2022 Chennai Open

The 2022 Chennai Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.[1][2][3] A part of the 2022 WTA Tour, this tournament marked the return of a WTA tournament in India for the first time since 2008.

2022 Chennai Open
Date12–18 September
Edition7th
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$251,750
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationChennai, India
VenueSDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová
Doubles
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski / Brazil Luisa Stefani

The event was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.[4][5]

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2022 Chennai Open – Singles

This was Fruhvirtová's first WTA Tour singles title.

Doubles
Main article: 2022 Chennai Open – Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Women's doubles 1 — — — —

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $31,000 $18,037 $10,100 $5,800 $3,675 $2,675 $1,950 $1,270
Women's doubles* $10,800 $6,300 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750 — — —

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank† Seed
 USA Alison Riske-Amritraj 29 1
Varvara Gracheva 72 2
 POL Magda Linette 73 3
 GER Tatjana Maria 85 4
 SWE Rebecca Peterson 92 5
 CHN Wang Qiang 102 6
 CAN Rebecca Marino 106 7
 FRA Chloé Paquet 111 8

† Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  BRA Luisa Stefani 105 1
 USA Kaitlyn Christian Lidziya Marozava 126 2
 GEO Oksana Kalashnikova  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 153 3
 CHN Han Xinyun  POL Katarzyna Kawa 155 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

References
  1. Ragav, S. Dipak (14 May 2022). "Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. "Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis: Sania Mirza may play - full schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  3. "Hologic WTA Tour announces updates to 2022 calendar". Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. "WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara". tennis.com. 16 May 2022.
  5. "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". wtatennis.com. 3 December 2021.
  6. "Chennai Open 2022: Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard handed wildcard, Sania Mirza may play". olympics.com. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. "Chennai Open 2022: Ankita Raina Gets Wild Card Entry In Women's Singles Draw". India: Outlook. PTI. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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