2022 Credit One Charleston Open

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2022 Credit One Charleston Open
DateApril 4–10
Edition50th
Category WTA 500
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$899,500
Surface Green clay / outdoor
Location Charleston, SC, United States
Venue Family Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Belinda Bencic
Doubles
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač / Flag of Poland.svg Magda Linette
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The 2022 Charleston Open (branded as the 2022 Credit One Charleston Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the 50th edition of the tournament on the WTA Tour and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Women's singles4703051851005530125131
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Women's singles$158,800$98,190$49,600$19,400$9,900$5,420$3,980$2,400$1,230
Women's doubles$42,650$25,900$14,720$7,650$4,600

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 51
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Badosa 62
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 83
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 104
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 185
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 216
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Leylah Fernandez 227
Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova 238
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 269
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 2810
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 3211
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 3612
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sloane Stephens 3813
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ajla Tomljanović 3914
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amanda Anisimova 4115
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 4316

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caroline Dolehide Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 321
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 372
Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Alexa Guarachi Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 534
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 584

Other entrants

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

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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