2023 Zhengzhou Open

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2023 Zhengzhou Open
Date9–15 October
Edition7th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$780,637
Surface Hard, outdoor
Location Zhengzhou, China
Venue Henan Provincial Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen
Doubles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski / Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe
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The 2023 Zhengzhou Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and categorized as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at the Henan Provincial Stadium in Zhengzhou, China from 9 October to 15 October 2023. [1] This was the first edition of the tournament held since 2019, as the intervening editions were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

Contents

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1

Champions

Singles

This was Zheng's second WTA Tour title.

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Gauff 31
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 52
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 63
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Ons Jabeur 74
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Muchová 95
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 106
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 127
Daria Kasatkina 138
Veronika Kudermetova 169
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Donna Vekić 2110
Liudmila Samsonova 2211

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 241
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Desirae Krawczyk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 242
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 313
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva 324

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

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References

  1. "Zhengzhou Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Vondrousova, Rybakina, Jabeur lead Zhengzhou entry list". wtatennis.com. 16 September 2023.