2025 Ningbo Open

2025 Ningbo Open
Date	13–19 October
Edition	8th
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S / 16D
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Ningbo, China
Venue	Yinzhou Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Elena Rybakina
Doubles
Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Liudmila Samsonova
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The 2025 Ningbo Open (also known as the AUX Ningbo Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 8th women's edition of the Ningbo Open and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2025 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo, China, from 13 to 19 October 2025. ^[1]

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2025 Ningbo Open – Singles

• Elena Rybakina def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2025 Ningbo Open – Doubles

• Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Liudmila Samsonova def. Tímea Babos / Luisa Stefani, 5–7, 6–4, [10–8]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
	Mirra Andreeva	5	1
ITA	Jasmine Paolini	8	2
KAZ	Elena Rybakina	9	3
	Ekaterina Alexandrova	11	4
DEN	Clara Tauson	12	5
SUI	Belinda Bencic	15	6
	Diana Shnaider	18	7
	Liudmila Samsonova	20	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 October 2025

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Wang Xiyu
• Yuan Yue
• Zhang Shuai
• Zhu Lin

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Markéta Vondroušová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Guo Hanyu
• Yulia Putintseva
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Zeynep Sönmez
• Yuliia Starodubtseva
• Ajla Tomljanović

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Antonia Ružić

Withdrawals

• Amanda Anisimova → replaced by Emma Raducanu
• Paula Badosa → replaced by Dayana Yastremska
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
• Emma Navarro → replaced by Magda Linette
• Jessica Pegula → replaced by Wang Xinyu
• Elina Svitolina → replaced by Victoria Mboko
• Zhang Shuai → replaced by Antonia Ružić
• Zheng Qinwen → replaced by Sofia Kenin

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	11	1
USA	Asia Muhammad	NED	Demi Schuurs	31	2
KAZ	Anna Danilina	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	37	3
HUN	Tímea Babos	BRA	Luisa Stefani	41	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of 6 October 2025

Other entrants

The following pair received entry as wildcards:

• Wang Xiyu / Xu Yifan

References

1. "2025 Ningbo Open WTA Overview".