China Open 2024: Preview, schedule, draw, player list & how to watch
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With the final Grand Slam event of the season wrapped up, the WTA has moved on to Asia for the penultimate WTA 1000 tournament of the year in Beijing. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming China Open.
China Open schedule
This year’s tournament will get underway on Wednesday 25 September when the qualifying stages will begin.
The main draw will kick-start on Friday 27 September and go through to Sunday 6 October where the women’s singles final will wrap up this year’s tournament.
Where is the China Open taking place?
The hard court WTA 1000 tournament will be staged at the China National Tennis Centre in Beijing.
The facilities were originally constructed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has been a key venue for international tennis events ever since. The complex boasts 12 outdoor courts, six indoor courts and a main show court arena which has the capacity to welcome 10,000 fans.
The state-of-the-art venue makes for a world-class location for both fans and players, with the world’s best players returning annually to take part in both the WTA 1000 and ATP 500 tournaments.
Who are the reigning China Open champions?
- Women’s singles – Iga Swiatek (POL)
- Women’s doubles – Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) & Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
When is the China Open draw?
Information on the draw will be available soon. Keep up with the latest draw updates on the link below:
The latest results and updates from British tennis players competing at the China Open will be available on the LTA website.
Who are the top seeds at the China Open 2024?
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Jessica Pegula (USA)
3. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
4. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
5. Coco Gauff (USA)
Which British players are competing at the China Open 2024?
This year's tournament in Beijing will see British interest in the form of Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart who are heading to Beijing in a bid to clinch a maiden WTA 1000 crown.
British No.1 Boulter will lead the British charge as she looks to better last year's performance of the second round. The three-time WTA titleholder came through two rounds of qualifying before battling toe-to-toe with world No.2 Aryna Sabalenka in the second round, eventually suffering a narrow 7-5, 7-6(2) defeat.
The 28-year-old is set to compete in her first tournament since the US Open where she made the second round in both the singles and doubles draws, and will be looking to leave her mark in Beijing over the next couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, Dart enters the main draw after a standout few months on the singles and doubles court. The British No.3 has clocked career-high rankings of world No.71 in the singles and 61 in the doubles following an impressive patch of form on the WTA tour, and will be looking for another breakthrough in Beijing.
Heather Watson will bid to join Boulter and Dart in the main draw as she competes in the qualifying rounds.
Emma Raducanu has been forced to withdraw from the tournament after suffering torn ligaments in her foot at the Korea Open.
How to watch the China Open 2024?
You can watch live coverage of all the action at the China Open exclusively on Sky Sports Tennis and Now TV.
