2019 Guangzhou International Women's Open

Tennis tournament

Date

September 16–21

Edition

16th

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$112,300	$57,665	$30,959	$8,380	$4,629	$2,707	$1,350	$722
Doubles *	$17,262	$9,023	$4,865	$2,589	$1,350	—	—	—

_{Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
UKR	Elina Svitolina	3	1
CHN	Wang Qiang	12	2
USA	Sofia Kenin	20	3
CHN	Zhang Shuai	32	4
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	37	5
CHN	Zheng Saisai	38	6
BLR	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	48	7
TUN	Ons Jabeur	51	8

Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:

Nina Stojanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry into the main draw as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Jennifer Brady → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Wang Xiyu
Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Dalila Jakupović

Retirements

Elena Rybakina (left thigh injury)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (right foot injury)
Elina Svitolina (right knee pain)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	28	1
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	72	2
SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	BLR	Lidziya Marozava	107	3
AUS	Ellen Perez	USA	Sabrina Santamaria	138	4

Rankings are as of September 9, 2019

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Lu Jiajing / Xun Fangying
Ng Kwan-yau / Zheng Saisai

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove / Ankita Raina

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Elena Rybakina (left thigh injury)

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

Sofia Kenin def. Samantha Stosur, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Peng Shuai / Laura Siegemund def. Alexa Guarachi / Giuliana Olmos, 6–2, 6–1

References

"Guangzhou Open Overview". wtatennis.com.

External links

Official website

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