Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open

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Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
Tournament information
Tour WTA 250
WTA Tour
Location Nanchang, China
VenueNanchang International Tennis Center
Surface Hard
Draw32M/13Q/16D
Prize money$259,303
Website jxopen.net
Current champions (2023)
Singles Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková
Doubles Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva

The Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is held at the Nanchang Tennis Center in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China. It is also part of the China Open Series. The best performance of Chinese players in women's singles will receive a wild card from the China Open.

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For the first two years, this was a WTA 125K series level tournament. However, beginning in 2016, it became one of the main WTA Tour level tournaments under the International classification.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
   WTA $125,000 event   
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Fangzhou 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Jelena Janković Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
   WTA International event   
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Duan Yingying Flag of the United States.svg Vania King 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai (2) Flag of Japan.svg Nao Hibino 6–3, 6–2
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Qiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai 7–5, 4–0 ret.
2019 Flag of Sweden.svg Rebecca Peterson Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Elena Rybakina 6–2, 6–0
2020Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Cancelled by WTA
2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kateřina Siniaková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marie Bouzková 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
   WTA $125,000 event   
2014 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung
Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yifan
7–6(7–4), 6–3
2015 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Kai-chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Saisai
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan
6–3, 4–6, [10–3]
   WTA International event   
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jingjing
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Xinyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Qianhui
Flag of Russia.svg Alla Kudryavtseva
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arina Rodionova
6–3, 6–2
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Xinyu (2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Qianhui (2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg You Xiaodi
6–4, 6–4
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xinyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Peng Shuai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2020Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022Not held due to Peng Shuai disappearance
2023 Flag of Germany.svg Laura Siegemund
Flag placeholder.svg Vera Zvonareva
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi
Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya
6–4, 6–2

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