2024 China Open (tennis)

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2024 China Open
Date25 September – 6 October (WTA)
26 September – 2 October (ATP)
Edition23rd (ATP) / 25th (WTA)
Category WTA 1000 (women)
ATP Tour 500 (men)
Prize money$13,140,000 (total)
Surface Hard
Location Beijing, China
Venue National Tennis Center
2023 Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Italy.svg Jannik Sinner
Women's singles
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek
Men's doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig / Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Women's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bouzková / Flag of Spain.svg Sara Sorribes Tormo
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The 2024 China Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 23rd edition of the China Open for the men and the 25th for the women. The tournament is categorized as a WTA 1000 event on the 2024 WTA Tour [1] and an ATP 500 event on the 2024 ATP Tour. [2] Both the women's and the men's tournaments are held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, from 25 September to 6 October and from 26 September to 2 October respectively. This is the first year that the women's tournament is expanded to two weeks and the singles draw to 96 players. [3]

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ2Q1
Men's singles [4] 50033020010050025130
Men's doubles [4] 30018090045250
Women's singles [5] 1,00065039021512065351030202
Women's doubles [5] 10

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q2Q1
Men's singles$695,750$374,340$199,495$101,925$54,405$29,015$14,870$8,340
Men's doubles$228,510$121,870$61,660$30,830$15,960
Women's singles$1,100,000$585,000$325,000$185,000$101,000$59,100$34,500$23,250$13,500$7,000
Women's doubles

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jannik Sinner 11
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carlos Alcaraz 32
Daniil Medvedev 53
Andrey Rublev 64
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Grigor Dimitrov 105
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Musetti 196
Karen Khachanov 237
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Alexander Bublik 278

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simone Bolelli Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Vavassori 211
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig 312
Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Harri Heliövaara Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Henry Patten 323
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Neal Skupski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Michael Venus 374

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

The following are the seeded players based on WTA rankings as of 16 September 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 23 September 2024. [7]

Under the 2024 WTA Rulebook, points from six of the seven combined/virtually combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Beijing) are required to be counted in a player's ranking. [8] Because the tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are also defending points from the tournaments that took place during the week of 25 September 2023 (Tokyo and Ningbo).

The points dropping column reflects (a) points from the 2023 tournament and/or Tokyo / Ningbo, (b) the player's sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament or (c) the player's 18th best result. The points won column reflects the highest of (a) the points from the 2024 tournament or (b) the player's 19th best result.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
12Flag placeholder.svg Aryna Sabalenka 8,716215108,511Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg [Q/LL]
23 Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula 6,220120+30510+305,835Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
35 Flag of Italy.svg Jasmine Paolini 5,348120105,238Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
46 Flag of the United States.svg Coco Gauff 4,983390104,603Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
57 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen 3,98010103,980Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
68 Flag of the United States.svg Emma Navarro 3,698(10)103,698Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
710 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková 3,16110103,161Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
813 Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko 2,963215102,758Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
911Flag placeholder.svg Daria Kasatkina 3,02065(65)3,020Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1014Flag placeholder.svg Anna Kalinskaya 2,72520102,715Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1115Flag placeholder.svg Liudmila Samsonova 2,720650+5510+552,080Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1216Flag placeholder.svg Diana Shnaider 2,685(10)+18010+812,586Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1312 Flag of Brazil.svg Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,98110102,981Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1418 Flag of Ukraine.svg Marta Kostyuk 2,493120102,383Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1519 Flag of Spain.svg Paula Badosa 2,325(1)102,334Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1620 Flag of Croatia.svg Donna Vekić 2,24310102,243Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1722Flag placeholder.svg Mirra Andreeva 2,153150102,013Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1824 Flag of the United States.svg Madison Keys 2,0760102,086Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
1925Flag placeholder.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,02110+18510+301,866Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2028 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leylah Fernandez 1,834(10)101,834Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2132 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yulia Putintseva 1,73395+3010+11,619Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2233Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,73310+10010+601,693Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2331 Flag of Poland.svg Magdalena Fręch 1,743(10)101,743Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2429 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens 1,74910101,749Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2535 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dayana Yastremska 1,603(1)101,612Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2634 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Boulter 1,65595101,570Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2737 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková 1,474(10)101,474Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2838Flag placeholder.svg Anastasia Potapova 1,42710101,427Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
2940 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lulu Sun 1,375(6)101,379Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
3041 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Yue 1,34965101,294Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
3145 Flag of Poland.svg Magda Linette 1,311120(60)1,251Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg
3239Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova 1,398120+470(60)+60928Second round vs. Flag placeholder.svg

† The player is defending points from her sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament.
‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. She is defending points from her 18th best result instead.

Withdrawals

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints addedPoints afterWithdrawal reason
1 Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 10,8851,000+10009,785Personal reasons
4 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 5,87139005,481Back injury
9 Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins 3,178003,178Illness
17 Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari 2,517215+18512,118Shoulder injury
21 Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 2,16065+280101,825Shoulder injury
23Flag placeholder.svg Victoria Azarenka 2,1371002,127
26 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Linda Nosková 1,9536501,888Personal reasons
27 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina 1,942001,942Foot surgery
30 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Markéta Vondroušová 1,7481001,738Shoulder injury
36 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 1,563215+100101,258
42 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bouzková 1,330001,330
44 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 1,265001,265Ankle surgery

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 61
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Townsend 92
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 113
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caroline Dolehide Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk 214
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 235
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 296
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 357
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova 448

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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