# 2014 Wuhan Open

The 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September 2014.

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $441,000 | $220,200 | $110,100 | $50,700 | $25,135 | $12,900 | $6,630 | $3,700 | $1,900 |
| Doubles * | $126,000 | $63,750 | $31,665 | $15,880 | $8,020 | 3,980 | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| USA | Serena Williams | 1 | 1 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 2 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 3 | 3 |
| RUS | Maria Sharapova | 4 | 4 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 5 |
| CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 7 | 6 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 8 | 7 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 9 | 8 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 10 | 9 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 11 | 10 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 12 | 11 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 12 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 14 | 13 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 14 |
| ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 16 | 15 |
| GER | Andrea Petkovic | 17 | 16 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Victoria Azarenka
* Kirsten Flipkens
* María Teresa Torró Flor
* Xu Shilin
* Zhang Kailin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Timea Bacsinszky
* Zarina Diyas
* Marina Erakovic
* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Karin Knapp
* Francesca Schiavone
* Donna Vekić
* Stefanie Vögele
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
* Annika Beck

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury) → replaced by Annika Beck
* Li Na (retirement from professional tennis) → replaced by Christina McHale
* Sloane Stephens → replaced by Heather Watson

#### During the tournament

* Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis)

### Retirements

* Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury)
* Ana Ivanovic (left thigh injury)
* Jelena Janković (back injury)
* Serena Williams (viral illness)
* Xu Shilin (heat illness)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| ITA | Sara Errani | ITA | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Květa Peschke | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 19 | 2 |
| USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 22 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CHN | Peng Shuai | 25 | 4 |
| RUS | Alla Kudryavtseva | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 30 | 5 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | ITA | Flavia Pennetta | 37 | 6 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 37 | 7 |
| ZIM | Cara Black | FRA | Caroline Garcia | 51 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Dominika Cibulková / Kirsten Flipkens
* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Andrea Petkovic
* Wang Yafan / Zhu Lin
The following pair received entry as alternates:
* Tian Ran / Yang Zhaoxuan

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury)
* Lucie Šafářová (viral illness)

#### During the tournament

* Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis)

### Retirements

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands (viral illness)

## Champions
### Singles

* Petra Kvitová defeated Eugenie Bouchard, 6–3, 6–4

### Doubles

* Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta defeated Cara Black/ Caroline Garcia, 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]