2019 Guangzhou International Women's Open | |
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Date | September 16–21 |
Edition | 16th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $500,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Guangzhou, China |
Venue | Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Sofia Kenin | |
Doubles | |
Peng Shuai / Laura Siegemund |
The 2019 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China, from September 16 through September 21, 2019. [1]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $112,300 | $57,665 | $30,959 | $8,380 | $4,629 | $2,707 | $1,350 | $722 |
Doubles * | $17,262 | $9,023 | $4,865 | $2,589 | $1,350 | — | — | — |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 1 |
CHN | Wang Qiang | 12 | 2 |
USA | Sofia Kenin | 20 | 3 |
CHN | Zhang Shuai | 32 | 4 |
CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 37 | 5 |
CHN | Zheng Saisai | 38 | 6 |
BLR | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 48 | 7 |
TUN | Ons Jabeur | 51 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry into the main draw as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 28 | 1 |
CHN | Duan Yingying | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 72 | 2 |
SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | BLR | Lidziya Marozava | 107 | 3 |
AUS | Ellen Perez | USA | Sabrina Santamaria | 138 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
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