2019 Tianjin Open

2019 Tianjin Open
Date	October 7 – 13
Edition	6th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Venue	Tuanbo International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Rebecca Peterson
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara
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The 2019 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 7 and 13 October 2019.^[1]

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,164	$55,324	$29,730	$8,898	$4,899	$3,026	$900	$750	$600
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,950	$2,623	$1,383	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Sofia Kenin	16	1
CHN	Wang Qiang	20	2
UKR	Dayana Yastremska	26	3
FRA	Caroline Garcia	31	4
CHN	Zhang Shuai	35	5
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	37	6
CHN	Zheng Saisai	39	7
POL	Magda Linette	41	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 30, 2019

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Samantha Stosur
• Yang Zhaoxuan

The following player received entry into the main draw through a protected ranking:

• Kateryna Bondarenko

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kurumi Nara
• Arina Rodionova
• Wang Xiyu
• You Xiaodi

The following players received entry into the main draw as lucky losers:

• Ma Shuyue
• Wang Xinyu

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Heather Watson
• Sofia Kenin → replaced by Wang Xinyu
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Christina McHale
• Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
• Alison Riske → replaced by Zhu Lin
• Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Astra Sharma
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Iga Świątek → replaced by Lauren Davis
• Zhang Shuai → replaced by Ma Shuyue

Retirements[]

• Kurumi Nara (right thigh injury)
• Wang Xinyu (low back injury)
• Zheng Saisai (left abdominal muscle injury)

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	CHN	Xu Yifan	26	1
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	30	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	73	3
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Peng Shuai	84	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 30, 2019

Other entrants[]

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Ng Kwan-yau / Zheng Saisai

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Xu Shilin / You Xiaodi

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Wang Xinyu (low back injury)
• Zhang Shuai (right elbow injury)

During the tournament

• Yanina Wickmayer (right foot injury)

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Rebecca Peterson def. Heather Watson, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles[]

• Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara def. Nao Hibino / Miyu Kato, 6–3, 7–5

References[]

External links[]

• Official website