2026 Ningbo Open

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2026 Ningbo Open
Date19–25 October
Edition9th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$1,206,446
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Ningbo, China
VenueNingbo Yinzhou Tennis Center
2025 Champions
Singles
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Flag placeholder.svg Liudmila Samsonova
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The 2026 Ningbo Open (also known as the BNB Ningbo Open for sponsorship reasons) is a professional tennis tournament to be played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the 9th edition of the Ningbo Open and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2026 WTA Tour. [1] It will take place at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo, China, from 19 to 25 October 2026.

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Elena Rybakina 11
Flag of Poland.svg POL Iga Świątek 92
Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Marta Kostyuk 103
Flag of the United States.svg USA Iva Jovic 114
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Belinda Bencic 125
Diana Shnaider 136
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BEL Elise Mertens 147
Flag of Romania.svg ROU Sorana Cîrstea 168

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Cristina Bucșa Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez 221
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Hsieh Su-wei Flag of Latvia.svg LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 232
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Guo Hanyu Flag of France.svg FRA Kristina Mladenovic 253
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Anna Danilina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Jiang Xinyu 324

Other entrants

The following pair received entry as wildcards:

References

  1. ↑ "BNB Ningbo Open 2026 Overview".