2023 Prague Open

The 2023 Prague Open (branded as the 2023 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the TK Sparta Prague. It was the 14th (WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the 2023 WTA Tour, classified as a WTA 250 tournament. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic from 31 July to 6 August 2023.^[1]

2023 Prague Open
Date	31 July – 6 August
Edition	14th
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Venue	TK Sparta Prague
Champions
Singles
Nao Hibino
Doubles
Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova

Exclusion of Russian & Belarusian players

Ahead of the tournament, the Czech police prevented the Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from entering the country.^[2] Russian and Belarusian players were subsequently asked not to travel to Czechia and were forced to withdraw from the tournament.^[3] They would have competed as neutrals, without any national flag or symbol, but the Czech government passed a resolution banning all Russian and Belarusian athletes from entering the country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2023 Prague Open – Singles

• Nao Hibino def. Linda Nosková 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2023 Prague Open – Doubles

• Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova def. Quinn Gleason / Elixane Lechemia 6–7^(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank†	Seed
CZE	Marie Bouzková	29	1
CHN	Zhu Lin	38	2
CHN	Zhang Shuai	45	3
CZE	Linda Nosková	59	4
GER	Tatjana Maria	65	5
FRA	Alizé Cornet	70	6
CHN	Wang Xinyu	71	7
UKR	Kateryna Baindl	77	8
CHN	Wang Xiyu	80	9

^† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.^[5]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:

• Lucie Havlíčková
• Tereza Martincová
• Barbora Palicová

The following players received entry with a protected ranking:

• Jaqueline Cristian
• Barbora Strýcová
• Patricia Maria Țig

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Heather Watson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Emiliana Arango
• Viktória Hrunčáková
• Elvina Kalieva
• Gabriela Knutson
• Tamara Korpatsch
• Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Nao Hibino
• Ankita Raina

Withdrawals

• Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Kaia Kanepi
• Kristína Kučová → replaced by Lucrezia Stefanini
• Tatjana Maria → replaced by Ankita Raina
• Rebeka Masarova → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Jule Niemeier
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Yuan Yue

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank†	Seed
CHN	Zhang Shuai	CHN	Zhu Lin	129	1
GBR	Alicia Barnett	GBR	Olivia Nicholls	145	2
CZE	Anastasia Dețiuc	CZE	Anna Sisková	187	3
GBR	Naiktha Bains	GBR	Maia Lumsden	198	4

^† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw:

• Nikola Bartůňková / Tereza Valentová
• Barbora Palicová / Dominika Šalková

Withdrawals

• Lucie Havlíčková / Miriam Kolodziejová → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech