Zhengzhou Open Explained

Zhengzhou Open
Current:2023 Zhengzhou Open
Event Name:Zhengzhou
Location:Zhengzhou, China
Venue:Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center
Category:ITF (2014-2016)
WTA 125K (2017-2018)
WTA Premier (2019)
WTA 500 (2023-present)
Surface:Hard
Draw:28S/32Q/16D
Prize Money:$780,637
Website:WTA Zhengzhou Open
Singles: Zheng Qinwen
Doubles: Gabriela Dabrowski
Erin Routliffe

The Zhengzhou Open is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event has been held in Zhengzhou, China, since 2014 as an ITF and then as a WTA 125 tournament in 2017 and 2018.Subsequently it was upgraded and from 2019 onward was classified as a WTA Premier level tournament, replacing the Connecticut Open in the United States. After a three-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2023 as a WTA 500 event.

Past finals

YearChampionRunner-upScore
↓   ITF event   ↓
2014 7–5, 6–4
2015 6–4, 6–4
6–4, 6–4
↓   WTA 125K event   ↓
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–1 ret.
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
↓   WTA Premier event   ↓
6–3, 6–2
2020Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
↓   ITF event   ↓
2014 6–3, 6–3
2015 6–0, 6–3
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
↓   WTA 125K event   ↓
7–5, 6–1
7–6(7–5), 6–3
↓   WTA Premier event   ↓
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
2020Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
↓  WTA 500 tournament  ↓
6–2, 6–4

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