2026 China Open – Women's singles

All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top half

Section 1

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

1

E Rybakina

Section 2

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Section 3

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Section 4

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Bottom half

Section 5

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Section 6

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Section 7

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Section 8

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

2

A Sabalenka

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 21 September 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 28 September 2026.

Because the tournament takes place one week later this year, the points defending column also includes results from the 2025 Wuhan Open, which took place during the week of 6 October 2025. Beijing points are shown first in the column.

More information Seed, Rank ...

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points earned	Points after	Status
1	1	Elena Rybakina	9,901	(215)§	10	9,696	Second round vs.
2	2	Aryna Sabalenka	7,875	0+390	10+0	7,495	Second round vs.
3	4	Coco Gauff	7,244	390+1,000	10+0	5,864	Second round vs.
4	5	Mirra Andreeva	5,841	120	10	5,731	Second round vs.
5	6	Linda Nosková	5,328	650+120	10+1	4,569	Second round vs.
6	7	Elina Svitolina	4,809	0	10	4,819	Second round vs.
7	8	Karolína Muchová	4,683	120+65	10+60	4,568	Second round vs.
8	9	Iga Świątek	4,119	120+215	10+0	3,794	Second round vs.
9	12	Belinda Bencic	2,935	120+120	10+0	2,705	Second round vs.
10	13	Iva Jovic	2,841	10+140	10+49	2,750	Second round vs.
11	14	Diana Shnaider	2,588	10	10	2,588	Second round vs.
12	17	Naomi Osaka	2,306	10+65	10+0	2,241	Second round vs.
13	19	Elise Mertens	2,165	10+65	10+60	2,160	Second round vs.
14	20	Jasmine Paolini	2,123	215+390	10+1	1,529	Second round vs.
15	22	Anna Kalinskaya	2,043	10	10	2,043	Second round vs.
16	24	Emma Navarro	2,024	215	10	1,819	Second round vs.
17	25	Anastasia Potapova	1,926	120	10	1,816	Second round vs.
18	21	Maja Chwalińska	2,082	(49)∆	10	2,043	Second round vs.
19	27	Marie Bouzková	1,873	120+65	10+10Ω	1,708	Second round vs.
20	28	Ekaterina Alexandrova	1,811	10+120	10+10Ω	1,701	Second round vs.
21	29	Sára Bejlek	1,710	(125)∆	10	1,595	Second round vs.
22	30	Ann Li	1,573	10+65	10+30	1,538	Second round vs.
23	31	Diane Parry	1,551	20	10	1,541	Second round vs.
24	26	Leylah Fernandez	1,894	65	10	1,839	Second round vs.
25	32	Jeļena Ostapenko	1,481	10+10	10+1	1,472	Second round vs.
26	33	Maria Sakkari	1,462	35	10	1,437	Second round vs.
27	34	Nikola Bartůňková	1,352	(81)∆	10	1,281	Second round vs.
28	35	Cristina Bucșa	1,349	65	10	1,294	Second round vs.
29	36	Peyton Stearns	1,316	10	10	1,316	Second round vs.
30	39	Liudmila Samsonova	1,284	120	10	1,174	Second round vs.
31	40	Donna Vekić	1,278	10+10	10+2	1,270	Second round vs.
32	38	Wang Xinyu	1,288	10	10	1,288	Second round vs.

Close

§ The player is defending points from Wuhan only, as her 2025 Beijing result was not required to be counted in her ranking points as of 28 September 2026.
∆ The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2025. She is defending points from a WTA 125 tournament (Rende or Samsun) instead.
Ω The player's 2025 Wuhan result is being replaced by her next best non-combined WTA 1000 tournament result.

Withdrawn seeded players

The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
3	Jessica Pegula	7,265	650+390	6,225	Back Injury
10	Marta Kostyuk	4,040	120+10	3,910	Wrist injury
11	Amanda Anisimova	3,363	1000+0	2,363	Wrist injury
15	Victoria Mboko	2,521	10+10	2,502§	Left knee injury
16	Sorana Cîrstea	2,464	35+65	2,424§	Calf injury
18	Alexandra Eala	2,276	(35)∆	2,241	Conflict with the Asian Games[2]
23	Madison Keys	2,029	0+0	2,110§	Abdominal injury

Close

§ The player's 2025 Wuhan result was replaced by her next best result (1 point for Mboko, 60 points for Cîrstea, 81 points for Keys).
∆ The player is defending points from her sixth best combined WTA 1000 tournament result.