Tianjin - WTA International

The next week - three tournaments will be contested across the ATP and WTA Tours. The big one is the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 event in Shanghai.

Tianjin Open - a WTA International tournament, on Hard Decoturf, in Tianjin, China, 7-13 October 2019.

Defending champion:

Caroline Garcia (2) who defeated wildcard Karolina Pliskova (1) 7-6(7) 6-3

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

- Amanda Anisimova replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko

- Victoria Azarenka replaced by Jennifer Brady 

- Hsieh Su-Wei replaced by Heather Watson 

- Elise Mertens replaced by Christina McHale 

- Garbiñe Muguruza replaced by Anastasia Potapova 

- Naomi Osaka replaced by Rebecca Peterson 

- Alison Riske replaced by Zhu Lin

- Aryna Sabalenka replaced by Astra Sharma 

- Sloane Stephens replaced by Kristie Ahn 

- Iga Swiatek replaced by Lauren Davis 

After the main draw was published, top seed Sofia Kenin withdrew with a thigh injury.

She was replaced by lucky loser Wang Xinyu.

The draw was rearranged with qualifier Wang Xiyu taking the spot previously occupied by Kenin.

Wang Qiang, world number 22, is second and now highest seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 42

There are no byes

First round results 

- Wildcard Samantha Stosur defeated wildcard Yang Zhaoxuan 7-5 2-6 6-2

- Yulia Putintseva (6) defeated Astra Sharma 6-1 1-6 7-5

- Caroline Garcia (4) defeated Anastasia Potapova 2-6 6-2 6-2

- Wang Yafan defeated Lauren Davis 6-0 6-4

- Rebecca Peterson defeated Venus Williams 6-3 4-6 6-3

- Heather Watson defeated Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4 7-6(3)