Wuhan Open
| Wuhan Open | |
|---|---|
 2016 Wuhan Open | |
 | |
| Tournament information | |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Editions | 2014 |
| Location |
Wuhan, Hubei China |
| Venue | Optics Valley International Tennis Center [1] |
| Category | Premier 5 |
| Surface | Hard / Outdoors |
| Draw | 56S/32Q/28D |
| Prize money | US$ 2,589,000 [2] |
| Website |
en |
| Current champions | |
| Women's singles |
 Petra Kvitová |
| Women's doubles |
 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová |
The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Motor) is a tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the Premier 5 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its debut in the 2014 season.
The Wuhan Open is one of three Women's Tennis Association events in China that were new to the calendar in 2014, bringing the total number of women's professional tournaments in the country to six.[3] It is also one of two Premier-level stops in China. The tournament was scheduled in 2014 to run during the week of 22 September, and took over from the Pan Pacific Open held in Tokyo, Japan as a Premier 5-level event, thereby making it the second largest women's tennis tournament in East Asia, after the China Open in Beijing.[4][5] It is on the calendar between the aforementioned Premier events in Tokyo (the Pan Pacific Open) and Beijing (the China Open), during the WTA's Asian swing.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and the most populous city in Central China, is the hometown of two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na.[6]
Results
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Petra Kvitová |  Eugenie Bouchard | 6–3, 6–4[7] |
| 2015 | Venus Williams |  Garbiñe Muguruza | 6–3, 3–0, retired[8] |
| 2016 | Petra Kvitová (2) |  Dominika Cibulková | 6–1, 6–1[9] |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Martina Hingis  Flavia Pennetta |  Cara Black  Caroline Garcia | 6–4, 5–7, [12–10][10] |
| 2015 | Martina Hingis (2)  Sania Mirza |  Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu | 6–2, 6–3[11] |
| 2016 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 6–1, 6–4[12] |
See also
References
- ↑ "WUHAN OPEN". 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "WUHAN OPEN". 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Tianjin Open tournament information". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wuhan 2014 event". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ↑ "Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova sign up for inaugural Wuhan Open". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "WTA Wuhan information". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "Venue Williams biggest win in five years". WTA. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "BRILLIANT KVITOVA TAKES WUHAN TITLE". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ "Martina Hingis And Flavia Pennetta Win Wuhan Open". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "HINGIS & MIRZA WIN SEVENTH TITLE OF YEAR". WTA. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "MATTEK-SANDS & SAFAROVA STORM TO WUHAN TITLE, CONFIRM SINGAPORE RETURN". WTA. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.