2024 China Open – Women's singles explained

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Coco Gauff defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 China Open.^[1] It was her second WTA 1000 title and eighth career singles title. Gauff became the second American woman to win the China Open, after Serena Williams, and the youngest women's singles champion at the tournament since Caroline Wozniacki in 2010.^[2] Ranked as the world No. 49, Muchová was the lowest ranked woman to reach the final since the tournament's inception in 2004.^[3]

Iga Świątek was the reigning champion,^[4] but withdrew before the start of the tournament.^[5]

The first round match between Sara Sorribes Tormo and Gao Xinyu lasted for 4 hours and 15 minutes, becoming the fourth-longest match on the WTA Tour in the Open Era, surpassing the Thailand Open second round match between Laura Siegemund and Wang Xiyu from the previous week.^[6]

With her win over McCartney Kessler in the first round, Zhang Shuai claimed her first tour-level win since the 2023 Lyon Open, ending her streak of 24 consecutive losses. Zhang's streak marked the second-longest consecutive losing streak for a woman in the Open Era (after Madeleine Pegel with 29).^[7] Zhang's second round win against Emma Navarro also saw her become the lowest ranked player (at No. 595) to defeat a top 10 player since the inception of the tournament in 2004.^[8] ^[9]

Seeds

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players based on WTA rankings as of 16 September 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 23 September 2024.^[10]

Under the 2024 WTA Rulebook, points from six of the seven combined/virtually combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Beijing) are required to be counted in a player's ranking.^[11] Because the tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are also defending points from the tournaments that took place during the week of 25 September 2023 (Tokyo and Ningbo).

The points dropping column reflects (a) points from the 2023 tournament and/or Tokyo / Ningbo, (b) the player's sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament or (c) the player's 18th best result. The points won column reflects the points from the 2024 tournament.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points won	Points after	Status
1	2	Aryna Sabalenka	8,716	215	215	8,716	Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Muchová
2	3	Jessica Pegula	6,220	120+305	120+30	5,945	Fourth round lost to Paula Badosa [15]
3	5	Jasmine Paolini	5,348	120	65	5,293	Third round lost to Magda Linette [31]
4	6	Coco Gauff	4,983	390	1,000	5,593
5	7	Zheng Qinwen	3,920	(60)^§	390	4,250	Semifinals lost to Karolína Muchová
6	8	Emma Navarro	3,698	(10)^†	10	3,698	Second round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC]
7	10	Barbora Krejčíková	3,161	10	10	3,161	Second round lost to Jaqueline Cristian
8	13	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,963	215	0	2,748	Withdrew due to an abdominal injury
9	11	Daria Kasatkina	3,020	(10)^†	65	3,075	Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova [34]
10	14	Anna Kalinskaya	2,725	20	120	2,825	Fourth round lost to Yuliia Starodubtseva [Q]
11	15	Liudmila Samsonova	2,720	650+55	10+55	2,080	Second round lost to Cristina Bucșa
12	16	Diana Shnaider	2,685	(10)^†+180	65+81	2,641	Third round lost to Magdalena Fręch [23]
13	12	Beatriz Haddad Maia	2,981	10	65	3,036	Third round lost to Madison Keys [18]
14	18	Marta Kostyuk	2,493	120	10	2,383	Second round lost to Katie Volynets
15	19	Paula Badosa	2,325	(1)^‡	390	2,714	Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff [4]
16	20	Donna Vekić	2,243	10	65	2,298	Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva [17]
17	22	Mirra Andreeva	2,153	150	215	2,218	Quarterfinals lost to Zheng Qinwen [5]
18	24	Madison Keys	2,076	0	120	2,196	Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka [1]
19	25	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,021	10+185	0+30	1,856	Withdrew due to a lower back injury
20	28	Leylah Fernandez	1,834	(10)^†	10	1,834	Second round lost to Peyton Stearns
21	32	Yulia Putintseva	1,733	95+30	10+1	1,619	Second round lost to Naomi Osaka
22	33	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,733	10+100	10+60	1,693	Second round lost to Rebecca Šramková [Q]
23	31	Magdalena Fręch	1,743	(10)^†	120	1,853	Fourth round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC]
24	29	Elise Mertens	1,749	10	65	1,804	Third round lost to Cristina Bucșa
25	35	Dayana Yastremska	1,603	(1)^‡	10	1,612	Second round lost to Nadia Podoroska
26	34	Katie Boulter	1,655	95	65	1,625	Third round lost to Coco Gauff [4]
27	37	Kateřina Siniaková	1,474	(10)^†	10	1,474	Second round lost to Yuliia Starodubtseva [Q]
28	38	Anastasia Potapova	1,427	10	10	1,427	Second round lost to Greet Minnen
29	40	Lulu Sun	1,375	(6)^‡	10	1,379	Second round lost to Ashlyn Krueger
30	41	Yuan Yue	1,349	65	10	1,294	Second round lost to Karolína Muchová
31	45	Magda Linette	1,311	120	120	1,311	Fourth round lost to Mirra Andreeva [17]
32	39	Veronika Kudermetova	1,398	120+470	65+60	933	Third round lost to Jessica Pegula [2]
33	98	Caroline Dolehide	703	(1)^‡	10	712	Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan
34	43	Amanda Anisimova	1,276	0	120	1,396	Fourth round lost to Zheng Qinwen [5]

† The player is defending points from her sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament.
‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. She is defending points from her 18th best result instead.
§ The player's 2023 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of her ranking as of 23 September 2024. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points dropping	Points added	Points after	Withdrawal reason
1	Iga Świątek	10,885	1,000+100	0	9,785	Personal reasons
4	Elena Rybakina	5,871	390	0	5,481	Back injury
9	Danielle Collins	3,178	1	0	3,177	Illness
17	Maria Sakkari	2,517	215+185	0+1	2,118	Shoulder injury
21	Ons Jabeur	2,160	65+280	0+10	1,825	Shoulder injury
23	Victoria Azarenka	2,137	10	0	2,127
26	Linda Nosková	1,953	65	0	1,888	Personal reasons
27	Elina Svitolina	1,942	0	0	1,942	Foot surgery
30	Markéta Vondroušová	1,748	10	0	1,738	Shoulder injury
36	Caroline Garcia	1,563	215+100	0+10	1,258	Shoulder injury
42	Marie Bouzková	1,330	0	0	1,330
44	Karolína Plíšková	1,265	0	0	1,265	Ankle surgery

Other entry information

Withdrawals

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list
§ – withdrew from main draw

Qualifying

Qualifying draw

Twelfth qualifier

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Gauff storms past Muchova to win China Open, second title of 2024. Women's Tennis Association. 6 October 2024.
Web site: Gauff storms past Muchova to win China Open, second title of 2024. wtatennis.com. 6 October 2024.
Web site: China Open 2024: Everything you need to know about the Beijing final. wtatennis.com. 6 October 2024.
Web site: Swiatek beats Samsonova in Beijing to capture fifth title of 2023. espn.com. 8 October 2023.
Web site: Defending champion Swiatek withdraws from Beijing. Women's Tennis Association. 19 November 2024.
Web site: Sorribes Tormo breaks four-hour mark, wins fourth longest match of Open Era. 26 September 2024. wtatennis.com.
Web site: 'Perfect timing': Zhang beats Kessler to end 24-match losing streak. 25 September 2024. wtatennis.com.
595 - In defeating Emma Navarro, Shuai Zhang ranked 595 is the lowest ranked player to defeat a top-10 at the China Open since the inception of the tournament in 2004. Victory.#ChinaOpen @ChinaOpen @WTA @WTA_insider. 1839521874684121405. 27 September 2024. OptaAce.
Web site: Zhang Shuai goes from 24-match losing streak to beating a Top 10 player in just two days. 27 September 2024. Tennis.com.
Web site: Entire Top 20 headed to Beijing for WTA 1000 China Open . wtatennis.com. 29 August 2024.
Web site: A player’s WTA Singles Ranking is determined by calculating her total ranking points [...] from eighteen tournament results [...] which must include: [...] six (6) WTA 1000 Mandatory combined/virtually combined Tournaments]. WTA Rulebook page 139. 6 September 2024.