Zhengzhou Open

Zhengzhou Open
Zhengzhou Open
WTA Tour
Event name	Zhengzhou
Location	Zhengzhou, China
Venue	Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center
Category	ITF (2014-2016); WTA 125K (2017-2018); WTA Premier (2019); WTA 500 (2023)
Surface	Hard
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$780,637
Website	WTA Zhengzhou Open
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Zheng Qinwen
Doubles	Gabriela Dabrowski ; Erin Routliffe

Last updated November 23, 2024

The Zhengzhou Open was a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event was held in Zhengzhou, China, since 2014 as an ITF and then as a WTA 125 tournament in 2017 and 2018. Subsequently, it was upgraded and from 2019 onward was classified as a WTA Premier level tournament, replacing the Connecticut Open in the United States. After a three-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2023 for one year as a WTA 500 event.

Past finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓ ITF event ↓
2014	Zhang Kailin	Xu Yifan	7–5, 6–4
2015	Wang Yafan	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
2016	Anastasia Pivovarova	Lu Jingjing	6–4, 6–4
↓ WTA 125K event ↓
2017	Wang Qiang	Peng Shuai	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 1–1 ret.
2018	Zheng Saisai	Wang Yafan	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
↓ WTA Premier event ↓
2019	Karolína Plíšková	Petra Martić	6–3, 6–2
2020	Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023	Zheng Qinwen	Barbora Krejčíková	2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓ ITF event ↓
2014	Chan Chin-wei Liang Chen	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	6–3, 6–3
2015	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	Liu Chang Zhang Ling	6–0, 6–3
2016	Xun Fangying You Xiaodi	Akgul Amanmuradova Michaela Hončová	1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
↓ WTA 125K event ↓
2017	Han Xinyun Zhu Lin	Jacqueline Cako Julia Glushko	7–5, 6–1
2018	Duan Yingying Wang Yafan	Naomi Broady Yanina Wickmayer	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
↓ WTA Premier event ↓
2019	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	Yanina Wickmayer Tamara Zidanšek	6–1, 7–6^(7–2)
2020	Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
2023	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–2, 6–4

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References

↑ "WTA announces 2024 calendar changes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

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[1] "WTA announces 2024 calendar changes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-08-02.

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