This article displays the qualifying draw of the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open.
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (moved to Main Draw)
Mădălina Gojnea (qualifying competition)
Zarina Diyas (qualified)
Zhang Ling (qualifying competition)
Alla Kudryavtseva (withdrew)
Hsieh Su-wei (qualified)
Wang Qiang (second round) Hsu Wen-hsin (first round) Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (qualifying competition) Chan Chin-wei (qualifying competition)| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Chan Chin-wei | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Pang Yang | 6 | 6 | WC | Pang Yang | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| WC | Huang Chuxian | 2 | 3 | 10 | Chan Chin-wei | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Yang Zi | 4 | 5 | Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Xu Yifan | 6 | 7 | Xu Yifan | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Liu Wanting | 4 | 0 | 7 | Wang Qiang | 64 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wang Qiang | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mădălina Gojnea | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Tian Ran | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Mădălina Gojnea | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Zhao Yijing | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Chen Yi | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| WC | Zhao Yijing | 4 | 6 | 77 | WC | Zhao Yijing | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Hsu Wen-hsin | 6 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Zarina Diyas | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Karen Barbat | 1 | 6 | 7 | Karen Barbat | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Chihiro Takayama | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Zarina Diyas | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Duan Yingying | 6 | 6 | 9 | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| WC | Zhao Di | 2 | 1 | Duan Yingying | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Zhang Ling | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hu Yueyue | 7 | 4 | 63 | WC | Yan Zhen | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| WC | Yan Zhen | 5 | 6 | 77 | 4 | Zhang Ling | 60 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WC | Liang Chen | 6 | 6 | 6 | Hsieh Su-wei | 77 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| WC | Xu Baoyi | 0 | 2 | WC | Liang Chen | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2011 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, from September 19 through September 24, 2011.
Chanelle Scheepers was the defending champion, but lost to Urszula Radwańska in the quarterfinals.
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Karolína Plíšková defeated Mattek-Sands in the final, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, to claim her first WTA singles title.
Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Zhang Shuai.
Simona Halep defeated Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2014 WTA Qatar Open.
Monica Puig was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Samantha Stosur.
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Caroline Wozniacki was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, 6–0, 7–5. This marked Wozniacki's first title of 2017 and snapped a six-match losing streak in tournament finals.
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Laura Siegemund was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to CoCo Vandeweghe.
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Kiki Bertens defeated Simona Halep in the final, 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2018 Cincinnati Masters. En route to her first hard court & Premier 5-level title, Bertens defeated the world No. 2 & No. 1 players, in the second round and final, respectively. She became the first Dutchwoman to win the title.
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Hsieh Su-wei was the defending champion, but lost to Nao Hibino in the quarterfinals.
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