2024 Ningbo Open

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2024 Ningbo Open
Date14–20 October
Edition7th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Ningbo, China
VenueYinzhou Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag placeholder.svg Daria Kasatkina
Doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Demi Schuurs / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Yue
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The 2024 Ningbo Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th women's edition of the Ningbo International Tennis Open. It took place at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo, China, from 14 to 20 October 2024. [1] The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 16 to 22 September as a WTA 250 tournament on the 2024 WTA Tour, but it was upgraded to a WTA 500 tournament and moved to October to fill the vacancy generated by the cancellation of the Zhengzhou Open. [2]

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Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 6 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Qinwen 72
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Navarro 8 3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 104
Daria Kasatkina 115
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 126
Anna Kalinskaya 137
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Badosa 158

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 211
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčiková 452
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Anna Danilina Irina Khromacheva 583
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos Alexandra Panova 674

Other entrants

The following pair received entry as wildcards:

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References

  1. "Ningbo Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "WTA announces 2024 calendar changes". wtatennis.com. 1 August 2024.
  3. "Ningbo main-draw entry list features 15 of the world's Top 20 players". wtatennis.com. 19 September 2024.