# 2019 Wuhan Open

The 2019 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2019 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 22–28, 2019. It was the 6th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

## 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 | $520,615 | $260,310 | $130,030 | $59,960 | $29,695 | $15,240 | $7,835 | $4,360 | $2,245 |
| Doubles | $148,845 | $75,310 | $37,275 | $18,765 | $9,510 | $4,695 | — | — | — |

## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 1 | 1 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 2 | 2 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 3 | 3 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 6 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 5 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 8 | 6 |
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 10 | 7 |
| CHN | Wang Qiang | 12 | 8 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 13 | 9 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 14 | 10 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 15 | 11 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 16 | 12 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 17 | 13 |
| LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 18 | 14 |
| USA | Sofia Kenin | 20 | 15 |
| CRO | Donna Vekić | 21 | 16 |
* Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

### Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
* Peng Shuai
* Elena Rybakina
* Samantha Stosur
* Wang Xiyu
* Venus Williams
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
* Jennifer Brady
* Lauren Davis
* Kateryna Kozlova
* Veronika Kudermetova
* Svetlana Kuznetsova
* Christina McHale
* Bernarda Pera
* Zhu Lin
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Ons Jabeur
* Rebecca Peterson
* Tamara Zidanšek

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Bianca Andreescu → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
* Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Ons Jabeur
* Julia Görges → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
* Madison Keys → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
* Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Camila Giorgi
* Maria Sakkari → replaced by Marie Bouzková
* Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Jessica Pegula
* Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Wang Yafan
* Zheng Saisai → replaced by Polona Hercog

### Retirements

* Lauren Davis (lower back injury)
* Camila Giorgi (right wrist injury)
* Simona Halep (lower back injury)
* Yulia Putintseva (left ankle injury)

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 6 | 1 |
| BEL | Elise Mertens | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 8 | 2 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 16 | 3 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | NED | Demi Schuurs | 24 | 4 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 28 | 5 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Latisha Chan | 32 | 6 |
| USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 36 | 7 |
| CHN | Duan Yingying | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | 54 | 8 |
* Rankings are as of September 16, 2019

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Kiki Bertens / Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
* Caroline Garcia / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
* Tang Qianhui / Wang Xinyu

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Simona Halep (lower back injury)

## Champions
### Singles

* Aryna Sabalenka def. Alison Riske, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1

### Doubles

* Duan Yingying / Veronika Kudermetova def. Elise Mertens / Aryna Sabalenka, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2