The 2022 Tallinn Open event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Forus Tennis CentrePress release , Tallinn Open (20 August 2022) and held between 26 September and 2 October 2022. It was the first tournament in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)'s history to be held in Tallinn, Estonia and was organized as a WTA 250 event on the 2022 WTA Tour.
The event was held for the first time, however, it was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.
Champions Singles
Barbora Krejčíková def. Anett Kontaveit 6–2, 6–3
This is Krejčíková's first title of the year and fourth of her career.
Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok def. Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Laura Siegemund 7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Points and prize money Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Women's singles2801801106030118121Women's doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Women's singles$31,000$18,037$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270Women's doubles*$10,800 $6,300 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money. *per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank† SeedAnett Kontaveit31Belinda Bencic142Beatriz Haddad Maia163Madison Keys174Jeļena Ostapenko195Elena Rybakina226Barbora Krejčíková257Zhang Shuai288Jil Teichmann319
† Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Elena Malõgina Karolína Muchová Maileen Nuudi
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking: Laura Siegemund
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ysaline Bonaventure Katie Boulter Viktorija Golubic Viktória Kužmová Linda Nosková Jessika Ponchet
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Mirjam Björklund
Withdrawals Anhelina Kalinina → replaced by Wang Xiyu Elena Rybakina → replaced by Mirjam Björklund Clara Tauson → replaced by Wang Xinyu Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian
Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country PlayerRank1SeedNicole Melichar-MartinezLaura Siegemund511Ulrikke EikeriTereza Mihalíková1002Lyudmyla KichenokNadiia Kichenok1143Miyu KatoWang Xinyu1434 1 Rankings as of 19 September 2022.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Valentini Grammatikopoulou / Daniela Vismane Elena Malõgina / Maileen Nuudi
Withdrawals Before the tournament Vivian Heisen / Monica Niculescu → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian / Vivian Heisen
References
External links WTA tournament profile