Zhengzhou Open
Tennis tournament
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The Zhengzhou Open was a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event was 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 for one year as a WTA 500 event.
EventnameZhengzhou
Founded2014
LocationZhengzhou, China
VenueZhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center
| Zhengzhou Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Event name | Zhengzhou |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Location | Zhengzhou, China |
| Venue | Zhongyuan Tennis Training Base Management Center |
| Category | ITF (2014-2016) WTA 125K (2017-2018) WTA Premier (2019) WTA 500 (2023) |
| Surface | Hard |
| Draw | 28S/32Q/16D |
| Prize money | $780,637 |
| Website | WTA Zhengzhou Open |
| Current champions (2023) | |
| Singles |  Zheng Qinwen |
| Doubles |  Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |
In 2024, WTA announced that this WTA 500 event has moved to Ningbo.[1]
Past finals
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ ITF event ↓ | |||
| 2014 | Zhang Kailin | Xu Yifan | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2015 | Wang Yafan | Duan Yingying | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2016 |  Anastasia Pivovarova | Lu Jingjing | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ WTA 125K event ↓ | |||
| 2017 | Wang Qiang | Peng Shuai | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–1 ret. |
| 2018 | Zheng Saisai | Wang Yafan | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 |
| ↓ WTA Premier event ↓ | |||
| 2019 |  Karolína Plíšková |  Petra Martić | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2020 | Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | |||
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||
| 2023 | Zheng Qinwen | Barbora Krejčíková | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ ITF event ↓ | |||
| 2014 |  Chan Chin-wei Liang Chen | Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2015 |  Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong | Liu Chang  Zhang Ling | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 2016 | Xun Fangying You Xiaodi |  Akgul Amanmuradova  Michaela Hončová | 1–6, 6–2, [10–7] |
| ↓ WTA 125K event ↓ | |||
| 2017 | Han Xinyun Zhu Lin |  Jacqueline Cako Julia Glushko | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 2018 | Duan Yingying Wang Yafan |  Naomi Broady Yanina Wickmayer | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| ↓ WTA Premier event ↓ | |||
| 2019 | Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke | Yanina Wickmayer Tamara Zidanšek | 6–1, 7–6(7–2) |
| 2020 | Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2021 | cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2022 | |||
| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓ | |||
| 2023 | Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe |  Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara | 6–2, 6–4 |