WTA China Open Entry List
Elena Rybakina is set to headline her first-ever tournament as the world No 1, with the newly-crowned US Open winner the top seed at the China Open.The three-time Grand Slam winner overtook Aryna Sabalenka in the WTA Rankings after her title run at the season-ending Grand Slam and the WTA 1000 event in Beijing will be their first event since the New York tournament.This year’s China Open runs from 30 September until 11 October at the National Tennis Centre, and it is the ninth and penultimate WTA 1000 event on the calendar with the Wuhan Open the final tournament.Amanda Anisimova is the defending champion after the American defeated Linda Noskova 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 in the 2025 final as she won her second WTA 1000 title.How Many Players Will Feature In The Main Draw?The China Open is a 96-player singles main draw tournament with the top 32 players on the entry list will be seeded and they will all enjoy byes into the second round.Eight players have received wildcards with former world No 4 Zheng Qinwen the highest-profile WTA star.WTA NewsWTA Rankings: Iva Jovic cracks new high, Peyton Stearns +24, Emma Raducanu on verge of top-100 exitThe WTA stars to win maiden titles in 2026: Spaniard joins Alex Eala, two teens on listTwo players have used their protected ranking to enter; 12 players will come via the qualifying tournament while the rest are made up of direct entries via the WTA Rankings.About The Seeds…The seedings are based on WTA Rankings of 21 September 2026 and Rybakina headlines the top half of the draw with world No 2 Sabalenka the first name on the bottom half.Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva, Linda Noskova, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Muchova, Iga Swiatek and Marta Kostyuk complete the top 10.Three players who were set to be seeded have withdrawn with Victoria Mboko (No 15), Alex Eala (No 18) and Madison Keys (No 22) missing from the WTA 100 line-up.Maria Sakkari, Nikola Bartunkova and Cristina Bucsa are the last three players on the seeded list with Peyton Stearns, Liudmila Samsonova and Donna Vekic just outside the cutoff list, although they could still be bumped up should others withdraw.Who Will Miss The China Open?The list continues to grow as the tally already sits at nine with Mboko (injured), Eala (representing the Philippines at the Asian Games) and Keys (illness) the highest-profile stars missing.2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu will also miss the tournament as she is still recovering from a stress fracture in her shin.But that list is likely to get longer before the WTA 1000 event gets underway with Rybakina struggling with a leg injury and Anisimova battling a wrist problem.When Is The Draw?The WTA states that the draw will take place three days before the main draw gets underway, which means the big day will be Sunday, 27 September in Beijing.WTA China Open Entry ListSeeds1. Elena Rybakina2. Aryna Sabalenka3. Jessica Pegula4. Coco Gauff5. Mirra Andreeva6. Linda Noskova7. Elina SVitolina8. Karolina Muchova9. Iga Swiatek10. Marta Kostyuk11. Amanda Anisimova12. Belinda Bencic13. Iva Jovic14. Diana Shnaider15. Sorana Cirstea16. Naomi Osaka17. Elise Mertens18. Jasmine Paolini19. Anna Kalinskaya20. Emma Navarro21. Anastasia Potapova22. Maja Chwalinska23. Marie Bouzkova24. Ekaterina Alexandrova25. Sara Bejlek26. Ann Li27. Diane Parry28. Leylah Fernandez29. Jelena Ostapenko30. Maria Sakkari31. Nikola Bartunkova32. Cristina BucsaPeyton StearnsLiudmila SamsonovaDonna VekicMagdalena FrechClara TausonBarbora KrejcikovaJanice TjenKaterina SiniakovaXinyu WangDaria SnigurOleksandra OliynykovaTamara KorpatschLilli TaggerTereze ValentovaAnhelina KalininaMayar SherifZeyneg SonmezShuai ZhangViktorija GolubicYuliia StarodubtsevaCamila OsorioAshlyn KruegerDaria KasatkinaKatie BoulterTalia GiblsonElena-Gabriela RuseCaty McNallyElisabetta CocciarettoPanna UdvardyKimberly BirrellMaya JointAnna BondarRenata ZarazuaDarja VidmanovaLalana TararudeePetra MarcinkoKatie VolynetsAlycia ParksPaula BadosaMagda LinetteHanne VandewinkelMaria TimofeevaWildcardsGao XinyuLin YujunQu YihanShao YushanSun XinranYuan YueZheng QinwenZhu LinProtected RankingAoi ItoSonay KartalTwelve qualifiers still be determined.
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