China Open (tennis)

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China Open
Tournament information
Founded1993
LocationBeijing (1993–present)
China
VenueBeijing International Tennis Center (1993–1997)
Beijing Tennis Center (2004–2008)
National Tennis Center (2009–present)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor (1993–1997)
Hard / outdoor (2004–current)
Websitechinaopen.com
Current champions (China Open)
Men's singlesItaly Jannik Sinner
Women's singlesPoland Iga Świątek
Men's doublesCroatia Ivan Dodig
United States Austin Krajicek
Women's doublesCzech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Tour 500
2009–current
ATP International Series /
ATP World Series
1993–2008
Draw32S/16Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$3,633,875 (2023)[1]
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 1000
Draw60S/32Q/28D
Prize moneyUS$8,127,389 (2023)[2]

The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. It is played on outdoor hard courts at the National Tennis Center, and is held in late September and early October. The women's event is a WTA 1000 event on the WTA Tour, while the men's is an ATP 500 event on the ATP Tour. The China Open was first held in its current iteration in 2004 as a back-to-back event for four years, following from a prior Beijing event in 1993 to 1997. In 2008, it became a combined event for the first time.

In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to use the Hawk-Eye system in match play.[3]

Novak Djokovic is the only player to have won the men's singles title six times and holds the distinction of having never lost a match at the China Open. Djokovic holds the record for consecutive championships with four titles. In men's doubles, the Bryan brothers are the only pair to have won consecutive titles.

Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams, Agnieszka Radwańska and Caroline Wozniacki hold the record for most titles won in women's singles, with two titles each.

Past finals[edit]

Women's singles[edit]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  WTA Tier II ↓
2004 United States Serena Williams Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2005 Russia Maria Kirilenko Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–4
2006 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–0
2007 Hungary Ágnes Szávay Serbia Jelena Janković 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2
2008 Serbia Jelena Janković Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
↓  WTA Premier Mandatory ↓
2009 Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2, 6–4
2010 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2011 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Germany Andrea Petkovic 7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2012 Belarus Victoria Azarenka Russia Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1
2013 United States Serena Williams (2) Serbia Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–2
2014 Russia Maria Sharapova Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2015 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 7–5, 6–4
2016 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (2) United Kingdom Johanna Konta 6–4, 6–2
2017 France Caroline Garcia Romania Simona Halep 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2018 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2) Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 6–3, 6–3
2019 Japan Naomi Osaka Australia Ashleigh Barty 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
2020–2021 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022 Suspended by WTA (due to Peng Shuai allegation)
↓  WTA 1000 ↓
2023 Poland Iga Świątek Liudmila Samsonova 6–2, 6–2

Men's singles[edit]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
1993 United States Michael Chang Canada Greg Rusedski 7–6(7–5), 6–7(6–8), 6–4
1994 United States Michael Chang Sweden Anders Järryd 7–5, 7–5
1995 United States Michael Chang Italy Renzo Furlan 7–5, 6–3
1996 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–6(7–5), 6–4
1997 United States Jim Courier Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 7–6(12–10), 3–6, 6–3
1998–2003 Not held
2004 Russia Marat Safin Russia Mikhail Youzhny 7–6(7–4), 7–5
2005 Spain Rafael Nadal Argentina Guillermo Coria 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
2006 Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis Croatia Mario Ančić 6–4, 6–0
2007 Chile Fernando González Spain Tommy Robredo 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
2008 United States Andy Roddick Israel Dudi Sela 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009 Serbia Novak Djokovic Croatia Marin Čilić 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2010 Serbia Novak Djokovic (2) Spain David Ferrer 6–2, 6–4
2011 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Croatia Marin Čilić 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2012 Serbia Novak Djokovic (3) France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2013 Serbia Novak Djokovic (4) Spain Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–4
2014 Serbia Novak Djokovic (5) Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 6–0, 6–2
2015 Serbia Novak Djokovic (6) Spain Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–2
2016 United Kingdom Andy Murray Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2017 Spain Rafael Nadal (2) Australia Nick Kyrgios 6–2, 6–1
2018 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 6–4, 6–4
2019 Austria Dominic Thiem Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2020–2022 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2023 Italy Jannik Sinner [b] Daniil Medvedev 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)

Women's doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  WTA Tier II ↓
2004 Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Russia Dinara Safina
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
6–4, 6–4
2005 Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
Venezuela María Vento-Kabchi
China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie
6–2, 6–4
2006 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Russia Elena Vesnina
6–2, 6–4
2007 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yifan
7–6(7–1), 6–3
2008 Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yifan
6–1, 6–3
↓  WTA Premier Mandatory ↓
2009 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei (2)
China Peng Shuai
Russia Alla Kudryavtseva
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
6–3, 6–1
2010 Belarus Olga Govortsova
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
2011 Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 6–4
2012 Russia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives
India Sania Mirza
7–5, 7–5
2013 Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
Russia Vera Dushevina
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–2, 6–2
2014 Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
China Peng Shuai (2)
Zimbabwe Cara Black
India Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–4
2015 Switzerland Martina Hingis
India Sania Mirza (2)
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8]
2016 United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
France Caroline Garcia
France Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 6–4
2017 Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Switzerland Martina Hingis (2)
Hungary Tímea Babos
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
6–1, 6–4
2018 Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (2)
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
China Xu Yifan
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2019 United States Sofia Kenin
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2)
Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
2020–2021 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022 Suspended (due to Peng Shuai allegation)
↓  WTA 1000 ↓
2023 Czech Republic Marie Bouzková
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
3–6, 6–0, [10–4]

Men's doubles[edit]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ATP Tour 250[a]  ↓
2004 United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Graydon Oliver
United States Alex Bogomolov Jr.
United States Taylor Dent
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
2005 United States Justin Gimelstob (2)
Australia Nathan Healey
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
Russia Mikhail Youzhny
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2006 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Croatia Mario Ančić
Germany Michael Berrer
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
6–4, 6–3
2007 South Africa Rik de Voest
Australia Ashley Fisher
South Africa Chris Haggard
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun
6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
2008 Australia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
Australia Ashley Fisher
United States Bobby Reynolds
7–5, 6–4
↓  ATP Tour 500  ↓
2009 United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Andy Roddick
6–4, 6–2
2010 United States Bob Bryan (2)
United States Mike Bryan (2)
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2011 France Michaël Llodra
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
2012 United States Bob Bryan (3)
United States Mike Bryan (3)
Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
6–3, 6–2
2013 Belarus Max Mirnyi
Romania Horia Tecău
Italy Fabio Fognini
Italy Andreas Seppi
6–4, 6–2
2014 Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Romania Horia Tecău (2)
France Julien Benneteau
Canada Vasek Pospisil
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5]
2015 Canada Vasek Pospisil
United States Jack Sock
Canada Daniel Nestor
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2016 Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Spain Rafael Nadal
United States Jack Sock
Australia Bernard Tomic
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]
2017 Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
United States John Isner
United States Jack Sock
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2018 Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
Austria Oliver Marach
Croatia Mate Pavić
6–1, 6–4
2019 Croatia Ivan Dodig
Slovakia Filip Polášek
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–3, 7–6(7−4)
2020–2022 No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2023 Croatia Ivan Dodig (2)
United States Austin Krajicek
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–7(12–14), 6–3, [10–5]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Known as World Series from 1990 till 1999. Championship Series from 2000 till 2008.
  2. ^ Competed under no flag due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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