2022 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Explained

Date:	6 – 13 February
Edition:	13th
Prize Money:	$703,580
Surface:	Hard (Indoor)
Location:	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venue:	Sibur Arena
Champs:	Anett Kontaveit

The 2022 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the event and a WTA 500 tournament on the 2022 WTA Tour. It was held between 6 and 13 February 2022.^[1]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2022 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles.

• Anett Kontaveit def. Maria Sakkari, 5–7, 7–6^(7–4), 7–5

Doubles

See main article: 2022 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles.

• Anna Kalinskaya / Caty McNally def. Alicja Rosolska / Erin Routliffe, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–4]

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$68,570	$51,000	$32,400	$15,500	$8,200	$6,650	$5,000	$2,565
Doubles*	$25,230	$17,750	$10,000	$5,500	$3,500

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

• per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Maria Sakkari	8	1
Estonia	Anett Kontaveit	9	2
Kazakhstan	Elena Rybakina	12	3
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	14	4
	Belinda Bencic	19	5
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	24	6
	Jeļena Ostapenko	25	7
Belgium	Elise Mertens	26	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 31, 2022.^{[2] [3]}

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Petra Kvitová
• Kamilla Rakhimova
• Wang Xinyu
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • • • Varvara Gracheva Kaja Juvan Jule Niemeier Rebecca Peterson

The following player received entry as a lucky loser :

• Bernarda Pera

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Paula Badosa → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
• Ons Jabeur → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich
• Anhelina Kalinina → replaced by Zhang Shuai
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Jaqueline Cristian
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Bernarda Pera
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Alizé Cornet
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Anastasia Potapova
• Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Andrea Petkovic

During the tournament

• Elena Rybakina

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Veronika Kudermetova	Belgium	Elise Mertens	13	1
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok		Jeļena Ostapenko	57	2
China	Xu Yifan	China	Yang Zhaoxuan	74	3
Japan	Eri Hozumi	Japan	Makoto Ninomiya	86	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 31, 2022.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Kamilla Rakhimova / Ekaterina Shalimova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Nadiia Kichenok / Raluca Olaru → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea / Raluca Olaru
• Veronika Kudermetova / Elise Mertens → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova / Yana Sizikova
• Magda Linette / Bernarda Pera → replaced by Irina Bara / Ekaterine Gorgodze

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Overview. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: Six out of Top-10 tennis players to hit courts at 2022 WTA St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. tass.com.
3. Web site: На турнире St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2022 сыграют шесть из десяти лучших теннисисток мира. fontanka.ru.