Zhengzhou Open | |
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2023 Zhengzhou Open | |
Tournament information | |
Event name | Zhengzhou |
Location | Zhengzhou, China |
Venue | Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center |
Category | ITF (2014-2016) WTA 125K (2017-2018) WTA Premier (2019) WTA 500 (2023-present) |
Surface | Hard |
Draw | 28S/32Q/16D |
Prize money | $780,637 |
Website | WTA Zhengzhou Open |
Current champions (2023) | |
Singles | Zheng Qinwen |
Doubles | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
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.
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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↓ 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 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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↓ 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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