Edina Gallovits-Hall and Sania Mirza were the defending champions, but decided not to participate.
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie were the defending champions, but neither chose to compete that year.
Hsieh Su-wei and Zheng Saisai were the defending champions, but decided not to participate together. Hsieh played alongside Hsieh Shu-ying, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai. Zheng competed with Tetiana Luzhanska, but lost in the semifinals to Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu.
Tamarine Tanasugarn and Zhang Shuai defeated in the final the first seeded Jarmila Gajdošová and Monica Niculescu with the score 2–6, 6–2, [10–8].
Makoto Ninomiya and Riko Sawayanagi were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai.
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.
Arina Rodionova was the defending champion, having won the event in 2012, but lost in the semifinals to Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.
The 2014 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2014 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from April 14 to 20 at the Royal Selangor Golf Club. This tournament had been discontinued, but was restarted when the rights were bought off the tournament in Palermo, Italy.
The Seoul Open Women's Challenger was a new addition to the ITF Women's Circuit.
The 2014 Kangaroo Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Gifu, Japan, on 28 April–4 May 2014.
Junri Namigata and Erika Sema were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however both players chose to defend their titles with different partners. Namigata partnered with Akiko Yonemura but lost in the quarterfinals whilst Sema partnered with Miki Miyamura but lost in the first round.
Kanae Hisami and Mari Tanaka were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however both players chose to participate with different partners. Hisami partnered with Sachie Ishizu, but the team withdrew before their first round was played, whilst Tanaka partnered Makoto Ninomiya, but lost in the first round.
Julie Coin and Stéphanie Foretz Gacon were the defending champions, but Coin chose not to participate. Foretz Gacon partnered with Amandine Hesse, but they lost in the semifinals.
Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Chan Yung-jan and Zhang Shuai were the defending champions, but neither player chose to participate this year.
The 2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger-Doubles was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the seventh edition of OEC's Taipei Open tournaments, and the third under the 125k series classification. It was part of the 2014 WTA 125K series. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 3–9 November 2014. Caroline Garcia and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, however, Shvedova chose not to participate and Garcia chose to compete in Limoges instead.
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Lucie Šafářová.
Jarmila Gajdošová and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.
Jarmila Gajdošová and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, but both players chose to participate at the 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Zarina Diyas was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Zhang Shuai.
Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson were the defending champions, but Bertens chose not to participate. Larsson played alongside Mona Barthel, but lost in the semifinals to Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei.
