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.

Points and prize money

Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles4703051851005512518131 Doubles 1

Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1Singles$267,900$143,060$76,410$41,075$22,025$13,980$6,275$3,335$1,855Doubles *$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 SeedKarolína Plíšková31Elina Svitolina52Kiki Bertens73Aryna Sabalenka134Angelique Kerber145Sofia Kenin206Petra Martić227Caroline Garcia278 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 PlayerRank1 SeedNicole MelicharKvěta Peschke361Duan YingyingZheng Saisai532Darija JurakAlison Riske833Shuko AoyamaYang Zhaoxuan854 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

Karolína Plíšková def. Petra Martić, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke def. Yanina Wickmayer / Tamara Zidanšek, 6–1, 7–6(7–2).

External links Official website

References