# 2014 Tianjin Open – Singles

Alison Riske won the first edition of the tournament, defeating Belinda Bencic in the final, 6–3, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Jelena Janković (second round)
* Peng Shuai (semifinals, retired due to a lower back injury)
* Belinda Bencic (final)
* Varvara Lepchenko (quarterfinals)
* Zhang Shuai (second round)
* Alison Riske (champion)
* Monica Puig (first round)
* Ajla Tomljanović (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| | Zheng Saisai | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 6 | Alison Riske | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Alison Riske | 6 | 6 | 6 | Alison Riske | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Belinda Bencic | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Belinda Bencic | 3 | | 3 | Belinda Bencic | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Peng Shuai | 1$^r$ | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | J Janković | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtseva | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | J Janković | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Babos | 5 | 4 | | | S Zheng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Zheng | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | S Zheng | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Cîrstea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Cîrstea | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | M Linette | 4 | 2 | | | S Cîrstea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hlaváčková | 7 | 6 | | | A Hlaváčková | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Puig | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Zheng | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | V Lepchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Riske | 6 | 6 |
| Q | L Kichenok | 1 | 0 | | 4 | V Lepchenko | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Liu | 6 | 6 | | WC | F Liu | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Wang | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 4 | V Lepchenko | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | O Govortsova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Riske | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | F Schiavone | 5 | 4 | | | O Govortsova | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ç Büyükakçay | 2 | 5 | | 6 | A Riske | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Riske | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kovinić | 2 | 1 | | 5 | S Zhang | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | An Rodionova | 1 | 1 | | | S-w Hsieh | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S-w Hsieh | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | |
| WC | H-c Wu | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | B Bencic | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | R Oprandi | 6 | 6 | | | R Oprandi | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhu | 5 | 2 | | 3 | B Bencic | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | B Bencic | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Bencic | 3 |
| 8 | A Tomljanović | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Peng | 1$^r$ |
| Q | N Kichenok | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | A Tomljanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Duan | 6 | 6 | | | Y Duan | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Zhang | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | A Tomljanović | 6$^5$ | 6 | 5 | | | |
| | S Soler Espinosa | 6$^6$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | S Peng | 7$^7$ | 2 | 7 | | | |
| Q | E Kulichkova | 7$^8$ | 4 | 6 | Q | E Kulichkova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Pe'er | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Peng | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Shahar Pe'er (qualified)
* Lyudmyla Kichenok (qualified)
* Nadiia Kichenok (qualified)
* Elizaveta Kulichkova (qualified)
* Zhang Kailin (second round)
* Marina Melnikova (first round)
* Xu Yifan (qualifying competition)
* Han Xinyun (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Shahar Pe'er
* Lyudmyla Kichenok
* Nadiia Kichenok
* Elizaveta Kulichkova

### Draw
#### First 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 | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1/Alt | Shahar Pe'er | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Kang Jiaqi | 6 | 1 | 2 | | Xu Shilin | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Xu Shilin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1/Alt | Shahar Pe'er | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Andreja Klepač | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | Andreja Klepač | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | Chan Chin-wei | 4 | 3 | | WC | Andreja Klepač | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Naoko Eto | 1 | 0 | | 5 | Zhang Kailin | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Zhang Kailin | 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 | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 2/Alt | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Liang Chen | 7$^9$ | 1 | 6 | WC | Liang Chen | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Barbora Štefková | 6$^7$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | 2/Alt | Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Alt | Chuang Chia-jung | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | Anastasia Pivovarova | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| | Yang Zhaoxuan | 7 | 6 | | Yang Zhaoxuan | Yang Zhaoxuan | 6$^0$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | Anastasia Pivovarova | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | Anastasia Pivovarova | Anastasia Pivovarova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Marina Melnikova | 7$^9$ | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Third 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 |
| | | | | | 3/Alt | Nadiia Kichenok | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Zhang Yuxuan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Zhang Yuxuan | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Li Yixuan | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 3/Alt | Nadiia Kichenok | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Hsu Wen-hsin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | Han Xinyun | 3 | 6$^1$ |
| WC | Hsieh Shu-ying | 1 | 3 | | | Hsu Wen-hsin | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Vanda Lukács | 0 | 1 | | 8 | Han Xinyun | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Han Xinyun | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| 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 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Yu Yuanyi | 2 | 3 | | Tian Ran | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Tian Ran | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 6 |
| Alt | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | Xu Yifan | 4 | 1 |
| | Hu Yueyue | 2 | 0 | Alt | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | Fiona Ferro | 3 | 4 | 7 | Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 7 | Xu Yifan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |