2014 Wuhan Open

2014 Wuhan Open
Date	21 – 27 September
Edition	1st
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 32D
Prize money	$2,440,070
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Wuhan, China
Champions
Singles
	Petra Kvitová
Doubles
	Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta
	; Wuhan Open; 2015 →;

The 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Doubles	900	585	350	190	105	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$441,000	$220,200	$110,100	$50,700	$25,135	$12,900	$6,630	$3,700	$1,900
Doubles *	$126,000	$63,750	$31,665	$15,880	$8,020	3,980	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Serena Williams	1	1
ROU	Simona Halep	2	2
CZE	Petra Kvitová	3	3
RUS	Maria Sharapova	4	4
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	5
CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	7	6
GER	Angelique Kerber	8	7
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	9	8
SRB	Ana Ivanovic	10	9
SRB	Jelena Janković	11	10
ITA	Sara Errani	12	11
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	13	12
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	14	13
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	15	14
ITA	Flavia Pennetta	16	15
GER	Andrea Petkovic	17	16

¹ Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Annika Beck

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury) --> replaced by Annika Beck
Li Na (retirement from professional tennis)^[2] --> replaced by Christina McHale
Sloane Stephens --> replaced by Heather Watson

During the tournament

Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis)

Retirements

Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury)
Ana Ivanovic (left thigh injury)
Jelena Janković (back injury)
Serena Williams (viral illness)
Xu Shilin (heat illness)