DATE: Sep 29 - Oct 7, 2018
SURFACE: Hard
TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $8,285,274
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Caroline Garcia
Seeds:
1. HALEP, Simona
2. WOZNIACKI, Caroline
3. KERBER, Angelique
4. GARCIA, Caroline
5. KVITOVA, Petra
6. SVITOLINA, Elina
7. PLISKOVA, Karolina
8. OSAKA, Naomi
9. STEPHENS, Sloane
10. GOERGES, Julia
11. BERTENS, Kiki
12. OSTAPENKO, Jelena
13. KASATKINA, Daria
14. MUGURUZA, Garbiñe
15. MERTENS, Elise
16. BARTY, Ashleigh (withdrawn)
The Tournament:
A combined ATP-WTA event, the China Open is the biggest tournament on the Asian leg of the WTA calendar and the fourth and last Premier Mandatory stop of the season.
The tournament, which launched as a Tier II event in 2004 and was upgraded to Premier status in 2009, is staged in Beijing Olympic Park at the China National Tennis Center. The facility - constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics - expanded to 11 courts featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof in 2011. It utilizes space-age air-cooling technology. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to implement Hawk-Eye electronic line calling.
About Beijing
Beijing, China’s massive capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for its modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics.
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Hard
TOTAL FINANCIAL COMMITMENT: $8,285,274
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Caroline Garcia
Seeds:
1. HALEP, Simona
2. WOZNIACKI, Caroline
3. KERBER, Angelique
4. GARCIA, Caroline
5. KVITOVA, Petra
6. SVITOLINA, Elina
7. PLISKOVA, Karolina
8. OSAKA, Naomi
9. STEPHENS, Sloane
10. GOERGES, Julia
11. BERTENS, Kiki
12. OSTAPENKO, Jelena
13. KASATKINA, Daria
14. MUGURUZA, Garbiñe
15. MERTENS, Elise
16. BARTY, Ashleigh (withdrawn)
The Tournament:
A combined ATP-WTA event, the China Open is the biggest tournament on the Asian leg of the WTA calendar and the fourth and last Premier Mandatory stop of the season.
The tournament, which launched as a Tier II event in 2004 and was upgraded to Premier status in 2009, is staged in Beijing Olympic Park at the China National Tennis Center. The facility - constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics - expanded to 11 courts featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof in 2011. It utilizes space-age air-cooling technology. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to implement Hawk-Eye electronic line calling.
About Beijing
Beijing, China’s massive capital, has history stretching back 3 millennia. Yet it’s known as much for its modern architecture as its ancient sites such as the grand Forbidden City complex, the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nearby, the massive Tiananmen Square pedestrian plaza is the site of Mao Zedong’s mausoleum and the National Museum of China, displaying a vast collection of cultural relics.
Tourism Guide:
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