2014 Tianjin Open

2014 Tianjin Open
Date	6–12 October
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Champions
Singles
Alison Riske
Doubles
Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova
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The 2014 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, and was part of the WTA International category of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 6 October and 12 October 2014. Sixth-seeded Alison Riske won the singles title. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2014 Tianjin Open – Singles

• Alison Riske defeated Belinda Bencic, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2014 Tianjin Open – Doubles

• Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova defeated Sorana Cîrstea / Andreja Klepač, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]

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	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—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
SRB	Jelena Janković	11	1
CHN	Peng Shuai	24	2
SUI	Belinda Bencic	34	3
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	35	4
CHN	Zhang Shuai	48	5
USA	Alison Riske	60	6
PUR	Monica Puig	64	7
CRO	Ajla Tomljanović	69	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Liu Fangzhou
• Francesca Schiavone
• Wu Ho-ching

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lyudmyla Kichenok
• Nadiia Kichenok
• Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Shahar Pe'er

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Daniela Hantuchová (left knee injury) → replaced by Romina Oprandi
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Duan Yingying
• Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
• Yanina Wickmayer (allergic infection) → replaced by Zhang Ling
• Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Zheng Saisai

During the tournament

• Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

Retirements

• Peng Shuai (exhaustion)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Martina Hingis	ITA	Flavia Pennetta	28	1
RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	38	2
USA	Alison Riske	CRO	Ajla Tomljanović	160	3
TPE	Chan Chin-wei	CHN	Xu Yifan	169	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

References

1. Sports Illustrated Staff (12 October 2014). "Riske beats Bencic for 1st WTA title at Tianjin". Sports Illustrated.
2. "Tianjin Open: Alison Riske beats Belinda Bencic to win maiden WTA title in China". Sky Sports. 12 October 2014.
3. "Alison Riske wins 1st WTA title". ESPN. 12 October 2014.

External links

• Official website