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.

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)