Amanda Anisimova was the reigning champion, but she withdrew before the tournament due to a wrist injury.
This marked the first tournament played by Elena Rybakina as the incumbent world No. 1. With her second-round defeat to Alina Charaeva, Rybakina became the second player (since the introduction of the WTA rankings) to lose their first match played as world No. 1, after Naomi Osaka at the 2019 Dubai Tennis Championships. Ranked No. 118, Charaeva became the lowest-ranked player to defeat an incumbent world No. 1 from a set down at a WTA Tour event since 1975.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 September 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 28 September 2026.
Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, the points defending column also includes results from the 2025 Wuhan Open, which took place during the week of 6 October 2025. Beijing points are shown first in the points defending and points earned columns.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Elena Rybakina♦ 9,901 (215)§ 10 9,696 Second round lost to Alina Charaeva 2 2 Aryna Sabalenka♦ 7,875 0+390 65+0 7,550 Third round lost to Nikola Bartůňková 3 4 Coco Gauff♦ 7,244 390+1,000 120+0 5,974 Fourth round lost to Elise Mertens 4 5 Mirra Andreeva 5,841 120 215 5,936 5 6 Linda Nosková♦ 5,328 650+120 120+1 4,679 6 7 Elina Svitolina 4,809 0 120 4,929 Fourth round vs. Ann Li 7 8 Karolína Muchová 4,683 120+65 215+60 4,773 Quarterfinals vs. Nikola Bartůňková 8 9 Iga Świątek 4,119 120+215 215+0 3,999 Quarterfinals vs. Elise Mertens 9 12 Belinda Bencic♦ 2,925 120+120 65+10 2,760 Third round lost to Ann Li 10 13 Iva Jovic♦ 2,841 10+140 120+49 2,860 Fourth round lost to Iga Świątek 11 14 Diana Shnaider♦ 2,588 10 65 2,643 12 17 Naomi Osaka♦ 2,296 10+65 120+10 2,351 Fourth round lost to Karolína Muchová 13 19 Elise Mertens 2,165 10+65 215+60 2,365 Quarterfinals vs. Iga Świątek 14 20 Jasmine Paolini♦ 2,122 215+390 10+1 1,528 Second round lost to Daria Snigur 15 22 Anna Kalinskaya♦ 2,043 10 10 2,043 16 25 Anastasia Potapova♦ 1,926 120 10 1,816 17 21 Maja Chwalińska♦ 2,082 (49)∆ 10 2,043 18 27 Marie Bouzková♦ 1,873 120+65 65+10Ω 1,763 Third round lost to Zheng Qinwen [WC] 19 28 1,811 10+120 215+10Ω 1,906 Quarterfinals vs. Mirra Andreeva 20 29 Sára Bejlek 1,710 (125)∆ 65 1,650 Third round lost to Naomi Osaka 21 30 Ann Li 1,573 10+65 120+30 1,648 Fourth round vs. Elina Svitolina 22 31 Diane Parry♦ 1,551 20 10 1,541 Second round lost to Taylah Preston 23 26 Leylah Fernandez♦ 1,894 65 10 1,839 Second round lost to Kamilla Rakhimova 24 32 Jeļena Ostapenko♦ 1,481 10+10 65+1 1,527 Third round lost to Elise Mertens 25 33 Maria Sakkari♦ 1,462 35 65 1,492 Third round lost to Elina Svitolina 26 34 Nikola Bartůňková 1,352 (81)∆ 215 1,486 Quarterfinals vs. Karolína Muchová 27 35 Cristina Bucșa♦ 1,349 65 10 1,294 Second round lost to Sun Xinran [WC] 28 36 Peyton Stearns♦ 1,316 10 10 1,316 Second round lost to Viktorija Golubic 29 39 Liudmila Samsonova♦ 1,284 120 65 1,229 Third round lost to Karolína Muchová 30 40 Donna Vekić♦ 1,278 10+10 65+2 1,325 Third round lost to Iga Świątek 31 38 Wang Xinyu♦ 1,288 10 10 1,288 Second round lost to Sonay Kartal [PR] 32 44 Clara Tauson♦ 1,184 10+120 10+1 1,065 Second round lost to Polina Kudermetova § The player is defending points from Wuhan only, as her 2025 Beijing result was not required to be counted in her ranking points as of 28 September 2026. ∆ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2025. She is defending points from a WTA 125 tournament (Rende or Samsun) instead. Ω The player's 2025 Wuhan result is being replaced by her next best non-combined WTA 1000 tournament result.
Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 3 Jessica Pegula 7,265 650+390 6,225 Back Injury 10 Marta Kostyuk 4,040 120+10 3,910 Wrist injury 11 Amanda Anisimova 3,363 1000+0 2,363 Wrist injury 15 Victoria Mboko 2,521 10+10 2,502§ Left knee injury 16 Sorana Cîrstea 2,464 35+65 2,424§ Calf injury 18 Alexandra Eala 2,276 (35)∆ 2,241 Conflict with the Asian Games 23 Madison Keys 2,029 0+0 2,110§ Abdominal injury 24 Emma Navarro 2,024 2151,809 Illness § The player's 2025 Wuhan result was replaced by her next best result (1 point for Mboko, 60 points for Cîrstea, 81 points for Keys). ∆ The player is defending points from her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result.
Other entry information Wildcards
Protected ranking
Withdrawals
§ – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list † – withdrew from main draw
Qualifying Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
Notes
References
External links Main draw Qualifying draw (archived)