The 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September 2014.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $441,000 | $220,200 | $110,100 | $50,700 | $25,135 | $12,900 | $6,630 | $3,700 | $1,900 | ||
| Doubles * | $126,000 | $63,750 | $31,665 | $15,880 | $8,020 | 3,980 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Williams | 1 | 1 | ||
 Romania | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 | |
 Czech Republic | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 3 | |
 Russian Federation | Maria Sharapova | 4 | 4 | |
 Poland | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 5 | |
 Canada | Eugenie Bouchard | 7 | 6 | |
| Angelique Kerber | 8 | 7 | ||
| Caroline Wozniacki | 9 | 8 | ||
 Serbia | Ana Ivanovic | 10 | 9 | |
| Serbia | Jelena Janković | 11 | 10 | |
 Italy | Sara Errani | 12 | 11 | |
 Slovakia | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 12 | |
| Russian Federation | Ekaterina Makarova | 14 | 13 | |
| Czech Republic | Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 14 | |
| Italy | Flavia Pennetta | 16 | 15 | |
| Andrea Petkovic | 17 | 16 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Zarina Diyas
Marina Erakovic
Jarmila Gajdošová Karin Knapp Francesca SchiavoneThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury) → replaced by Annika Beck
Li Na (retirement from professional tennis)[2] → replaced by 
Christina McHale Sloane Stephens → replaced by 
Heather Watson
Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis) Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury) Ana Ivanovic (left thigh injury) Jelena Janković (back injury) Serena Williams (viral illness) Xu Shilin (heat illness)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Sara Errani | Italy | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | Květa Peschke | Katarina Srebotnik | 19 | 2 | ||
| Raquel Kops-Jones | Abigail Spears | 22 | 3 | |||
| Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková | China | Peng Shuai | 25 | 4 | |
| Russian Federation | Alla Kudryavtseva | Australia | Anastasia Rodionova | 30 | 5 | |
| Martina Hingis | Italy | Flavia Pennetta | 37 | 6 | ||
| Spain | Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain | Carla Suárez Navarro | 37 | 7 | |
| Cara Black |  France | Caroline Garcia | 51 | 8 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury) Lucie Šafářová (viral illness) Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (viral illness)See main article: 2014 Wuhan Open – Singles.
Petra Kvitová defeated Eugenie Bouchard, 6–3, 6–4See main article: 2014 Wuhan Open – Doubles.
Flavia Pennetta defeated Cara Black/ Caroline Garcia, 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]