China Open

The China Open is a WTA 1000 tennis tournament held in Beijing on hard courts, played in September and October. It is a women's event, so only one tour is in town. The main singles draw holds 128 players.

Beijing opens the Asian hard-court swing that follows the US Open, and it arrives at the point in the season where the qualification race for the season finals becomes the real story. For players ranked between eight and fifteen, this fortnight matters more than the prize money suggests.

The courts are quick and the fields are strong, because there are still enough points on the table to change a season. That combination produces high-quality early rounds: there are few easy draws at this stage of the year.

It is also the first tournament after a major, which historically produces uneven tennis. Players who went deep in New York arrive tired, and players who lost early arrive fresh and dangerous.

Our dates count the main draw only. Qualifying runs the week before and most calendars fold it in, which is why a start date printed elsewhere can be a week earlier than the one at the top of this page. The full draw with scores is on its own page.

The main draw holds 128 players in single elimination, which is 7 rounds to the title and 127 matches in all. Seeds are spread through the bracket so the strongest cannot meet early, and qualifiers arrive already match-sharp. How seeding, byes and qualifying work is explained in the guides.

The China Open draw with every score is on its own page and updates while the tournament is being played.

Amanda Anisimova won the women's title in 2025, beating Linda Noskova in the final by 6-0, 2-6, 6-2. They were ranked 10 in the world at the time of writing.

A title here does not only change the trophy cabinet. It sets the number the same player has to defend twelve months later, and defending is the hardest thing in tennis: the points disappear on schedule whether or not the player is fit, in form or even entered.

6 of the 8 quarter-finalists in the women's draw were seeded, which is close to what the seedings predicted. Amanda Anisimova took the title from the number 3 seeding, and the final went 3 sets.

Numbers like these are the quickest way to read a tournament you did not watch. A draw where most of the seeds survive to the last eight was decided on quality; one where they did not was decided by conditions, scheduling or fatigue, and the surface section above usually explains which.

Rights to the China Open are sold country by country, so the answer depends entirely on where you are sitting. There is no free-to-air option for this event in the major markets, which is normal below Grand Slam level.

The China Open is played in Beijing, in east Asia, and matches finish before most of Europe has started the working day.

There is no free-to-air route to this one in the major markets. That is typical below Grand Slam level: the free coverage in tennis is concentrated on the four majors, and only in the countries that host them or have a historic public-broadcast deal.

Beijing plays across two show courts with the main matches on the Diamond Court, and the schedule runs from late morning into the evening local time. Everything therefore happens while Europe is asleep or starting the day, and the finals usually land in the European morning. The tournament is worth following on delay rather than live for most Western viewers, which makes the order of play less important than the results page.

The viewing guide goes through what each service covers across the season and what it leaves out.