Wuhan Open Explained

The Wuhan Open (currently sponsored by Dongfeng Voyah) is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and organized for female professional tennis players. It is one of the WTA 1000 tournaments on the WTA Tour and made its debut in the 2014 season.

The Wuhan Open is one of three Women's Tennis Association events in China that were new to the calendar in 2014, bringing the total number of women's professional tournaments in the country to six.^[3] It is also one of two Premier-level stops in China. The tournament was scheduled in 2014 to run during the week of 22 September, and took over from the Pan Pacific Open held in Tokyo, Japan as a Premier 5-level event, then a WTA 500 and now, in 2025, a WTA 1000 tournament thereby making it the joint largest women's tennis tournament in East Asia, after the China Open in Beijing.^{[4] [5]} It is on the calendar after the aforementioned Premier events in Tokyo (the Pan Pacific Open) and Beijing (the China Open), during the WTA's Asian swing.

The Wuhan Open returns to the WTA Tour in October 2024 after a four year hiatus, with enhanced status as a WTA 1000 Mandatory event and with $3,221,715 in prize money.

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, is the hometown of two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na and 2024 Olympic Gold Medallist Qinwen Zheng.^[6]

Results

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
			6–3, 6–4[7]
			6–3, 3–0, retired[8]
	Petra Kvitová (2)		6–1, 6–1[9]
			6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–2
			6–3, 6–3
	Aryna Sabalenka (2)		6–3, 3–6, 6–1
2020–2023	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Aryna Sabalenka (3)		6–3, 5–7, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
			6–4, 5–7, [12–10][10]
			6–2, 6–3[11]
			6–1, 6–4[12]
	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis (3)		7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–4]
			6–3, 6–3
			7–6(7–3), 6–2
2020–2023	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
			6–3, 7–6(8–6)

See also

• Women's Tennis Association
• List of tennis tournaments
• Optics Valley International Tennis Center

External links

• Official website
• Wuhan Open on Women's Tennis Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: WUHAN OPEN. 3 October 2015. 3 October 2015.
2. Web site: Wuhan 2024: Dates, draws, prize money and everything you need to know. 3 October 2024. 3 October 2024.
3. Web site: Tianjin Open tournament information . 5 April 2016.
4. Web site: Wuhan 2014 event . . 4 April 2016.
5. Web site: Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova sign up for inaugural Wuhan Open . 18 July 2014 . 5 April 2016.
6. Web site: WTA Wuhan information . 5 April 2016.
7. News: Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard . BBC Sport . 27 September 2014 . 5 April 2016.
8. Web site: Venue Williams biggest win in five years. WTA. 3 October 2015. 3 October 2015.
9. Web site: BRILLIANT KVITOVA TAKES WUHAN TITLE . 1 October 2016.
10. Web site: Martina Hingis And Flavia Pennetta Win Wuhan Open . 27 September 2014 . 5 April 2016.
11. Web site: HINGIS & MIRZA WIN SEVENTH TITLE OF YEAR. WTA. 3 October 2015. 3 October 2015.
12. Web site: MATTEK-SANDS & SAFAROVA STORM TO WUHAN TITLE, CONFIRM SINGAPORE RETURN. WTA. 1 October 2016. 1 October 2016.