# 2019 Kunming Open – Women's singles

Irina Khromacheva was the defending champion, but retired in the first round against Yang Zhaoxuan.
Zheng Saisai won the title, defeating Zhang Shuai in the final, 6–4, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Zhang Shuai (final)
* Zheng Saisai (champion)
* Samantha Stosur (first round)
* Zhu Lin (second round)
* Peng Shuai (first round)
* Irina Khromacheva (first round, retired)
* Danielle Lao (second round, retired)
* Sabina Sharipova (first round, retired)

## 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1/WC | Zhang Shuai | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Liang En-shuo | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Liang En-shuo | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1/WC | Zhang Shuai | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | 2/WC | Zheng Saisai | 6 | 6 |
| Q | Kaylah McPhee | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2/WC | Zheng Saisai | 6 | 6 |
| 2/WC | Zheng Saisai | 3 | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1/WC | S Zhang | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kostova | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1/WC | S Zhang | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Xun | 6 | 2 | 6 | | F Xun | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Roșca | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 1/WC | S Zhang | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Xu | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | S Ma | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | S Ma | 7 | 6 | | WC | S Ma | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Duan | 1 | 2 | | 7 | D Lao | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Lao | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1/WC | S Zhang | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | S Stosur | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | E-s Liang | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| | A Raina | 7 | 2 | 7 | | A Raina | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Zhang | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | K Zhang | 1 | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Kuwata | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | K Zhang | 6$^1$ | 1$^r$ | | | | | |
| | E-s Liang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E-s Liang | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | |
| PR | X Gao | 2 | 3 | | | E-s Liang | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Yang | 6 | 3 | | WC | Z Yang | 2 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | I Khromacheva | 3 | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | S Sharipova | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K McPhee | 6 | 3 | | Q | K McPhee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzer | 1 | 6 | 6 | | A Kratzer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | X Han | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Q | K McPhee | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Hesse | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | Q | C Muramatsu | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | C Muramatsu | 2 | 6 | 6 | Q | C Muramatsu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Zhang | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | L Zhu | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Zhu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Q | K McPhee | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 5/WC | S Peng | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 2/WC | S Zheng | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | A Cadanțu | 6 | 1 | 6 | | A Cadanțu | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Imanishi | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Imanishi | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Doroshina | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Cadanțu | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Čepelová | 6 | 7$^{12}$ | | | | | | | 2/WC | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| LL | M Inoue | 4 | 6$^{10}$ | | | J Čepelová | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Plipuech | 6$^7$ | 1 | | 2/WC | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2/WC | S Zheng | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Hiroko Kuwata (moved to main draw)
* Marina Melnikova (first round)
* Miharu Imanishi (qualified)
* Peangtarn Plipuech (qualified)
* Kaylah McPhee (qualified)
* Miyabi Inoue (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* You Xiaodi (qualifying competition)
* Alison Bai (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Kaylah McPhee
* Chihiro Muramatsu
* Miharu Imanishi
* Peangtarn Plipuech

### Lucky loser

* Miyabi Inoue

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Nika Kukharchuk | 6$^0$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Maddison Inglis | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Maddison Inglis | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Maddison Inglis | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | 5 | Kaylah McPhee | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | Yuan Yue | 4 | 3 | 5 | Kaylah McPhee | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Kaylah McPhee | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Marina Melnikova | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Chihiro Muramatsu | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Chihiro Muramatsu | 6 | 7 | | | Chihiro Muramatsu | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ |
| | | | | | 6 | Miyabi Inoue | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ |
| WC | Guo Hanyu | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Miyabi Inoue | 6$^3$ | 6$^6$ |
| 6 | Miyabi Inoue | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Miharu Imanishi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Mai Hontama | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Mai Hontama | 0 | 2 | | 3 | Miharu Imanishi | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Alison Bai | 3 | 3 |
| | Olivia Tjandramulia | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | Alison Bai | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Alison Bai | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Peangtarn Plipuech | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Peangtarn Plipuech | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | You Xiaodi | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Chen Mengyi | 1 | 2 | | 7 | You Xiaodi | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | You Xiaodi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |