2022 Chennai Open

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2022 Chennai Open
Date12–18 September
Edition7th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$251,750
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Chennai, India
Venue SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Fruhvirtová
Doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski / Flag of Brazil.svg Luisa Stefani
  2008  · WTA Indian Open ·  2023  

The 2022 Chennai Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. [1] [2] [3] A part of the 2022 WTA Tour, this tournament marked the return of a WTA tournament in India for the first time since 2008.

Contents

The event was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions

Singles

This was Fruhvirtová's first WTA Tour singles title.

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles2801801106030118121
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Women's singles$31,000$18,037$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270
Women's doubles*$10,800$6,300$3,800$2,300$1,750

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alison Riske-Amritraj 291
Varvara Gracheva 722
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 733
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tatjana Maria 854
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Rebecca Peterson 925
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 1026
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Rebecca Marino 1067
Flag of France.svg  FRA Chloé Paquet 1118

Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 1051
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Christian Lidziya Marozava 1262
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 1533
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Han Xinyun Flag of Poland.svg  POL Katarzyna Kawa 1554

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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