2014 Tianjin Open Explained

The 2014 Tianjin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 6 and 12 October 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Serbia	Jelena Janković	11	1
China	Peng Shuai	24	2
	Belinda Bencic	34	3
	Varvara Lepchenko	35	4
China	Zhang Shuai	48	5
	Alison Riske	60	6
	Monica Puig	64	7
	Ajla Tomljanović	69	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Liu Fangzhou
• Francesca Schiavone
• Wu Ho-ching

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

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

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Daniela Hantuchová (left knee injury) → replaced by Romina Oprandi
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Duan Yingying
• Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Magda Linette
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
• Yanina Wickmayer (allergic infection) → replaced by Zhang Ling
• Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
• Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Zheng Saisai

During the tournament

• Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

Retirements

• Peng Shuai (exhaustion)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Martina Hingis	Italy	Flavia Pennetta	28	1
Russian Federation	Alla Kudryavtseva	Australia	Anastasia Rodionova	38	2
	Alison Riske		Ajla Tomljanović	160	3
	Chan Chin-wei	China	Xu Yifan	169	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2014 Tianjin Open – Singles.

• Alison Riske def. Belinda Bencic, 6–3, 6–4^[1]

Doubles

See main article: 2014 Tianjin Open – Doubles.

• Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova def. Sorana Cîrstea / Andreja Klepač, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Illustrated Staff . 2014-10-12 . Riske beats Bencic for 1st WTA title at Tianjin . 2024-02-07 . Sports Illustrated . en-us.