov\u00e1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petra Marti\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qinwen Zheng<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sofia Kenin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veronika Kudermetova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vera Zvonareva<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victoria Azarenka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yue Yuan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the schedule for the 2023 tournament in Beijing with the singles final being played on <strong>Sunday, the 8th of October 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Day<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Round<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saturday (Day 1)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30th of September 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Qualifying<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sunday (Day 2)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1st of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Qualifying and 1st Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Monday (Day 3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2nd of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1st Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Tuesday (Day 4)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3rd of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2nd Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Wednesday (Day 5)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4th of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2nd and 3rd Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Thursday (Day 6)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5th of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3rd Round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Friday (Day 7)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6th of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Quarterfinals<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Saturday (Day 8)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7th of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Semifinals<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Sunday (Day 9)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8th of October 2023<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Final<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Draw and Order of Play<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>draws<\/strong> and order of play for the 2023 singles, doubles, and qualifying events in Beijing are available to view on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtatennis.com\/tournament\/1020\/beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WTA Tour<\/a> website (see links below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023 Women&#8217;s Singles:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wtafiles.wtatennis.com\/pdf\/draws\/2023\/1020\/MDS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Draw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023 Women&#8217;s Singles Qualifying:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wtafiles.wtatennis.com\/pdf\/draws\/2023\/1020\/QS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Draw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2023 Women&#8217;s Doubles:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wtafiles.wtatennis.com\/pdf\/draws\/2023\/1020\/MDD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Draw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prize Money and Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The total <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/2023-wta-prize-money-leaders\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18849\">prize money<\/a> for the 2023 China Open women&#8217;s tennis tournament was <strong>$8,127,389<\/strong>, with the prize money and points being split as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women&#8217;s Singles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 women&#8217;s singles tournament winner received <strong>$1,324,000<\/strong> and 1000 WTA points, while the runner up won $780,000 and 650 WTA points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Performance<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Payout &#8211; $<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">WTA Points<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Winner<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$1,324,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Finalist<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$780,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">650<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Semifinalist<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$402,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">390<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Quarterfinalist<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$185,018<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">215<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3rd Round<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$92,500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2nd Round<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$52,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">65<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1st Round<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$32,325<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women&#8217;s Doubles (Per Team)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners of the women&#8217;s doubles event in 2023 received <strong>$390,218 <\/strong>and 1000 ranking points, while the runners up won <strong>$218,001<\/strong> and 650 ranking points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Performance<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Payout &#8211; $<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">WTA Points<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Winners<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$390,218<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Finalists<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$218,001<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">650<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Semifinalists<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$117,500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">390<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Quarterfinalists<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$60,900<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">215<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2nd Round<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$34,500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1st Round<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">$23,000<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023 Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women&#8217;s Singles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iga Swiatek<\/strong> was the 2023 women&#8217;s singles champion after she defeated Liudmila Samsonova <strong>6\u20132, 6\u20132<\/strong> in the singles final (see highlights from their match below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liudmila Samsonova vs. Iga Swiatek | 2023 Beijing Final | WTA Match Highlights\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rTFWo8rkV_g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other past singles winners include <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/serena-williams-titles\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6563\">Serena Williams<\/a> (2004 and 2013), <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/maria-sharapova-wta-titles\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"12564\">Maria Sharapova<\/a> (2014), <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/alphabetical-list-of-tennis-players-active-a-z\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18433\">Caroline Garcia<\/a> (2017), and <a href=\"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/naomi-osaka-racket\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20759\">Naomi Osaka<\/a> (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women&#8217;s Doubles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 and Sara Sorribes Tormo<\/strong> won the 2023 women&#8217;s doubles event after defeating Chan Hao-ching and Giuliana Olmos in the final <strong>3\u20136, 6\u20130, 10\u20134<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTA China Open is a women&#8217;s tennis tournament that is played at the National Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The tournament was first played in 2004 and was held annually until 2019, with the tournament returning to the WTA Tour in 2023. WTA China Open 2023 Location: Beijing, China Tour Level: WTA 1000 Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29507,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24734\/revisions\/29507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}