2023 Ningbo Open

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2023 Ningbo Open
Date25–30 September
Edition6th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 15D
Prize money $259,303
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Ningbo, China
VenueYinzhou Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur
Doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund / Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva
  2014  · Ningbo Open ·  2024  

The 2023 Ningbo Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th women's edition of the Ningbo International Tennis Open, but the first since 2014 and the first as a WTA 250 tournament on the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yinzhou Tennis Center in Ningbo, China, from 25 September through 30 September 2023. [1] [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 71
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 142
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 253
Anna Blinkova 404
Flag of France.svg  FRA Varvara Gracheva 445
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Arantxa Rus 476
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Katie Boulter 507
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lucia Bronzetti 608

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 351
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Anna Danilina Alexandra Panova 922
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sabrina Santamaria Yana Sizikova 1193
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Anastasia Detiuc Flag of Poland.svg  POL Katarzyna Piter 1544

Other entrants

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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