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2014 Tianjin Open
2014 Tianjin Open
Date	October 6–12
Edition	1st
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Champions
Singles
	Alison Riske
Doubles
	Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova

The 2014 Tianjin Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 6 and 12 October 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SRB	Jelena Janković	11	1
CHN	Peng Shuai	24	2
SUI	Belinda Bencic	34	3
USA	Varvara Lepchenko	35	4
CHN	Zhang Shuai	48	5
USA	Alison Riske	60	6
PUR	Monica Puig	64	7
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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Daniela Hantuchová (left knee injury) → replaced by Romina Oprandi
Johanna Konta → replaced by Duan Yingying
Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Magda Linette
Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
Yanina Wickmayer (allergic infection) → replaced by Zhang Ling
Aleksandra Wozniak → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei
Vera Zvonareva → replaced by Zheng Saisai

During the tournament

Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

Retirements

Peng Shuai (exhaustion)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
SUI	Martina Hingis	ITA	Flavia Pennetta	28	1
RUS	Alla Kudryavtseva	AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	38	2
USA	Alison Riske	CRO	Ajla Tomljanović	160	3
TPE	Chan Chin-wei	CHN	Xu Yifan	169	4

¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Romina Oprandi (viral illness)

Champions

Singles

Alison Riske def. Belinda Bencic, 6–3, 6–4^[1]

Doubles

Alla Kudryavtseva / Anastasia Rodionova def. Sorana Cîrstea / Andreja Klepač, 6–7^(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]

References

^ Sports Illustrated Staff (2014-10-12). "Riske beats Bencic for 1st WTA title at Tianjin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

External links

Official website

[1] Sports Illustrated Staff (2014-10-12). "Riske beats Bencic for 1st WTA title at Tianjin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2024-02-07.

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