The Zhengzhou Open was a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hardcourts. The event was held in Zhengzhou, China, since 2014 as an ITF and then as a WTA 125 tournament in 2017 and 2018.
Subsequently, it was upgraded and from 2019 onward was classified as a WTA Premier level tournament, replacing the Connecticut Open in the United States. After a three-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2023 for one year as a WTA 500 event.
In 2024, WTA announced that this WTA 500 event has moved to Ningbo.[1]
Past finals
| Year
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Champion
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Runner-up
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Score
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| ↓ ITF event ↓
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| 2014 |
Zhang Kailin |
Xu Yifan |
7–5, 6–4
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| 2015 |
Wang Yafan |
Duan Yingying |
6–4, 6–4
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| 2016 |
Anastasia Pivovarova |
Lu Jingjing |
6–4, 6–4
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| ↓ WTA 125K event ↓
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| 2017 |
Wang Qiang |
Peng Shuai |
3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–1 ret.
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| 2018 |
Zheng Saisai |
Wang Yafan |
5–7, 6–2, 6–1
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| ↓ WTA Premier event ↓
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| 2019 |
Karolína Plíšková |
Petra Martić |
6–3, 6–2
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| 2020
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Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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| 2021
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cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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| 2022
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| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
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| 2023 |
Zheng Qinwen |
Barbora Krejčíková |
2–6, 6–2, 6–4
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Doubles
| Year
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Score
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| ↓ ITF event ↓
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| 2014 |
Chan Chin-wei Liang Chen |
Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin |
6–3, 6–3
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| 2015 |
Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong |
Liu Chang Zhang Ling |
6–0, 6–3
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| 2016 |
Xun Fangying You Xiaodi |
Akgul Amanmuradova Michaela Hončová |
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
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| ↓ WTA 125K event ↓
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| 2017 |
Han Xinyun
Zhu Lin |
Jacqueline Cako
Julia Glushko |
7–5, 6–1
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| 2018 |
Duan Yingying
Wang Yafan |
Naomi Broady
Yanina Wickmayer |
7–6(7–5), 6–3
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| ↓ WTA Premier event ↓
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| 2019 |
Nicole Melichar
Květa Peschke |
Yanina Wickmayer
Tamara Zidanšek |
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
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| 2020
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Initially rescheduled to October, but later cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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| 2021
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cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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| 2022
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| ↓ WTA 500 tournament ↓
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| 2023 |
Gabriela Dabrowski
Erin Routliffe |
Shuko Aoyama
Ena Shibahara |
6–2, 6–4
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References
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- Andorra la Vella (2022–current)
- Antalya (2024–current)
- Angers (2021–current)
- Anning (2018–2019)
- Bari (2022–current)
- Barranquilla (2023–current)
- Båstad (2019; 2021–current)
- Belgrade (2021)
- Birmingham (2025–current)
- Bucharest (2022–current)
- Budapest (2022)
- Buenos Aires (2021–current)
- Bol (2016–2019; 2021)
- Cali (2013; 2023)
- Canberra (2024–current)
- Cancún (2025–current)
- Carlsbad (2015)
- Charleston (2021)
- Chicago (2018; 2021; 2023)
- Colina (2022–current)
- Columbus (2021)
- Concord (2021–2022)
- Contrexéville (2022–current)
- Dalian (2015–2017)
- Florence (2023–current)
- Florianópolis (2023–current)
- Gaiba (2022–current)
- Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2023)
- Guadalajara (2019, 2024–current)
- Hamburg (2024)
- Hong Kong (2024-current)
- Honolulu (2016–2017)
- Houston (2018–2019)
- Hua Hin (2015, 2017)
- Iași (2022–2023)
- Ilkley (2025–current)
- Indian Wells (2018–2020)
- Karlsruhe (2019; 2021–2022)
- La Bisbal d'Empordà (2023–current)
- Limoges (2014–2019; 2021–current)
- Ljubljana (2023–current)
- Lleida (2024)
- Makarska (2022–current)
- Marbella (2022)
- Midland (2021–current)
- Montevideo (2021–current)
- Mumbai (2017–2018, 2024–current)
- Nanchang (2014–2015)
- Nanjing (2013)
- New Haven (2019)
- Newport (2025–)
- Newport Beach (2018–2020)
- Ningbo (2013–2014)
- Oeiras (2024–current)
- Palermo (2025–current)
- Paris (2022–current)
- Parma (2023–current)
- Porto (2025–current)
- Prague (2020)
- Puerto Vallarta (2024–current)
- Pune (2012)
- Reus (2023)
- Rouen (2022–2023)
- Saint-Malo (2021–current)
- San Antonio (2016)
- San Luis Potosí (2023–current)
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra (2024–current)
- Seoul (2021)
- Stanford (2023–current)
- Suzhou (2013–2014)
- Taipei (2012–2019)
- Tampico (2022–current)
- Valencia (2022–current)
- Vancouver (2022)
- Warsaw (2024–current)
- (2017–2018)
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