2022 Tallinn Open

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2022 Tallinn Open
Date26 September – 2 October
Edition1st
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$251,750
Surface Hard / indoor
Location Tallinn, Estonia
Venue Forus Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková
Doubles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Lyudmyla Kichenok / Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok
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The 2022 Tallinn Open event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Forus Tennis Centre [1] and held between 26 September and 2 October 2022. It was the first tournament in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)'s history to be held in Tallinn, Estonia and was organized as a WTA 250 event on the 2022 WTA Tour. [2] [3] [4]

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The event was held for the first time, however, it 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, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official. [5] [6]

Champions

Singles

This is Krejčíková's first title of the year and fourth of her career.

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

CountryPlayerRank†Seed
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Anett Kontaveit 31
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Belinda Bencic 142
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 163
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Keys 174
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko [7] 195
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 226
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 257
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 288
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Jil Teichmann 319

† Rankings are as of 19 September 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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund 511
Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Tereza Mihalíková 1002
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 1143
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Xinyu 1434

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

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References

  1. ↑ Press release, Tallinn Open (20 August 2022)
  2. ↑ "WTA, i tornei in autunno: novità Tallinn e Monastir, un '1000' a Guadalajara. Torna l'Asia (ma non la Cina)". oktennis.it.
  3. ↑ "Tallinn Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  4. ↑ Čad, Gorazd (7 July 2022). "Tallinn to host a WTA tennis tournament for the first time". Kongres Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara". tennis.com. 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". wtatennis.com. 3 December 2021.
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