2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo

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2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
Date17–23 July
Edition31st
Category International
Draw32S / 16D
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Palermo, Italy
VenueCountry Time Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen
Doubles
Flag placeholder.svg Yana Sizikova / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimberley Zimmermann
  2022  · Internazionali Femminili di Palermo ·  2024  

The 2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo (or Palermo Ladies Open) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Time Club. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and part of the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place in Palermo, Italy, between 17 and 23 July 2023. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen defeated Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1

Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Daria Kasatkina 101
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Qinwen 252
Flag of Egypt.svg  EGY Mayar Sherif 313
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Elisabetta Cocciaretto 434
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 445
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lucia Bronzetti 476
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Navarro 557
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Julia Grabher 588

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Yana Sizikova Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Kimberley Zimmermann 901
Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Ingrid Neel Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Wu Fang-hsien 1142
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Cristina Bucșa Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bibiane Schoofs 1723
Flag of Venezuela.svg  VEN Andrea Gámiz Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Eva Vedder 1984

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Palermo Ladies Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Official entry list" (PDF). palermoladiesopen.it.