WTA Shenzhen Open

Shenzhen Open
Tournament information
Founded2013 (2013)
LocationShenzhen
China
VenueShenzhen Longgang Tennis Center
SurfaceHard - outdoors
Websiteshenzhenopentennis.com (WTA)
Current champions (2020)
Singles Ekaterina Alexandrova
Doubles Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$775,000 (2020)

The Shenzhen Open (also known as the Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship purposes) was a professional women's tennis tournament. It was played on outdoor hardcourts of the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center, which has 32 outdoor and indoor courts and a 4,000-seat stadium.[1] The tournament made its debut on the WTA Tour in 2013 in Shenzhen, and took place during the first week of the year, as a warm-up event two weeks prior to the Australian Open.

Past finals

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2013 Li Na Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
2014 Li Na (2) Peng Shuai 6–4, 7–5
2015 Simona Halep Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–2
2016 Agnieszka Radwańska Alison Riske 6–3, 6–2
2017 Kateřina Siniaková Alison Riske 6–3, 6–4
2018 Simona Halep (2) Kateřina Siniaková 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
2019 Aryna Sabalenka Alison Riske 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
2020 Ekaterina Alexandrova Elena Rybakina 6–2, 6–4
2021 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Peng Shuai sexual assault allegation

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2013 Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
Irina Buryachok
Valeria Solovyeva
6–0, 7–5
2014 Monica Niculescu
Klára Zakopalová
Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiia Kichenok
6–3, 6–4
2015 Lyudmyla Kichenok
Nadiia Kichenok
Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2016 Vania King
Monica Niculescu (2)
Xu Yifan
Zheng Saisai
6–1, 6–4
2017 Andrea Hlaváčková
Peng Shuai
Raluca Olaru
Olga Savchuk
6–1, 7–5
2018 Irina-Camelia Begu
Simona Halep
Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
2019 Peng Shuai (2)
Yang Zhaoxuan
Duan Yingying
Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–3
2020 Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
Duan Yingying
Zheng Saisai
6–2, 3–6, [10–4]
2021 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Peng Shuai sexual assault allegation

References

  1. ^ "Event Fact Sheet". www.shenzhenopentennis.com. 29 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.