2014 Tianjin Open – Singles

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Singles
2014 Tianjin Open
Champion Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske
Runner-up Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic
Final score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
Tianjin Open ·  2015  

Alison Riske won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

Contents

Seeds

  1. Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković (second round)
  2. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai (semifinals, retired due to a lower back injury)
  3. Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic (final)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Varvara Lepchenko (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai (second round)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske (champion)
  7. Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Monica Puig (first round)
  8. Flag of Croatia.svg Ajla Tomljanović (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai 0 1
6 Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske 66
6 Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske 66
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic 3 4
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg Belinda Bencic 3
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai 1r

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg J Janković 60 6
Flag of Russia.svg A Kudryavtseva 2 60 1 Flag of Serbia.svg J Janković 3 3
Flag of Hungary.svg T Babos 5 4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 76 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 62 6
Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 66 Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 4 61
Flag of Poland.svg M Linette 4 2 Flag of Romania.svg S Cîrstea 66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg A Hlaváčková 76 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg A Hlaváčková 3 0
7 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg M Puig 5 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zheng 0 1
4 Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko 666 Flag of the United States.svg A Riske 66
Q Flag of Ukraine.svg L Kichenok 1 0 4 Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko 777
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Liu 66WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Liu 635
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Q Wang 3 0 4 Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko 653
Flag of Belarus.svg O Govortsova 766 Flag of the United States.svg A Riske 776
WC Flag of Italy.svg F Schiavone 5 4 Flag of Belarus.svg O Govortsova 4 63
Flag of Turkey.svg Ç Büyükakçay 2 5 6 Flag of the United States.svg A Riske 677
6 Flag of the United States.svg A Riske 67

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zhang 66
Flag of Montenegro.svg D Kovinić 2 1 5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Zhang 63 65
Flag of Australia (converted).svg An Rodionova 1 1 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 3 677
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 66 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 4 62
WC Flag of Hong Kong.svg H-c Wu 0 0 3 Flag of Switzerland.svg B Bencic 64 6
Flag of Switzerland.svg R Oprandi 66 Flag of Switzerland.svg R Oprandi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg L Zhu 5 2 3 Flag of Switzerland.svg B Bencic w/o
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg B Bencic 763 Flag of Switzerland.svg B Bencic 3
8 Flag of Croatia.svg A Tomljanović 5 662 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 1r
Q Flag of Ukraine.svg N Kichenok 71 2 8 Flag of Croatia.svg A Tomljanović 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Duan 66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Duan 4 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg L Zhang 3 1 8 Flag of Croatia.svg A Tomljanović 6565
Flag of Spain.svg S Soler Espinosa 6661 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 772 7
Q Flag of Russia.svg E Kulichkova 784 6Q Flag of Russia.svg E Kulichkova 1 2
Q Flag of Israel.svg S Pe'er 5 62 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 66
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg S Peng 74 6

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Israel.svg Shahar Pe'er (qualified)
  2. Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok (qualified)
  3. Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok (qualified)
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Elizaveta Kulichkova (qualified)
  5. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin (second round)
  6. Flag of Russia.svg Marina Melnikova (first round)
  7. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan (qualifying competition)
  8. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
1/Alt Flag of Israel.svg Shahar Pe'er 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kang Jiaqi 61 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Shilin 4 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Shilin 4 661/Alt Flag of Israel.svg Shahar Pe'er 4 66
WC Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 66WC Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 64 2
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei 4 3 WC Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač 66
WC Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Eto 1 0 5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin 3 3
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin 66

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
2/Alt Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Chen 791 6WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Chen 2 2
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Štefková 6764 2/Alt Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok 64 7
Alt Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung 5 1 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pivovarova 3 65
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan 76 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan 602
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pivovarova 6766 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pivovarova 776
6 Flag of Russia.svg Marina Melnikova 792 1

Third qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
3/Alt Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuxuan 63 6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuxuan 3 2
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Yixuan 1 63 3/Alt Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok 677
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Wen-hsin 668 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 3 61
WC Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Shu-ying 1 3 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Wen-hsin 4 3
Flag of Hungary.svg Vanda Lukács 0 1 8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 66
8 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 66

Fourth qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 Flag of Russia.svg Elizaveta Kulichkova 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yuanyi 2 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Ran 3 4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Ran 664 Flag of Russia.svg Elizaveta Kulichkova 66
Alt Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 667 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 4 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Yueyue 2 0 Alt Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Parra Santonja 4 0
Flag of France.svg Fiona Ferro 3 4 7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 66
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan 66

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