2019 Zhengzhou Open

The 2019 Zhengzhou Open was a professional tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the Premier series on the 2019 WTA Tour, offering a total of $1,000,000 in prize money. It took place at the Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center in Zhengzhou, China, on 9–15 September 2019.^[1]

2019 Zhengzhou Open
Date	9–15 September
Edition	6th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$1,000,000
Surface	Hard, outdoor
Location	Zhengzhou, China
Venue	Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center
Champions
Singles
Karolína Plíšková
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$267,900	$143,060	$76,410	$41,075	$22,025	$13,980	$6,275	$3,335	$1,855
Doubles *	$83,800	$44,770	$24,465	$12,445	$6,765	—	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	3	1
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	2
NED	Kiki Bertens	7	3
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	13	4
GER	Angelique Kerber	14	5
USA	Sofia Kenin	20	6
CRO	Petra Martić	22	7
FRA	Caroline Garcia	27	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 26 August 2019.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Angelique Kerber
• Duan Yingying
• Yang Zhaoxuan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lu Jiajing
• Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
• Wang Meiling
• You Xiaodi

Withdrawals

• Simona Halep → replaced by Tereza Martincová
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Fiona Ferro
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Chloé Paquet

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	36	1
CHN	Duan Yingying	CHN	Zheng Saisai	53	2
CRO	Darija Jurak	USA	Alison Riske	83	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	85	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 26 August 2019.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

• Guo Hanyu / Yuan Yue

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2019 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open – Singles

• Karolína Plíšková def. Petra Martić, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2019 Zhengzhou Women's Tennis Open – Doubles

• Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke def. Yanina Wickmayer / Tamara Zidanšek, 6–1, 7–6^(7–2).

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)