WTA Shenzhen Open

The Shenzhen Open (also known as the Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament. It was played on outdoor hardcourts of the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center, which has 32 outdoor and indoor courts and a 4,000-seat stadium.^[1] The tournament made its debut on the WTA Tour in 2013 in Shenzhen, and took place during the first week of the year, as a warm-up event two weeks prior to the Australian Open.

Shenzhen Open
Tournament information
Founded	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Location	Shenzhen China
Venue	Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center
Surface	Hard - outdoors
Website	shenzhenopentennis.com (WTA)
Current champions (2020)
Singles	Ekaterina Alexandrova
Doubles	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková
WTA Tour Category WTA International Draw 32S / 16Q / 16D Prize money US$775,000 (2020)

Li Na is the singles title leader, tied with Simona Halep, with two titles, and the only player to successfully defend her title in 2014, defeating Peng Shuai in an All-Chinese final.^[2]

Past finals

Simona Halep has won singles and doubles titles in Shenzhen.

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2013	Li Na	Klára Zakopalová	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
2014	Li Na (2)	Peng Shuai	6–4, 7–5
2015	Simona Halep	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 6–2
2016	Agnieszka Radwańska	Alison Riske	6–3, 6–2
2017	Kateřina Siniaková	Alison Riske	6–3, 6–4
2018	Simona Halep (2)	Kateřina Siniaková	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2019	Aryna Sabalenka	Alison Riske	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
2020	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Elena Rybakina	6–2, 6–4
2021	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Peng Shuai sexual assault allegation

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2013	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Irina Buryachok Valeria Solovyeva	6–0, 7–5
2014	Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	6–3, 6–4
2015	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2016	Vania King Monica Niculescu (2)	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	6–1, 6–4
2017	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk	6–1, 7–5
2018	Irina-Camelia Begu Simona Halep	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
2019	Peng Shuai (2) Yang Zhaoxuan	Duan Yingying Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–3
2020	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Duan Yingying Zheng Saisai	6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
2021	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Peng Shuai sexual assault allegation