# 2023 Guangzhou Open – Singles

Wang Xiyu defeated Magda Linette in the final, 6–0, 6–2 to win the singles title at the 2023 Guangzhou Open. It was her first WTA Tour title.
Sofia Kenin was the reigning champion from 2019, when the tournament was last held, but chose to compete in Guadalajara instead.

## Seeds

* Magda Linette (final)
* Zhu Lin (withdrew)
* Tatjana Maria (quarterfinals)
* Lucia Bronzetti (quarterfinals)
* Rebeka Masarova (quarterfinals)
* Linda Fruhvirtová (first round)
* Greet Minnen (semifinals)
* Claire Liu (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Magda Linette | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Yulia Putintseva | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | Yulia Putintseva | 2 | 3 | 1 | Magda Linette | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | Wang Xiyu | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Greet Minnen | 3 | 4 | | Wang Xiyu | 6 | 6 |
| | Wang Xiyu | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Linette | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Burrage | 7$^7$ | 0 | 2 | 1 | M Linette | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | D Saville | 3 | 6 | 6 | PR | D Saville | 0 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-L Friedsam | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | M Linette | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |
| | R Marino | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | R Masarova | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | | |
| Q | V Golubic | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Golubic | 1 | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Baindl | 5 | 2 | | 5 | R Masarova | 6 | 3 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Masarova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Linette | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Y Putintseva | 2 | 3 |
| Q | A Eala | 3 | 0 | | 3 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Papamichail | 3 | 5 | | WC | Z Bai | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Bai | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | T Maria | 4 | 7$^8$ | 0 | | | | |
| WC | X You | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | Y Putintseva | 3 | 7$^7$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Tauson | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | C Tauson | 6 | 6$^5$ | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Fruhvirtová | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | G Minnen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Parry | 2 | 2 | | 7 | G Minnen | 7$^9$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Dart | 6 | 6 | | Q | H Dart | 6$^7$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Niemeier | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | G Minnen | 6$^8$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Uchijima | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | L Bronzetti | 7$^{10}$ | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| LL | J Ponchet | 5 | 6 | 3 | Q | M Uchijima | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y-y Yang | 1 | 0 | | 4 | L Bronzetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Bronzetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | G Minnen | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | C Liu | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Xiy Wang | 6 | 6 |
| | D Shnaider | 6 | 6 | | | D Shnaider | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Podoroska | 3 | 3 | | | Xiy Wang | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Xiy Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Xiy Wang | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Y Yuan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | LL | V Hrunčáková | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | T Korpatsch | 3 | 6$^5$ | | WC | Y Yuan | 6$^5$ | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kalinskaya | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | LL | V Hrunčáková | 7$^7$ | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | V Hrunčáková | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Viktorija Golubic (qualified)
* Viktória Hrunčáková (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Jil Teichmann (first round)
* Jessika Ponchet (qualifying competition, retired, lucky loser)
* Harriet Dart (qualified)
* Elizabeth Mandlik (qualifying competition)
* Valeria Savinykh (qualifying competition)
* Moyuka Uchijima (qualified)
* Despina Papamichail (qualified)
* Alexandra Eala (qualified)
* Jana Kolodynska (qualifying competition)
* Yang Ya-yi (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Viktorija Golubic
* Moyuka Uchijima
* Despina Papamichail
* Yang Ya-yi
* Harriet Dart
* Alexandra Eala

### Lucky losers

* Jessika Ponchet
* Viktória Hrunčáková

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Viktorija Golubic | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Kateryna Volodko | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Kateryna Volodko | 4 | 5 | 1 | Viktorija Golubic | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | 11 | Jana Kolodynska | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Liu Leyi | 4 | 0 | 11 | Jana Kolodynska | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | Jana Kolodynska | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Viktória Hrunčáková | 7$^8$ | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| | Lu Jiajing | 6$^6$ | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | Lu Jiajing | 6$^6$ | 6$^6$ | 2 | Viktória Hrunčáková | 6$^3$ | 3 |
| | | | | 8 | Moyuka Uchijima | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| WC | Dang Yiming | 1 | 2 | 8 | Moyuka Uchijima | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 8 | Moyuka Uchijima | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Jil Teichmann | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Ma Yexin | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ma Yexin | 6 | 4 | 6 | | Ma Yexin | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 9 | Despina Papamichail | 6 | 6 |
| | Maia Lumsden | 6$^4$ | 1 | | 9 | Despina Papamichail | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Despina Papamichail | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Jessika Ponchet | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Yang Yidi | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Yang Yidi | 3 | 0 | 4 | Jessika Ponchet | 6$^4$ | 0$^r$ |
| | | | | 12 | Yang Ya-yi | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| WC | Shan Yu | 1 | 3 | 12 | Yang Ya-yi | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| 12 | Yang Ya-yi | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Harriet Dart | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Xun Fangying | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Xun Fangying | 4 | 2 | 5 | Harriet Dart | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Valeria Savinykh | 3 | 4 |
| | Gao Xinyu | 5 | 2$^r$ | 7 | Valeria Savinykh | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Valeria Savinykh | 7 | 4 | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Elizabeth Mandlik | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Wei Sijia | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Wei Sijia | 0 | 2 | | 6 | Elizabeth Mandlik | 5 | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | | 10 | Alexandra Eala | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| | Liang En-shuo | 7 | 1 | 5 | 10 | Alexandra Eala | 7 | 7$^7$ |
| 10 | Alexandra Eala | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | |