WTA Zhengzhou

While the ATP Tour is resting after the US Open, and concentration is on Davis Cup, three WTA tournaments are being played in Asia.

Zhengzhou Open - a WTA Premier category tournament, on Hard, in Zhengzhou, China, 9-15 September 2019.

The tournament was previously contested as a WTA 125K level event. It has now been upgraded and classified as a Premier tournament on the WTA Tour.

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

- Simona Halep replaced by Tereza Martincova

- Anett Kontaveit replaced by Jelena Ostapenko 

- Maria Sakkari replaced by Jasmine Paolini

- Lesia Tsurenko replaced by Fiona Ferro

- Wang Qiang replaced by Chloe Paquet 

Karolina Pliskova, world number 2, is  top seed.

The other seeds are all in the top 31

The top four seeds have first round byes.

First round results

- Sofia Kenin (6) defeated Chloe Paquet 6-2 7-5

- Petra Martic (7) defeated Jasmine Paolini 7-5 6-1

- Caroline Garcia (8) defeated Tereza Martincova 6-4 4-6 7-5

- Yulia Putintseva defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-1 5-7 6-1

- Polona Hercog defeated qualifier Wang Meiling 6-3 6-4

- Alizé Cornet defeated qualifier Lu Jia-Jing 7-6(1) 6-1

- Ajla Tomljanovic defeated qualifier Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove 6-2 6-0

- Zheng Saisai defeated Bibiane Schoofs 7-6(4) 6-1

- Alison Riske defeated wildcard Angie Kerber (5) 5-7 6-4 7-6(6)

- Fiona Ferro defeated wildcard Yang Zhaoxuan 6-2 6-3

- Jelena Ostapenko defeated qualifier You Xiaodi 6-3 0-6 6-2

- Kristina Mladenovic defeated wildcard Duan Yingying 6-2 6-3

Second round results 

- Sofia Kenin (6) defeated Alizé Cornet 6-4 6-2

- Petra Martic (7) defeated Fiona Ferro 3-6 6-1 6-2

- Kristina Mladenovic defeated Caroline Garcia (8) 7-5 6-2