2022 Tallinn Open Explained

The 2022 Tallinn Open event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Forus Tennis Centre[1] and held between 26 September and 2 October 2022. It was the first tournament in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)'s history to be held in Tallinn, Estonia and was organized as a WTA 250 event on the 2022 WTA Tour.[2] [3] [4]

The event was held for the first time, however, it was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.[5] [6]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2022 Tallinn Open – Singles.

This is Krejčíková's first title of the year and fourth of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2022 Tallinn Open – Doubles.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles2801801106030118121
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Women's singles$31,000$18,037$10,100$5,800$3,675$2,675$1,950$1,270
Women's doubles*$10,800 $6,300 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank Seed
EstoniaAnett Kontaveit31
Belinda Bencic142
BrazilBeatriz Haddad Maia163
United StatesMadison Keys174
Jeļena Ostapenko[7] 195
KazakhstanElena Rybakina226
Czech RepublicBarbora Krejčíková257
ChinaZhang Shuai288
Jil Teichmann319

Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
United StatesNicole Melichar-MartinezLaura Siegemund511
NorwayUlrikke Eikeri SlovakiaTereza Mihalíková1002
UkraineLyudmyla Kichenok UkraineNadiia Kichenok1143
JapanMiyu Kato ChinaWang Xinyu1434

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wtatallinnopen.ee/en/press-release-20-08/ Press release
  2. Web site: WTA, i tornei in autunno: novità Tallinn e Monastir, un '1000' a Guadalajara. Torna l'Asia (ma non la Cina). oktennis.it.
  3. Web site: Tallinn Open Overview. wtatennis.com.
  4. Web site: Čad . Gorazd . 7 July 2022 . Tallinn to host a WTA tennis tournament for the first time . 24 September 2022 . Kongres Magazine.
  5. Web site: WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara. tennis.com. 16 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China . wtatennis.com. 3 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Latvian number 1 Ostapenko to play at Tallinn WTA 250 in September. news.err.ee. 8 August 2022 .