2024 China Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2024 China Open
2023 Champion	Iga Świątek
Details
Draw	96
Seeds	32
Events

Iga Świątek was the reigning champion,^[1] but withdrew before the start of the tournament.

The first round match between Sara Sorribes Tormo and Gao Xinyu lasted for 4 hours and 15 minutes, becoming the fourth-longest match on the WTA Tour in the Open Era, surpassing the Thailand Open second round match between Laura Siegemund and Wang Xiyu from the previous week.^[2]

With her win over McCartney Kessler in the first round, Zhang Shuai claimed her first tour-level win since the 2023 Lyon Open, ending her streak of 24 consecutive losses. Zhang's streak marked the second-longest consecutive losing streak for a woman in the Open Era (after Madeleine Pegel with 29).^[3] Zhang's second round win against Emma Navarro also saw her become the lowest ranked player (at No. 595) to defeat a top 10 player since the inception of the tournament in 2004.^[4]^[5]

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

01.

Aryna Sabalenka

02.

Jessica Pegula (fourth round)

03.

Jasmine Paolini (third round)

04.

Coco Gauff

05.

Zheng Qinwen

06.

Emma Navarro (second round)

07.

Barbora Krejčíková (second round)

08.

Jeļena Ostapenko (withdrew)

09.

Daria Kasatkina (third round)

10.

Anna Kalinskaya (fourth round)

11.

Liudmila Samsonova (second round)

12.

Diana Shnaider (third round)

13.

Beatriz Haddad Maia (third round)

14.

Marta Kostyuk (second round)

15.

Paula Badosa

16.

Donna Vekić (third round)

17.

Mirra Andreeva

18.

Madison Keys (fourth round)

19.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (withdrew)

20.

Leylah Fernandez (second round)

21.

Yulia Putintseva (second round)

22.

Ekaterina Alexandrova (second round)

23.

Magdalena Fręch (fourth round)

24.

Elise Mertens (third round)

25.

Dayana Yastremska (second round)

26.

Katie Boulter (third round)

27.

Kateřina Siniaková (second round)

28.

Anastasia Potapova (second round)

29.

Lulu Sun (second round)

30.

Yuan Yue (second round)

31.

Magda Linette (fourth round)

32.

Veronika Kudermetova (third round)

33.

Caroline Dolehide (second round)

34.

Amanda Anisimova (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals		Final

1	Aryna Sabalenka

	Karolína Muchová



17	Mirra Andreeva

5	Zheng Qinwen



Q	Yuliia Starodubtseva	6	2	2

4	Coco Gauff	2	6	6
					4	Coco Gauff

					15	Paula Badosa
WC	Zhang Shuai	1	6⁴

15	Paula Badosa	6	7⁷

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

					1	A Sabalenka	6	6
Q	Z Diyas	2	3		Q	M Sawangkaew	4	1
Q	M Sawangkaew	6	6						1	A Sabalenka	6	6
	Y Wang	6	4	2						A Krueger	2	2
	A Krueger	3	6	6		A Krueger	6	7⁷
					29	L Sun	1	6⁴
													1	A Sabalenka	6	6
													18	M Keys	4	3
					18	M Keys	6	6
WC	X Gao	7⁷	5	5	Q	S Sorribes Tormo	2	1
Q	S Sorribes Tormo	6⁴	7	7					18	M Keys	6	6
Q	E-G Ruse	4	6⁶						13	B Haddad Maia	3	3
WC	S Wei	6	7⁸		WC	S Wei	5	4
					13	B Haddad Maia	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					11	L Samsonova	1	6	4
WC	X Yao	3	2			C Bucșa	6	4	6
	C Bucșa	6	6								C Bucșa	4	6	6
Q	Ar Rodionova	6	4	3						24	E Mertens	6	2	2
	E Cocciaretto	4	6	6		E Cocciaretto	4	7⁸	3
					24	E Mertens	6	6⁶	6
																C Bucșa	2	0
																K Muchová	6	6
					30	Y Yuan	3	1
	A Blinkova	1	1			K Muchová	6	6
	K Muchová	6	6								K Muchová	6	6
	A Bondár	1	6⁵								J Cristian	1	3
	J Cristian	6	7⁷			J Cristian	1	6	7
					7	B Krejčíková	6	4	5

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					3	J Paolini	1	7	6
	H Dart	7	4	1		C Tauson	6	5	4
	C Tauson	5	6	6						3	J Paolini	4	0
	M Uchijima	6	6							31	M Linette	6	6
WC	H Shi	3	4			M Uchijima	4	6	3
					31	M Linette	6	4	6
															31	M Linette	1	3
															17	M Andreeva	6	6
					17	M Andreeva	6⁵	6	6
WC	Y Ma	6	4	1	PR	I-C Begu	7⁷	1	1
PR	I-C Begu	1	6	6						17	M Andreeva	3	6	6
	V Golubic	7⁷	0	6						16	D Vekić	6	4	4
	Xiy Wang	6⁵	6	3		V Golubic	6	6³	4
					16	D Vekić	4	7⁷	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					9	D Kasatkina	6	6
WC	M Wang	3	4		LL	J Fett	1	2
LL	J Fett	6	6							9	D Kasatkina	6¹	4
	C Osorio	1	6	6						34	A Anisimova	7⁷	6
PR	A Tomljanović	6	3	3		C Osorio	6	3	4
					34	A Anisimova	1	6	6
														34	A Anisimova	6	1	2
														5	Q Zheng	3	6	6
					25	D Yastremska	5	7⁷	2
WC	Y Ren	4	2			N Podoroska	7	6⁴	6
	N Podoroska	6	6								N Podoroska	3	2
Q	K Birrell	2	4							5	Q Zheng	6	6
LL	K Rakhimova	6	6		LL	K Rakhimova	1	1
					5	Q Zheng	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

				33	C Dolehide	3	7	2
	E Avanesyan	6	7		E Avanesyan	6	5	6
LL	E Bektas	2	5							E Avanesyan	3	1
Q	Y Starodubtseva	6	7⁷						Q	Y Starodubtseva	6	6
	L Siegemund	4	6³	Q	Y Starodubtseva	6	6
				27	K Siniaková	2	2
														Q	Y Starodubtseva	7	6
														10	A Kalinskaya	5	0
				20	L Fernandez	5	2
	J Bouzas Maneiro	2	4		P Stearns	7	6
	P Stearns	6	6							P Stearns	6	3	1^r
	V Gracheva	0	3						10	A Kalinskaya	3	6	3
Q	H Baptiste	6	6	Q	H Baptiste	6	6²	6⁵
				10	A Kalinskaya	3	7⁷	7⁷

Section 6

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

					14	M Kostyuk	5	3
	K Volynets	7	6			K Volynets	7	6
Q	D Gálfi	5	1								K Volynets	3	2
	L Bronzetti	3	2								N Osaka	6	6
	N Osaka	6	6			N Osaka	3	6	6
					21	Y Putintseva	6	4	2
															N Osaka	6	4	0^r
														4	C Gauff	3	6	0
					26	K Boulter	6	6
	M Trevisan	2	6	3		T Townsend	4	4
	T Townsend	6	4	6						26	K Boulter	5	2
	C Burel	6	5	6						4	C Gauff	7	6
LL	T Korpatsch	3	7	3		C Burel	5	3
					4	C Gauff	7	6

Section 7

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					6	E Navarro	4	2
WC	S Zhang	7⁷	7⁷		WC	S Zhang	6	6
	M Kessler	6⁵	6¹							WC	S Zhang	6	6
	G Minnen	7	6								G Minnen	2	3
	E Andreeva	5	2			G Minnen	7	2	6
					28	A Potapova	5	6	4
															WC	S Zhang	6	6
															23	M Fręch	4	2
					23	M Fręch	6	5	6
PR	Q Wang	6	4	2	Q	A Parks	4	7	4
Q	A Parks	1	6	6						23	M Fręch	0	6	6
	S Kenin	7	6							12	D Shnaider	6	3	4
	A Bogdan	5	2			S Kenin	2	3
					12	D Shnaider	6	6

Section 8

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

					15	P Badosa	6	6
	L Tsurenko	3	3			V Tomova	3	2
	V Tomova	6	6							15	P Badosa	7	7
	A Kalinina	4	0							Q	R Šramková	5	5
Q	R Šramková	6	6		Q	R Šramková	5	6	6
					22	E Alexandrova	7	4	3
															15	P Badosa	6	6
															2	J Pegula	4	0
					32	V Kudermetova	3	6	7
LL	M Hontama	1	3			Xin Wang	6	4	5
	Xin Wang	6	6							32	V Kudermetova	7¹¹	1	2
	D Parry	4	6	6						2	J Pegula	6⁹	6	6
Q	E-s Liang	6	0	0		D Parry	1	6⁴
					2	J Pegula	6	7⁷

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players based on WTA rankings as of 16 September 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 23 September 2024.^[6]

Under the 2024 WTA Rulebook, points from six of the seven combined/virtually combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Beijing) are required to be counted in a player's ranking.^[7] Because the tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are also defending points from the tournaments that took place during the week of 25 September 2023 (Tokyo and Ningbo).

The points dropping column reflects (a) points from the 2023 tournament and/or Tokyo / Ningbo, (b) the player's sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament or (c) the player's 18th best result. The points won column reflects the points from the 2024 tournament.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Aryna Sabalenka	8,716	215	215	8,716	Quarterfinals vs. Karolína Muchová
2	3	Jessica Pegula	6,220	120+305	120+30	5,945	Fourth round lost to Paula Badosa [15]
3	5	Jasmine Paolini	5,348	120	65	5,293	Third round lost to Magda Linette [31]
4	6	Coco Gauff	4,983	390	390	4,983	Semifinals vs. Paula Badosa [15]
5	7	Zheng Qinwen	3,920	(60)^§	215	4,075	Quarterfinals vs. Mirra Andreeva [17]
6	8	Emma Navarro	3,698	(10)^†	10	3,698	Second round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC]
7	10	Barbora Krejčíková	3,161	10	10	3,161	Second round lost to Jaqueline Cristian
8	13	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,963	215	0	2,748	Withdrew due to an abdominal injury
9	11	Daria Kasatkina	3,020	(10)^†	65	3,075	Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova [34]
10	14	Anna Kalinskaya	2,725	20	120	2,825	Fourth round lost to Yuliia Starodubtseva [Q]
11	15	Liudmila Samsonova	2,720	650+55	10+55	2,080	Second round lost to Cristina Bucșa
12	16	Diana Shnaider	2,685	(10)^†+180	65+81	2,641	Third round lost to Magdalena Fręch [23]
13	12	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,981	10	65	3,036	Third round lost to Madison Keys [18]
14	18	Marta Kostyuk	2,493	120	10	2,383	Second round lost to Katie Volynets
15	19	Paula Badosa	2,325	(1)^‡	390	2,714	Semifinals vs. Coco Gauff [4]
16	20	Donna Vekić	2,243	10	65	2,298	Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva [17]
17	22	Mirra Andreeva	2,208	150	215	2,273	Quarterfinals vs. Zheng Qinwen [5]
18	24	Madison Keys	2,076	0	120	2,196	Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
19	25	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,021	10+185	0+30	1,856	Withdrew due to a lower back injury
20	28	Leylah Fernandez	1,834	(10)^†	10	1,834	Second round lost to Peyton Stearns
21	32	Yulia Putintseva	1,733	95+30	10+1	1,619	Second round lost to Naomi Osaka
22	33	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,733	10+100	10+60	1,693	Second round lost to Rebecca Šramková [Q]
23	31	Magdalena Fręch	1,743	(10)^†	120	1,853	Fourth round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC]
24	29	Elise Mertens	1,749	10	65	1,804	Third round lost to Cristina Bucșa
25	35	Dayana Yastremska	1,603	(1)^‡	10	1,612	Second round lost to Nadia Podoroska
26	34	Katie Boulter	1,655	95	65	1,625	Third round lost to Coco Gauff [4]
27	37	Kateřina Siniaková	1,474	(10)^†	10	1,474	Second round lost to Yuliia Starodubtseva [Q]
28	38	Anastasia Potapova	1,427	10	10	1,427	Second round lost to Greet Minnen
29	40	Lulu Sun	1,375	(6)^‡	10	1,379	Second round lost to Ashlyn Krueger
30	41	Yuan Yue	1,349	65	10	1,294	Second round lost to Karolína Muchová
31	45	Magda Linette	1,311	120	120	1,311	Fourth round lost to Mirra Andreeva [17]
32	39	Veronika Kudermetova	1,398	120+470	65+60	933	Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [2]
33	98	Caroline Dolehide	703	(1)^‡	10	712	Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan
34	43	Amanda Anisimova	1,276	0	120	1,396	Fourth round lost to Zheng Qinwen [5]

† The player is defending points from her sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament.
‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. She is defending points from her 18th best result instead.
§ The player's 2023 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of her ranking as of 23 September 2024. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points added	Points after	Withdrawal reason
1	Iga Świątek	10,885	1,000+100	0	9,785	Personal reasons
4	Elena Rybakina	5,871	390	0	5,481	Back injury
9	Danielle Collins	3,178	1	0	3,177	Illness
17	Maria Sakkari	2,517	215+185	0+1	2,118	Shoulder injury
21	Ons Jabeur	2,160	65+280	0+10	1,825	Shoulder injury
23	Victoria Azarenka	2,137	10	0	2,127
26	Linda Nosková	1,953	65	0	1,888	Personal reasons
27	Elina Svitolina	1,942	0	0	1,942	Foot surgery
30	Markéta Vondroušová	1,748	10	0	1,738	Shoulder injury
36	Caroline Garcia	1,563	215+100	0+10	1,258	Shoulder injury
42	Marie Bouzková	1,330	0	0	1,330
44	Karolína Plíšková	1,265	0	0	1,265	Ankle surgery

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Withdrawals

‡ Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Anna Bondár
‡ Marie Bouzková → replaced by Kamilla Rakhimova
† Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Lucia Bronzetti
‡ Danielle Collins → replaced by Ana Bogdan
‡ Caroline Garcia → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko
‡ Ons Jabeur → replaced by Martina Trevisan
‡ Linda Nosková → replaced by Harriet Dart
§ Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
§ Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Mai Hontama
‡ Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Camila Osorio
§ Emma Raducanu → replaced by Jana Fett
‡ Elena Rybakina → replaced by Naomi Osaka
‡ Maria Sakkari → replaced by Laura Siegemund
§ Sloane Stephens → replaced by Emina Bektas
‡ Elina Svitolina → replaced by Anna Blinkova
‡ Iga Świątek → replaced by Wang Qiang
† Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Erika Andreeva
‡ Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Wang Yafan
† Zhu Lin → replaced by Cristina Bucșa

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying

Seeds

Kamilla Rakhimova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Tatjana Maria (first round)
Sara Errani (first round)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (qualified)
Rebecca Šramková (qualified)
Hailey Baptiste (qualified)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (qualified)
Arina Rodionova (qualified)
Alycia Parks (qualified)
Yuliia Starodubtseva (qualified)
Rebeka Masarova (first round)
Emina Bektas (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Tamara Korpatsch (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Marina Stakusic (first round)
Jana Fett (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Mai Hontama (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Linda Fruhvirtová (first round)
Suzan Lamens (first round)
Dalma Gálfi (qualified)
Elsa Jacquemot (first round)
Nao Hibino (first round)
Kimberly Birrell (qualified)
Zeynep Sönmez (qualifying competition)
Sachia Vickery (first round)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Kamilla Rakhimova	6	6

WC	Qu Yihan	4	3
				1	Kamilla Rakhimova	6	2	6²

				22	Kimberly Birrell	4	6	7⁷
	Natalija Stevanović	0	1

22	Kimberly Birrell	6	6

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Tatjana Maria	0	6³

	Aliona Falei	6	7⁷
					Aliona Falei	1	4

				19	Dalma Gálfi	6	6
	Hanna Chang	1	3

19	Dalma Gálfi	6	6

Third qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

3	Sara Errani	1	3

	Liang En-shuo	6	6
					Liang En-shuo	6	7¹¹

				15	Jana Fett	1	6⁹
WC	Shao Yushan	0	1

15	Jana Fett	6	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6	4	6

WC	Feng Shuo	0	6	3
					4	Elena-Gabriela Ruse	6	6

					WC	Lu Jiajing	3	1
WC	Lu Jiajing	2	6	6

14	Marina Stakusic	6	3	4

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Rebecca Šramková	6	3	4

	Tamara Zidanšek	2	6	3^r
					5	Rebecca Šramková	5	7	7⁷

						Polina Kudermetova	7	5	6⁵
	Polina Kudermetova	6³	6	6

17	Linda Fruhvirtová	7⁷	1	2

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Hailey Baptiste	6	6

WC	Zhang Ruien	3	3
				6	Hailey Baptiste	6	6

					Priscilla Hon	4	4
	Priscilla Hon	6	6

18	Suzan Lamens	4	3

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

7	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6	6

	Arianne Hartono	2	2
				7	Sara Sorribes Tormo	6	6

				23	Zeynep Sönmez	1	1
	Varvara Lepchenko	0	3

23	Zeynep Sönmez	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

8	Arina Rodionova	6	6

WC	You Xiaodi	4	0
				8	Arina Rodionova	7	6

				16	Mai Hontama	5	0
	Sofya Lansere	0^r

16	Mai Hontama	3

Ninth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

9	Alycia Parks	6	3

WC	Guo Hanyu	0	0^r
				9	Alycia Parks	7⁷	6

				13	Tamara Korpatsch	6⁵	4
	Mariam Bolkvadze	3	1

13	Tamara Korpatsch	6	6

Tenth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

10	Yuliia Starodubtseva	6	6

	Carol Zhao	2	2
				10	Yuliia Starodubtseva	6	6

					Jang Su-jeong	0	2
	Jang Su-jeong	6	6

24	Sachia Vickery	4	4

Eleventh qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

11	Rebeka Masarova	4	0

PR	Zarina Diyas	6	6
					PR	Zarina Diyas	6	6

						Heather Watson	0	2
	Heather Watson	2	6	6

20	Elsa Jacquemot	6	2	1

Twelfth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

12	Emina Bektas	6	6

WC	Wei Zhangqian	4	1
					12	Emina Bektas	4	2

						Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6	6
	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6	6⁵	6

21	Nao Hibino	2	7⁷	1

References

^ "Swiatek beats Samsonova in Beijing to capture fifth title of 2023". espn.com. 8 October 2023.
^ "Sorribes Tormo breaks four-hour mark, wins fourth longest match of Open Era". wtatennis.com. 26 September 2024.
^ "'Perfect timing': Zhang beats Kessler to end 24-match losing streak". wtatennis.com. 25 September 2024.
^ @OptaAce (27 September 2024). "595 - In defeating Emma Navarro, Shuai Zhang ranked 595 is the lowest ranked player to defeat a top-10 at the China Open since the inception of the tournament in 2004. Victory.#ChinaOpen @ChinaOpen @WTA @WTA_insider" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Zhang Shuai goes from 24-match losing streak to beating a Top 10 player in just two days". Tennis.com. 27 September 2024.
^ "Entire Top 20 headed to Beijing for WTA 1000 China Open". wtatennis.com. 29 August 2024.
^ "A player's WTA Singles Ranking is determined by calculating her total ranking points [...] from eighteen tournament results [...] which must include: [...] six (6) WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined Tournaments" (PDF). WTA Rulebook page 139. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

External links

[1] "Swiatek beats Samsonova in Beijing to capture fifth title of 2023". espn.com. 8 October 2023.

[2] "Sorribes Tormo breaks four-hour mark, wins fourth longest match of Open Era". wtatennis.com. 26 September 2024.

[3] "'Perfect timing': Zhang beats Kessler to end 24-match losing streak". wtatennis.com. 25 September 2024.

[4] @OptaAce (27 September 2024). "595 - In defeating Emma Navarro, Shuai Zhang ranked 595 is the lowest ranked player to defeat a top-10 at the China Open since the inception of the tournament in 2004. Victory.#ChinaOpen @ChinaOpen @WTA @WTA_insider" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[5] "Zhang Shuai goes from 24-match losing streak to beating a Top 10 player in just two days". Tennis.com. 27 September 2024.

[6] "Entire Top 20 headed to Beijing for WTA 1000 China Open". wtatennis.com. 29 August 2024.

[7] "A player's WTA Singles Ranking is determined by calculating her total ranking points [...] from eighteen tournament results [...] which must include: [...] six (6) WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined Tournaments" (PDF). WTA Rulebook page 139. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

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