WTA China Open: Start date, past winners, history & more

The stars will be out in force for the WTA China Open scheduled to take place in autumn.

The 2024 event was won by American Coco Gauff who beat Karolina Muchova in the final.

WTA China Open Dates

The main draw of the WTA China Open takes place this year from 24th September to 5th October 2025.

WTA China Open Venue

This hard court WTA 1000 tournament will be staged at the China National Tennis Centre in Beijing, China.

It was opened in October 2007 and has been the home of the China Open since 2009 and it currently has 12 competition hard courts.

The venue hosted the tennis preliminaries and finals of the singles and doubles for men and women at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

WTA China Open History

The tournament was first held in 1993, discontinued in 1998, and reinstated in 2004. 

In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the USA to use the Hawk-Eye system in match play and it became a WTA 1000 event for the first time last season.

The total prize money for the 2023 tournament was $11.62 million, which is the highest of any of the WTA 1000 competitions.

There will be 96 players competing in the women's singles main draw, with the 32 seeded players receiving first-round byes.

WTA China Open Past Winners

Coco Gauff is the defending champion at the China Open after overcoming Czechia's Karolina Muchova in the final of last year's event.

Poland's Iga Swiatek won the event in 2023, triumphing over Liudmila Samsonova in the final.

Naomi Osaka was crowned champion six years ago, with the Japanese star defeating former world number one Ashleigh Barty in the final.

In 2018 the title went to Caroline Wozniacki, who alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova, Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska is one of only four dual winners of the event since its introduction in 2004.

Britain’s Johanna Konta was runner-up to Radwanksa in 2016 and remains the only Briton to have made the final in Beijing.