Zhengzhou Open 2023 Preview: When is it, who is playing and what is the prize money?
The final WTA 1000 event of the year in Beijing may be coming to a close, but there’s still plenty of tennis to look forward to as seven top 10 players compete at next week’s Zhengzhou Open there is. p>
Tennishead is here to tell you everything you need to know before the WTA 500 tournament.
When is the Zhengzhou Open 2023?
The main draw for the Zhengzhou Open will be held from Monday, October 9th to Sunday, October 15th, and the preliminary draw will be held next weekend (October 7th and 8th).
Who is playing at the Zhengzhou Open 2023?
The next tournament in Zhengzhou will feature a very strong lineup, with seven of the WTA top 10 stars battling it out for valuable points in the second half of the season.
The lineup includes wildcard U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff, Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, Elena Rybakina, Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabbar, Karolina Muchova and Caroline Garcia.
Guess who’s coming to #zhengzhou 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 We can’t wait to welcome @usopen champion @CocoGauff to the 2023 Bank of Communications Zhengzhou Open #zhengzhouopen #wta #tennis #cocogauff pic.twitter.com/lNaX7yl1Pc
– Zhengzhou オープン (@ZhengzhouOpen) 28. September 2023
There is a lot of hype about the potential this tournament will bring, and the race towards the WTA Finals in Cancun is heating up.
However, the China Open results mean the race is officially over and the eight players for the year-end tournament have been decided. Rybakina, Djabur, Vondrousova and Muchova all advanced, but Sakkari narrowly missed out.
For this reason, and the fact that some players are still competing in the later rounds in Beijing, it would not be surprising to see some late withdrawals before the event begins.
There are three more wild cards available in the tournament, one of which will be awarded to home player Zhuoxuan Bai, while the other two have not been awarded yet.
Where is the Zhengzhou Open held?
Zhengzhou Open 2023 is an outdoor hard court tournament and will be held at the new Henan Stadium Center.
Amazing line up for the 2023 @WTA #ZhengzhouOpen at the fantastic new Henan Provincial Stadium Center! 2023 & 2022 @Wimbledon champs @VondrousovaM & Elena Rybakina, global superstar @Ons_Jabeur, US Open semifinalist @karomuchova7 & Greek powerhouse @mariasakkari pic.twitter.com/E3oaK2oZzo
– Zhengzhou オープン (@ZhengzhouOpen) 17. September 2023
How much prize money is on offer at the Zhengzhou Open 2023?
The total prize money for the 2023 Zhengzhou Open is $780,637, with the breakdown for the singles tournament as follows:
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semi-finalists | Quarter-finalists | Second Round | First Round |
| Singles | $120,150 | $74,161 | $43,322 | $21,075 | $11,500 | $8,310 |
How many ranking points are on offer at the Zhengzhou Open 2023?
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Previous winners of the Zhengzhou Open
This is the second time the Zhengzhou Open has been held as a WTA 500-level event, with 2019 being the first time it was held before the WTA suspension due to COVID-19 and in China’s Peng Shuai.
The winners of previous events are:
ITF
2014: Kailin Zhang (Einzel) / Chingwei Zhang & Chen Liang (Doppel)
2015: Yafang Wang (singles) / Nare Han & Sujeong Chan (doubles)
2016: Anastasia Pivovarova (Einzel) / Fanying Shun & Xiaodi Yu (Doppel)
WTA Challenger (125K)
2017: Qiang Wang (Einsel) / Zhu Lin & Xinyun Han (Doppel)
2018: Sai Sai Zhen (Einzel) / Yingying Duan & Yafang Wang (Doppel)
WTA Premier/500
2019: Karolina Pliskova (Einzel) / Nicole Merixar Martinez & Kveta Peschke (Doppel)
Read more: Welcome back! How tennis returns to China after a four-year hiatus
Where can you watch the Zhengzhou Open?
The Zhengzhou Open will be broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, Tennis Channel in the US, Austria, Germany and Puerto Rico, and BeIN in Australia. For more information, click here to visit the WTA website.
