2014 Tianjin Open

{{Reference list}}{{TennisEventInfo|2014|Tianjin Open| | date = 6–12 October | edition = 1st | category=[[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw = 32S / 16D | surface = [[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location = [[Tianjin]], China | prize_money = $250,000 | champs = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alison Riske]] | champd = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] }}

The '''2014 Tianjin Open''' was a women's professional [[tennis]] tournament played on [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, and was part of the [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] category of the [[2014 WTA Tour]]. It took place in [[Tianjin]], China between 6 October and 12 October 2014. Sixth-seeded [[Alison Riske]] won the singles title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sports Illustrated Staff |first= |date=12 October 2014 |title=Riske beats Bencic for 1st WTA title at Tianjin |url=https://www.si.com/tennis/2014/10/12/ap-ten-tianjin-open |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tianjin Open: Alison Riske beats Belinda Bencic to win maiden WTA title in China |url=https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/9514093/tianjin-open-alison-riske-beats-belinda-bencic-to-win-maiden-wta-title |website=Sky Sports |date=12 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alison Riske wins 1st WTA title |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/11687709/alison-riske-wins-1st-wta-title-tianjin-open |website=ESPN |date=12 October 2014}}</ref>

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2014 Tianjin Open – Singles}} *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alison Riske]] defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Belinda Bencic]], 6–3, 6–4

=== Doubles === {{main|2014 Tianjin Open – Doubles}} *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alla Kudryavtseva]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] defeated {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorana Cîrstea]] / {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Andreja Klepač]], 6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]

==Points and prize money==

===Point distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |14 |10 |1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles |1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

===Prize money=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q3 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Singles''' |$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,300 |$5,900 |$3,310 |$1,925 |$1,005 |$730 |$530 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Doubles *''' |$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team

== Singles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Jelena Janković]] |11 |1 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Peng Shuai]] |24 |2 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Belinda Bencic]] |34 |3 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Varvara Lepchenko]] |35 |4 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zhang Shuai]] |48 |5 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Alison Riske]] |60 |6 |- |{{flag|PUR}} |[[Monica Puig]] |64 |7 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Ajla Tomljanović]] |69 |8 |} * 1 Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

=== Other entrants ===

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Fangzhou]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] * {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Wu Ho-ching]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lyudmyla Kichenok]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nadiia Kichenok]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elizaveta Kulichkova]] * {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Shahar Pe'er]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]] (left knee injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Romina Oprandi]] * {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Johanna Konta]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Duan Yingying]] * {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yaroslava Shvedova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|POL}} [[Magda Linette]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lesia Tsurenko]] → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Anastasia Rodionova]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yanina Wickmayer]] (allergic infection) → replaced by {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Zhang Ling (tennis)|Zhang Ling]] * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Aleksandra Wozniak]] → replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsieh Su-wei]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]] ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Romina Oprandi]] (viral illness)

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Shuai]] (exhaustion)

== Doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Martina Hingis]] |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Flavia Pennetta]] |28 |1 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Alla Kudryavtseva]] |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Anastasia Rodionova]] |38 |2 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Alison Riske]] |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Ajla Tomljanović]] |160 |3 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Chan Chin-wei]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Xu Yifan]] |169 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

===Withdrawals=== ;During the tournament * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Romina Oprandi]] (viral illness)

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.tianjinopen.com/}}

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