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2022 Transylvania Open | |
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Date | 10–16 October |
Edition | 2nd |
Category | WTA 250 |
Draw | 32S / 16Q / 16D |
Prize money | $251,750 |
Surface | Hard (Indoor) |
Location | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
Venue | BT Arena |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Anna Blinkova | |
Doubles | |
Kirsten Flipkens / Laura Siegemund |
The 2022 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2022 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 10 until 16 October 2022. [1] [2] [3]
The event is 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. [4] [5]
This is Blinkova's first career singles title.
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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UKR | Anhelina Kalinina | 45 | 2 |
ROU | Ana Bogdan | 46 | 3 |
Anastasia Potapova | 51 | 4 | |
POL | Magda Linette | 55 | 5 |
UKR | Marta Kostyuk | 56 | 6 |
CHN | Wang Xiyu | 59 | 7 |
HUN | Anna Bondár | 61 | 8 |
ITA | Lucia Bronzetti | 62 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | GER | Laura Siegemund | 76 | 1 |
NOR | Ulrikke Eikeri | SVK | Tereza Mihalíková | 96 | 2 |
GEO | Natela Dzalamidze | Alexandra Panova | 104 | 3 | |
GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | UKR | Marta Kostyuk | 116 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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