# 2007 China Open – Women's singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a left abdominal strain.
Sixth-seeded Ágnes Szávay won in the final 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 7–5, 6–2, against Jelena Janković, saving a match point in the second set.
Former World No. 1 Martina Hingis played her final professional singles match in the second round, where she lost to home favorite Peng Shuai.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (withdrew due to a left abdominal strain)
* Jelena Janković (final)
* Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)
* Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
* Martina Hingis (second round)
* Ágnes Szávay (champion)
* Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
* Eleni Daniilidou (second 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 | Final |
| 6 | Ágnes Szávay | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Peng Shuai | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Peng Shuai | 1 | 2 | 6 | Ágnes Szávay | 6$^7$ | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Jelena Janković | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| PR | Lindsay Davenport | 3 | 5 | 2 | Jelena Janković | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Jelena Janković | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | LL | ME Salerni | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Yan | 5 | 3 | | Q | A Spears | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Spears | 7 | 6 | | | | | | LL | ME Salerni | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | D Cibulková | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | 6 | Á Szávay | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Wozniacki | 0 | 7 | 1 | | D Cibulková | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Erakovic | 5 | 3 | | 6 | Á Szávay | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Á Szávay | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Á Szávay | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Peng | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | 3 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Müller | 2 | 6 | 4 | | IR Olaru | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | IR Olaru | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | 3 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | Y Xu | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | S Peng | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | S Peng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Sun | 2 | 3 | | 5 | M Hingis | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | E Daniilidou | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova | 2 | 1 | 8 | E Daniilidou | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Ditty | 0 | 2 | PR | L Davenport | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| PR | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | PR | L Davenport | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Paszek | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | | |
| | J Craybas | 3 | 3 | | T Paszek | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | PR | L Davenport | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | A Medina Garrigues | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Janković | 6 | 7 |
| | A Morigami | 6 | 6 | | A Morigami | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Domínguez Lino | 1 | 6$^4$ | | A Nakamura | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Nakamura | 6 | 7 | | | | | | A Morigami | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | J Janković | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | O Poutchkova | 1 | 1 | | V Ruano Pascual | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* María Emilia Salerni (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
* Catalina Castaño (qualifying competition)
* Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition)
* Yuan Meng (qualifying competition, retired)
* Julie Ditty (qualified)
* Iroda Tulyaganova (second round)
* Ayumi Morita (first round)
* Zhang Shuai (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Julie Ditty
* Marina Erakovic
* Abigail Spears
* Xu Yifan

### Lucky loser

* María Emilia Salerni

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | María Emilia Salerni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Liang Chen | 2 | 1 | 1 | María Emilia Salerni | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ágnes Szatmári | 6 | 6 | | Ágnes Szatmári | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Dong Nan | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | María Emilia Salerni | 5 | 0 |
| WC | Li Ting | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | Julie Ditty | 7 | 6 |
| | Lu Jingjing | 6 | 6 | | Lu Jingjing | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| WC | He Chunyan | 0 | 0 | 5 | Julie Ditty | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 5 | Julie Ditty | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Catalina Castaño | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Anda Perianu | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 | 2 | Catalina Castaño | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Wang Qiang | 2 | 3 | | | Sophie Lefèvre | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | Sophie Lefèvre | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Catalina Castaño | 4 | 0 |
| Marina Erakovic | Marina Erakovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Marina Erakovic | 6 | 6 |
| Ren Jing | Ren Jing | 2 | 2 | | | Marina Erakovic | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Alina Jidkova | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Iroda Tulyaganova | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 6 | Iroda Tulyaganova | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Hsieh Su-wei | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Liu Wanting | 5 | 3 | | 3 | Hsieh Su-wei | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | |
| Chen Yanchong | Chen Yanchong | 6 | 6 | | | Chen Yanchong | 6 | 6$^7$ | 1 | | | | |
| Song Shanshan | Song Shanshan | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Hsieh Su-wei | 5 | 1 |
| Maria Kondratieva | Maria Kondratieva | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | Abigail Spears | 7 | 6 |
| Abigail Spears | Abigail Spears | 6 | 6 | | Abigail Spears | Abigail Spears | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | Raquel Kops-Jones | 6 | 3 | 6 | Raquel Kops-Jones | Raquel Kops-Jones | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| 8 | Zhang Shuai | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Yuan Meng | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Huang Lei | 6 | 5 | 6$^1$ | 4 | Yuan Meng | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Lu Jiaxiang | 0 | 6 | 3 | WC | Zhou Yimiao | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Zhou Yimiao | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Yuan Meng | 4 | 3$^r$ |
| Xu Yifan | Xu Yifan | 6 | 5 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | Xu Yifan | 6 | 5 |
| Han Xinyun | Han Xinyun | 3 | 7 | 6$^5$ | | Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Lu Jiajing | 6 | 6 | | WC | Lu Jiajing | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | Ayumi Morita | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |