Beijing - WTA Premier Mandatory

The next week three tournaments will be contested across the ATP and WTA Tours. The big one is the final 2019 WTA Premier Mandatory event in Beijing which actually started on Sunday. Beijing also is hosting an ATP 500 category tournament in conjunction.

China Open - a WTA Premier Mandatory category tournament, on Hard, in Beijing, China, 27 September - 6 October 2019.

Defending champion:

Caroline Wozniacki (2) who defeated Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-3

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

- Victoria Azarenka  replaced by Jil Teichmann  

- Johanna Konta replaced by Veronika Kudermetova 

- Anett Kontaveit replaced by Venus Williams 

- Marria Sakkari replaced by Polona Hercog 

- Carla Suárez Navarro replaced by Ajla Tomljanovic 

- Lesia Tsurenko replaced by Jessica Pegula 

- Marketa Vondrousova replaced by Wang Yafan 

- Serena Williams replaced by Kristina Mladenovic 

Ashleigh Barty, world number 1, is top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 20

The four Wuhan semi finalists have first round byes.

First round results

- Zheng Saisai defeated Monica Puig 4-6 6-3 7-6(5)

- Belinda Bencic (9) defeated Hsieh Su-Wei 7-5 6-2

- Sofia Kenin (15) defeated Garbiñe Muguruza 6-0 2-6 6-2

- Polona Hercog defeated Julia Goerges 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 6-4

- Kiki Bertens (8) defeated Donna Vekic 3-6 6-1 7-6(3)

- Daria Kasatkina defeated wildcard Peng Shuai 2-6 6-4 6-4

- Katerina Siniakova defeated wildcard Wang Xiyu 6-2 6-2

- Wildcard Jelena Ostapenko defeated Karolina Pliskova (2) 7-5 3-6 7-5