The best stars of the WTA Tour are preparing for the China 2025 Open, which will take place from September 24 to 28. As the first WTA 1000 event of the Asian Hardcourt Swing, the tournament presents a high -level field led by the world No. 2 IGA Swiatek, which enters a hit in title hard at the Korea Open.
The second seeded Coco Gauff arrives in Beijing as a reigning champion after beating Karolina Muchova in last year’s final. The American, however, comes out of a disappointing fourth round outing at Naomi Osaka at the US Open and will be impatient to bounce back.
The rest of the first five seeds includes Amanda Anisimova, Mirra Andreeva and Jessica Pegula. In particular, the world n ° 1 Aryna Sabalenka will miss the event due to a minor injury. At the same time, the home favorite Zheng Qinwen returns after being sidelined the United States Open with an injury.
With the tournament a few days old, players make their last preparations to make sure they reach the peak shape. In this spirit, here is everything you need to know about the China 2025 Open:
What is China open?
The China Open is one of the most important tennis tournaments in Asia, held every year on hard -air hardness in Beijing at the National Tennis Center. For the first time in 2004, as part of ATP and WTA tours, he quickly became one of the first sport events in the region.
On the WTA side, he saw a lot of variety with regard to champions. No one managed to dominate the event for a long time, with the record of two titles each for Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwańska. Other big names such as Naomi Osaka, Maria Sharapova, Iga Swiatek and Victoria Azarenka also raised the trophy.
Place
The China 2025 Open will be held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, where the tournament has been based since 2009.
Draw and players
All seed players received a Bye in the first round. In the first trimester, the seeded IGA Swiatek draws the titles from the section alongside the fifth head of Jessica Pegula. Other notable names in this part of the draw include the 12th seeded Naomi Osaka, the 16th seeded Emma Navarro, the 19th head of Liudmila Samsonova, the 23rd head of Marta Kostyuk, the 28th head of Anna Kalinskaya and the 30th head of Emma Raducanu.
The second quarter is titled by the fourth seeded Mirra Andreeva. This section also includes the seventh seeded Zheng Qinwen, 10th seeded Clara Tauson, 14th seeded Daria Kasatkina, 17th seeded Diana Shnaider, 21st seeded Victoria Mboko, 26th head of Linda Noskova and 29th Seed Dayanana Yastremska.
In the third quarter, the third seeded Amanda Anisimova and the sixth seeded Jasmine Paolini are the best names. Other big names like the 11th seeded Elina Svitolina, the 13th seeded Karolina Muchova, the 18th head of Paula Badosa, the 24th seeded Veronika Kudermetova, the 27th Seed Sofia Kenin and the 31st Grain Wang Xinyu are also in this part of the draw.
The second seeded Coco Gauff and the eighth seeded Elena Rybakina lead the last quarter. The former finalist of the Grand Chelem Leylah Fernandez, the ninth seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 15th seeded Belinda Bencic, the 20th seeded Elise Mertens, the 22nd head of Jelena Ostapenko and the 32nd head of the Iva Jovic are some of the names to be monitored.
Calendar
The draw of the China 2025 Open will start on Wednesday September 24, all the first round games played that day. The second round follows on Thursday, September 25 and will also be finished during the day.
An action in the quarter-final is scheduled for Friday, September 26, leading to the semi-finals on Saturday. The tournament will end on Sunday, September 28, with the female final in single.
Money price and classification points
The total silver price for the 2025 China Open is located at $ 8,963,700. The single women’s champion will bring $ 1,124,380 with 1,000 ranking points.
Here is the full price in money and the breakdown of the classification points:
Where to watch China open in 2025?
Fans can follow all the action on these channels and websites:
USA – Tennis channel
UNITED KINGDOM – Sky Sports
Canada – DAZN
India – Tennis channel
Australia – BeIN SPORTS
France – BeIN SPORTS
Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland – Sky Germany
Spain – Tennis channel
Czech Republic – Canal +
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia – ESPN Latam
China – Migu
United Arab Emirates – Dazn.
Edited by Pritha Ghosh
