2019 China Open (tennis)

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Dominic Thiem	5	1
GER	Alexander Zverev	6	2
GRE	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7	3
RUS	Karen Khachanov	9	4
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	10	5
ITA	Fabio Fognini	11	6
FRA	Gaël Monfils	12	7
ITA	Matteo Berrettini	13	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Li Zhe
• Frances Tiafoe
• Zhang Zhizhen

The following player received an entry using a protected ranking:

• Andy Murray

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Albert Ramos Viñolas

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jérémy Chardy
• Pablo Cuevas
• Dan Evans
• Cameron Norrie

• Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Sam Querrey
• Daniil Medvedev → replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin

• Cristian Garín

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	2	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	9	2
RSA	Raven Klaasen	NZL	Michael Venus	18	3
GER	Kevin Krawietz	GER	Andreas Mies	26	4

• Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Gao Xin / Hua Runhao
• Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kyle Edmund / Dan Evans

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of 23 September 2019. Rankings and points before are as of 30 September 2019.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Ashleigh Barty	6,446	0	650	7,096	Runner-up, lost to Naomi Osaka [4]
2	2	Karolína Plíšková	6,125	120	10	6,015	First round lost to Jeļena Ostapenko [WC]
3	3	Elina Svitolina	5,320	10	215	5,525	Quarterfinals lost to Kiki Bertens [8]
4	4	Naomi Osaka	5,011	390	1000	5,621	Champion, defeated Ashleigh Barty [1]
5	6	Bianca Andreescu	4,835	(9)†	215	5,041	Quarterfinals lost to Naomi Osaka [4]
6	5	Simona Halep	4,907	10	65	4,962	Second round lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova
7	7	Petra Kvitová	4,571	10	215	4,776	Quarterfinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
8	8	Kiki Bertens	4,225	120	390	4,495	Semifinals lost to Ashleigh Barty [1]
9	10	Belinda Bencic	3,738	10	120	3,848	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [7]
10	13	Angelique Kerber	2,830	120	65	2,775	Second round lost to Polona Hercog
11	15	Madison Keys	2,767	65	65	2,767	Second round lost to Jennifer Brady [Q]
12	14	Aryna Sabalenka	2,785	215	65	2,635	Second round lost to Daria Kasatkina
13	12	Sloane Stephens	2,873	120	65	2,818	Second round lost to Zheng Saisai
14	20	Wang Qiang	2,423	390	10	2,043	First round retired against Ajla Tomljanović
15	16	Sofia Kenin	2,600	(105)†	120	2,615	Third round lost to Elina Svitolina [3]
16	19	Caroline Wozniacki	2,493	1,000	390	1,883	Semifinals lost to Naomi Osaka [4]

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

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

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
9	Serena Williams	3,935	0	3,935	Schedule change
11	Johanna Konta	3,073	10	3,063	Knee injury

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Jeļena Ostapenko
• Peng Shuai
• Wang Xinyu
• Wang Xiyu

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Blinkova
• Jennifer Brady
• Lauren Davis
• Magda Linette
• Christina McHale
• Bernarda Pera
• Rebecca Peterson
• Andrea Petkovic

Before the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Jil Teichmann
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
• Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Venus Williams
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Jessica Pegula
• Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Serena Williams → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic

• Wang Qiang (cramping)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	6	1
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	7	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	8	3
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	16	4
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	NED	Demi Schuurs	26	5
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Latisha Chan	28	6
AUS	Samantha Stosur	CHN	Zhang Shuai	30	7
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	36	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 23, 2019

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Makoto Ninomiya / Yang Zhaoxuan
• Peng Shuai / Wang Yafan

• Dominic Thiem def. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

• Naomi Osaka def. Ashleigh Barty, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

• Ivan Dodig / Filip Polášek def. Łukasz Kubot / Marcelo Melo, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

• Sofia Kenin / Bethanie Mattek-Sands def. Jeļena Ostapenko / Dayana Yastremska, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]