2014 Wuhan Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2014|Wuhan Open| | date= 21–27 September | edition=1st | draw=56S / 32D | category=[[WTA Premier 5]] | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] / outdoor | prize_money=$2,440,070 | location=[[Wuhan]], China | venue=[[Optics Valley International Tennis Center|Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center]] | champs={{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] | champd={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] }}

The '''2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open''' was a professional women's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. It was the first edition of the [[Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open|tournament]] and part of the [[WTA Premier tournaments|WTA Premier 5]] series of the [[2014 WTA Tour]]. It took place at the [[Optics Valley International Tennis Center]] in [[Wuhan]], China between 21 September and 27 September 2014. Third-seeded [[Petra Kvitová]] won the singles title.

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2014 Wuhan Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petra Kvitová]] defeated {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eugenie Bouchard]], 6–3, 6–4

===Doubles=== {{main|2014 Wuhan Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] / {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Flavia Pennetta]] defeated {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Cara Black]]/ {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Garcia]], 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]

==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 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Singles |rowspan=2|900 |rowspan=2|585 |rowspan=2|350 |rowspan=2|190 |rowspan=2|105 |60 |1 |30 |20 |1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles |1 | {{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 32 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Singles''' |$441,000 |$220,200 |$110,100 |$50,700 |$25,135 |$12,900 |$6,630 |$3,700 |$1,900 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Doubles *''' |$126,000 |$63,750 |$31,665 |$15,880 |$8,020 |3,980 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} * per team

==Singles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Serena Williams]] |1 |1 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Simona Halep]] |2 |2 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Petra Kvitová]] |3 |3 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Maria Sharapova]] |4 |4 |- |{{flag|POL}} |[[Agnieszka Radwańska]] |5 |5 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Eugenie Bouchard]] |7 |6 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Angelique Kerber]] |8 |7 |- |{{flag|DEN}} |[[Caroline Wozniacki]] |9 |8 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Ana Ivanovic]] |10 |9 |- |{{flag|SRB}} |[[Jelena Janković]] |11 |10 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Sara Errani]] |12 |11 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Dominika Cibulková]] |13 |12 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Ekaterina Makarova]] |14 |13 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Lucie Šafářová]] |15 |14 |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Flavia Pennetta]] |16 |15 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Andrea Petkovic]] |17 |16 |} *1 Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] *{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[María Teresa Torró Flor]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-view-aid-188.html |title = Final Two Main Draw Wild Cards for 2014 Wuhan Open-WUHANOPEN |access-date=2014-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925234916/http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-view-aid-188.html |archive-date=2014-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Shilin (tennis)|Xu Shilin]] *{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Kailin]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Timea Bacsinszky]] *{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Zarina Diyas]] *{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Marina Erakovic]] *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jarmila Gajdošová]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Karin Knapp]] *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] *{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Donna Vekić]] *{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stefanie Vögele]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *{{flagicon|GER}} [[Annika Beck]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] (right foot injury) → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Annika Beck]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Na]] (retirement from professional tennis)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/4155350/title/li-na-unveils-next-phase-of-career |title=LI NA UNVEILS NEXT PHASE OF CAREER|access-date=19 September 2014 | work=wtatennis.com}}</ref> → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Christina McHale]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sloane Stephens]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Heather Watson]]

;During the tournament *{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Garbiñe Muguruza]] (gastritis)

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] (left ankle injury) * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ana Ivanovic]] (left thigh injury) * {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] (back injury) * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Serena Williams]] (viral illness) * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Shilin (tennis)|Xu Shilin]] (heat illness)

==Doubles main-draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Sara Errani]] |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Roberta Vinci]] |2 |1 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |{{flag|SLO}} |[[Katarina Srebotnik]] |19 |2 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Raquel Kops-Jones]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Abigail Spears]] |22 |3 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Andrea Hlaváčková]] |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Peng Shuai]] |25 |4 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Alla Kudryavtseva]] |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Anastasia Rodionova]] |30 |5 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Martina Hingis]] |{{flag|ITA}} |[[Flavia Pennetta]] |37 |6 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Garbiñe Muguruza]] |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Carla Suárez Navarro]] |37 |7 |- |{{flag|ZIM}} |[[Cara Black]] |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Caroline Garcia]] |51 |8 |} *1 Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

===Other entrants=== The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] / {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kirsten Flipkens]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] / {{flagicon|GER}} [[Andrea Petkovic]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yafan]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Lin (tennis)|Zhu Lin]] The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tian Ran]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Zhaoxuan]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Dominika Cibulková]] (left ankle injury) * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Lucie Šafářová]] (viral illness)

;During the tournament * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Garbiñe Muguruza]] (gastritis)

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bethanie Mattek-Sands]] (viral illness)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150817065221/http://en.wuhanopen.org/ Official website] * [https://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2014/1075/MDS.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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