The Ningbo Open is a WTA 500 tennis match performed on out of doors arduous courts on the Ningbo Tennis Middle in China.
The 2026 version takes place from 19 to 25 October 2026, with Elena Rybakina the defending singles champion.
The match was beforehand an ITF $100,000+H occasion (2010–2012) and a WTA 125 occasion (2013–2014).
It returned in 2023 as a WTA 250 occasion and was upgraded to WTA 500 standing in 2024, making it one of many most important stops on the Asian swing of the WTA Tour calendar.
Ningbo Open 2026
| Tour Stage: | WTA 500 |
| Dates: | 19–25 October 2026 |
| Court docket Floor: | Outside Arduous |
| Draw Dimension: | 28 Singles, 16 Doubles |
| Prize Money: | $1,206,446 |
| Defending Champion: | Elena Rybakina |
Dates
The 2026 WTA Ningbo Open takes place from Monday 19 October to Sunday 25 October 2026, with the singles remaining scheduled for Sunday 25 October.
Ningbo follows the WTA 1000 occasions in Beijing and Wuhan, and is performed in the identical week because the WTA 250 match in Osaka.
The next week, the tour strikes on to the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and the WTA 250 occasion in Guangzhou.
Gamers
The 2026 entry listing is headed by defending champion Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Elina Svitolina and Iga Swiatek. The highest 4 seeds obtain byes into the second spherical. Under are the gamers who got direct entry into the 2026 ladies’s singles occasion in Ningbo.
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula
- Elina Svitolina
- Iga Swiatek
- Marta Kostyuk
- Belinda Bencic
- Iva Jovic
- Diana Shnaider
- Sorana Cîrstea
- Alexandra Eala
- Elise Mertens
- Jasmine Paolini
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Maja Chwalinska
- Marie Bouzková
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Sara Bejlek
The remaining locations within the 28-player draw go to 6 qualifiers, 4 wild playing cards and one particular exempt.
The entry listing could change earlier than the match attributable to withdrawals.
Schedule
Under is the provisional schedule for the 2026 match in Ningbo, with the singles remaining scheduled for Sunday, the twenty fifth of October 2026.
The order of play for every day is confirmed by the match the day earlier than.
| Day | Date | Spherical |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Day 1 | nineteenth of October 2026 | 1st Spherical Matches |
| Tuesday – Day 2 | twentieth of October 2026 | 1st Spherical Matches |
| Wednesday – Day 3 | twenty first of October 2026 | 2nd Spherical Matches |
| Thursday – Day 4 | twenty second of October 2026 | 2nd Spherical Matches |
| Friday – Day 5 | twenty third of October 2026 | Quarterfinal Matches |
| Saturday – Day 6 | twenty fourth of October 2026 | Semifinal Matches |
| Sunday – Day 7 | twenty fifth of October 2026 | Last |
Draw
The attracts for the 2026 match in Ningbo will probably be out there to view on the WTA Tour website as soon as they’ve been made, shortly earlier than main-draw play begins.
Factors and Prize Cash
The overall monetary dedication for the 2026 WTA Ningbo tennis match is $1,206,446, up from $1,064,510 in 2025.
The winner of the ladies’s singles match will obtain $185,500 and 500 WTA rating factors.
The total prize cash breakdown by spherical had not been printed on the time of this replace.
The WTA ranking points out there in every spherical are detailed beneath.
Girls’s Singles
The winner of the ladies’s singles match receives 500 WTA factors, whereas the runner-up receives 325 factors.
| Efficiency | Level(s) |
|---|---|
| Winner | 500 |
| Finalist | 325 |
| Semifinalist | 195 |
| Quarterfinalist | 108 |
| 2nd Spherical | 60 |
| 1st Spherical | 1 |
Girls’s Doubles
The winners of the ladies’s doubles match obtain 500 rating factors every, whereas the runners-up obtain 325 factors.
| Efficiency | Factors |
|---|---|
| Winners | 500 |
| Finalists | 325 |
| Semifinalists | 195 |
| Quarterfinalists | 108 |
| 1st Spherical | 1 |
Previous Winners
Elena Rybakina is the defending champion within the ladies’s singles occasion after defeating Ekaterina Alexandrova 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 within the 2025 remaining in Ningbo – see match highlights beneath.
Girls’s Singles
| Yr | Winner | Runner-up | Rating in Last | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Elena Rybakina | Ekaterina Alexandrova | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 | WTA 500 |
| 2024 | Daria Kasatkina | Mirra Andreeva | 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 | WTA 500 |
| 2023 | Ons Jabeur | Diana Shnaider | 6–2, 6–1 | WTA 250 |
| 2014 | Magda Linette | Wang Qiang | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 | WTA 125 |
| 2013 | Bojana Jovanovski | Zhang Shuai | 6–7, 6–4, 6–1 | WTA 125 |
| 2012 | Hsieh Su-wei | Zhang Shuai | 6–2, 6–2 | ITF |
| 2011 | Anastasiya Yakimova | Erika Sema | 7–6, 6–3 | ITF |
| 2010 | Alberta Brianti | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 6–4, 6–4 | ITF |
Girls’s Doubles
Within the ladies’s doubles occasion, Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova are the defending champions after defeating Tímea Babos and Luisa Stefani 5–7, 6–4, 10–8 within the 2025 doubles remaining.
| Yr | Winners | Runners-up | Rating | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Liudmila Samsonova | Tímea Babos and Luisa Stefani | 5–7, 6–4, 10–8 | WTA 500 |
| 2024 | Demi Schuurs and Yuan Yue | Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez | 6–3, 6–3 | WTA 500 |
| 2023 | Laura Siegemund and Vera Zvonareva | Guo Hanyu and Jiang Xinyu | 4–6, 6–3, 10–5 | WTA 250 |
| 2014 | Arina Rodionova and Olga Savchuk | Han Xinyun and Zhang Kailin | 4–6, 7–6, 10–6 | WTA 125 |
| 2013 | Chan Yung-jan and Zhang Shuai | Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova | 6–2, 6–1 | WTA 125 |
| 2012 | Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen | Tetiana Luzhanska and Zheng Saisai | 6–2, 7–5 | ITF |
| 2011 | Tetiana Luzhanska and Zheng Saisai | Chan Chin-wei and Han Xinyun | 6–4, 5–7, 10–4 | ITF |
| 2010 | Chan Chin-wei and Chen Yi | Jill Craybas and Olga Savchuk | 6–3, 3–6, 10–8 | ITF |
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