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
2023 Champions
Singles
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur
Doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund / Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva
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The 2024 Ningbo Open is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 7th women's edition of the Ningbo International Tennis Open. It takes 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]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 31
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jasmine Paolini 52
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Qinwen 73
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Navarro 84
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 95
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Danielle Collins 106
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 117
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 128

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:

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
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Other entrants

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

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References

  1. "Ningbo Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "WTA announces 2024 calendar changes". wtatennis.com. 1 August 2024.