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2014 Wuhan Open

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Date
  
21 – 27 September

Category
  
WTA Premier 5

Prize money
  
$2,440,070

Edition
  
1st

Draw
  
56S / 32D

Surface
  
Hard / outdoor

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.

Contents

Prize money

* per team

Seeds

  • 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)
  • Seeds

  • 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)
  • 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]
  • References

    2014 Wuhan Open Wikipedia