The Zhengzhou Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event has been held in Zhengzhou, China, since 2014 as an ITF and then as a WTA 125 tournament in 2017 and 2018. Subsequently it was upgraded and from 2019 onward was classified as a WTA Premier level tournament, replacing the Connecticut Open in the United States. After a three-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2023 as a WTA 500 event.

Zhengzhou Open
2023 Zhengzhou Open
Tournament information
Event nameZhengzhou
LocationZhengzhou, China
VenueZhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center
CategoryITF (2014-2016)
WTA 125K (2017-2018)
WTA Premier (2019)
WTA 500 (2023-present)
SurfaceHard
Draw28S/32Q/16D
Prize money$780,637
WebsiteWTA Zhengzhou Open
Current champions (2023)
SinglesChina Zheng Qinwen
DoublesCanada Gabriela Dabrowski
New Zealand Erin Routliffe

Past finals edit

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓   ITF event   ↓
2014   Zhang Kailin   Xu Yifan 7–5, 6–4
2015   Wang Yafan   Duan Yingying 6–4, 6–4
2016   Anastasia Pivovarova   Lu Jingjing 6–4, 6–4
↓   WTA 125K event   ↓
2017   Wang Qiang   Peng Shuai 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–1 ret.
2018   Zheng Saisai   Wang Yafan 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
↓   WTA Premier event   ↓
2019   Karolína Plíšková   Petra Martić 6–3, 6–2
2020 Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2023   Zheng Qinwen   Barbora Krejčíková 2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓   ITF event   ↓
2014   Chan Chin-wei
  Liang Chen
  Han Xinyun
  Zhang Kailin
6–3, 6–3
2015   Han Na-lae
  Jang Su-jeong
  Liu Chang
  Zhang Ling
6–0, 6–3
2016   Xun Fangying
  You Xiaodi
  Akgul Amanmuradova
  Michaela Hončová
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
↓   WTA 125K event   ↓
2017   Han Xinyun
  Zhu Lin
  Jacqueline Cako
  Julia Glushko
7–5, 6–1
2018   Duan Yingying
  Wang Yafan
  Naomi Broady
  Yanina Wickmayer
7–6(7–5), 6–3
↓   WTA Premier event   ↓
2019   Nicole Melichar
  Květa Peschke
  Yanina Wickmayer
  Tamara Zidanšek
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2020 Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2023   Gabriela Dabrowski
  Erin Routliffe
  Shuko Aoyama
  Ena Shibahara
6–2, 6–4

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