2023 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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2023 Hong Kong Tennis Open
Date9–15 October
Edition10th
Category WTA 250 tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$259,303
Surface Hard
LocationHong Kong
Venue Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leylah Fernandez
Doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Qianhui / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tsao Chia-yi
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The 2023 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments on the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong from 9–15 October 2023. [1] This was the first edition of the tournament held since 2018, as the intervening editions were canceled due to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, and the WTA's response to the disappearance of Peng Shuai.

Contents

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Victoria Azarenka 181
Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 192
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 293
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Xinyu 374
Anna Blinkova 395
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Martina Trevisan 406
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Peyton Stearns 467
Flag of France.svg  FRA Varvara Gracheva 478

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova 921
Lidziya Marozava Flag of Poland.svg  POL Katarzyna Piter 1322
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1453
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Cristina Bucșa Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bibiane Schoofs 1524

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Six world-class players confirmed for Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2023". hktennisopen.hk. 13 September 2023.