# 2019 China Open (tennis)

The 2019 China Open was a tennis tournament being played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the China Open for the men and the 23rd for the women. It was part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the 2019 ATP Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2019 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from September 30 to October 6, 2019. This was also the last edition of the China Open held to date as not being held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 25 | 0 |
| Women's singles | 1,000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 1,000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $733,990 | $364,615 | $183,975 | $94,680 | $48,325 | $26,735 | — | $10,280 | $5,140 |
| Men's doubles | $228,110 | $111,660 | $56,010 | $28,740 | $14,840 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $1,523,265 | $762,265 | $371,915 | $178,665 | $85,980 | $41,625 | $23,915 | $6,365 | $3,700 |
| Women's doubles | $515,355 | $258,600 | $115,125 | $53,130 | $24,800 | $11,515 | — | — | — |

## ATP singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 5 | 1 |
| GER | Alexander Zverev | 6 | 2 |
| GRE | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 7 | 3 |
| RUS | Karen Khachanov | 9 | 4 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 10 | 5 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 11 | 6 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 12 | 7 |
| ITA | Matteo Berrettini | 13 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Li Zhe
* Frances Tiafoe
* Zhang Zhizhen
The following player received an entry using a protected ranking:
* Andy Murray
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
* Albert Ramos Viñolas
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Jérémy Chardy
* Pablo Cuevas
* Dan Evans
* Cameron Norrie

### Withdrawals

* Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Sam Querrey
* Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin

### Retirements

* Cristian Garín

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 2 | 1 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 9 | 2 |
| RSA | Raven Klaasen | NZL | Michael Venus | 18 | 3 |
| GER | Kevin Krawietz | GER | Andreas Mies | 26 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Gao Xin / Hua Runhao
* Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Kyle Edmund / Dan Evans

## WTA singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 23 September 2019. Rankings and points before are as of 30 September 2019.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Ashleigh Barty | 6,446 | 0 | 650 | 7,096 | Runner-up, lost to Naomi Osaka [4] |
| 2 | 2 | Karolína Plíšková | 6,125 | 120 | 10 | 6,015 | First round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [WC] |
| 3 | 3 | Elina Svitolina | 5,320 | 10 | 215 | 5,525 | Quarterfinals lost to Kiki Bertens [8] |
| 4 | 4 | Naomi Osaka | 5,011 | 390 | 1000 | 5,621 | Champion, defeated Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 5 | 6 | Bianca Andreescu | 4,835 | (9)$^†$ | 215 | 5,041 | Quarterfinals lost to Naomi Osaka [4] |
| 6 | 5 | Simona Halep | 4,907 | 10 | 65 | 4,962 | Second round lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova |
| 7 | 7 | Petra Kvitová | 4,571 | 10 | 215 | 4,776 | Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 8 | 8 | Kiki Bertens | 4,225 | 120 | 390 | 4,495 | Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1] |
| 9 | 10 | Belinda Bencic | 3,738 | 10 | 120 | 3,848 | Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [7] |
| 10 | 13 | Angelique Kerber | 2,830 | 120 | 65 | 2,775 | Second round lost to Polona Hercog |
| 11 | 15 | Madison Keys | 2,767 | 65 | 65 | 2,767 | Second round lost to Jennifer Brady [Q] |
| 12 | 14 | Aryna Sabalenka | 2,785 | 215 | 65 | 2,635 | Second round lost to Daria Kasatkina |
| 13 | 12 | Sloane Stephens | 2,873 | 120 | 65 | 2,818 | Second round lost to Zheng Saisai |
| 14 | 20 | Wang Qiang | 2,423 | 390 | 10 | 2,043 | First round retired against Ajla Tomljanović |
| 15 | 16 | Sofia Kenin | 2,600 | (105)$^†$ | 120 | 2,615 | Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [3] |
| 16 | 19 | Caroline Wozniacki | 2,493 | 1,000 | 390 | 1,883 | Semifinals lost to Naomi Osaka [4] |
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the event.
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after | Withdrawal reason |
| 9 | Serena Williams | 3,935 | 0 | 3,935 | Schedule change |
| 11 | Johanna Konta | 3,073 | 10 | 3,063 | Knee injury |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Jeļena Ostapenko
* Peng Shuai
* Wang Xinyu
* Wang Xiyu
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Anna Blinkova
* Jennifer Brady
* Lauren Davis
* Magda Linette
* Christina McHale
* Bernarda Pera
* Rebecca Peterson
* Andrea Petkovic

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Jil Teichmann
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Venus Williams
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Polona Hercog
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
* Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Jessica Pegula
* Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Wang Yafan
* Serena Williams → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic

### Retirements

* Wang Qiang (cramping)

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 1 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 2 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 3 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 16 | 4 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 26 | 5 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 28 | 6 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 30 | 7 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 36 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Makoto Ninomiya / Yang Zhaoxuan
* Peng Shuai / Wang Yafan

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Dominic Thiem def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

### Women's singles

* Naomi Osaka def. Ashleigh Barty, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

### Men's doubles

* Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek def. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

### Women's doubles

* Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. Jeļena Ostapenko / Dayana Yastremska, 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, [10–7]