The Wuhan Open is the last WTA 1000 of the women’s season. It follows the China Open in Beijing on the Asian swing, is played on outdoor hard courts, and comes three weeks before the WTA Finals, which makes it one of the last big chances to earn points for Indian Wells in November. This guide covers how the tournament works, what players earn and who has won it, with the current year’s details in a dated section at the end.
The venue and the history
The tournament is played at the Optics Valley International Tennis Centre in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and the home city of two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na. It joined the WTA calendar in 2014, taking over the Premier 5 slot that had belonged to the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. It was not held from 2020 to 2023 because of the pandemic, and it came back in 2024 as a WTA 1000.
How the draw works
Wuhan is a one-week WTA 1000 with a 56-player singles draw and a 28-team doubles draw. That is smaller than the two-week, 96-player 1000s in Beijing, Indian Wells and Miami. In a 56-player draw the top eight seeds receive first-round byes, so the leading players start in the second round. The champion earns 1,000 ranking points, the same as at every WTA 1000.
Prize money and points (2026)
| Round reached | Ranking points | Prize money (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1,000 | $665,000 |
| Finalist | 650 | $385,001 |
| Semifinal | 390 | $197,000 |
| Quarterfinal | 215 | $98,500 |
| Third round | 120 | $49,250 |
| Second round | 65 | $26,000 |
| First round | 10 | $18,300 |
Figures are from the WTA’s 2026 Asian swing guide. For how these amounts are set, see how prize money works in professional tennis.
Where it sits in the season
The week after Wuhan, the WTA moves on to Ningbo, a WTA 500, and Osaka. Tokyo’s Pan Pacific Open, the last WTA 500 of the year, follows at the end of October. The eight singles qualifiers for the WTA Finals are decided by the season-long race, and Wuhan’s 1,000 points are the last 1000-level points on offer before the cut-off. How the race works is explained in our guide to the WTA Race to the Finals, and the full autumn calendar is in the Asian swing explained.
Past champions
Aryna Sabalenka has won Wuhan three times, in 2018, 2019 and 2024, more than anyone else. Petra Kvitova won the first edition in 2014 and won again in 2016. Venus Williams won in 2015 and Caroline Garcia in 2017. Coco Gauff is the defending champion, having beaten Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 in an all-American final in 2025. [UNVERIFIED: the 2014–2017 champions (Kvitova, Venus Williams, Kvitova, Garcia) are from the Wikipedia tournament page; not yet checked against the WTA tournament history page.]
How to watch
WTA broadcast rights are sold by region, and the WTA publishes the current rights holder for each country on its where-to-watch page. Wuhan is on China Standard Time, GMT+8, 12 hours ahead of New York in mid-October, so day sessions fall overnight in the Americas and evening matches land in the European morning.
Season Snapshot: 2026
Updated 20 September 2026. The 2026 Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open runs from 12 to 18 October. According to the WTA, the singles final is scheduled for Sunday 18 October, not before 6:30 p.m. local time, with the doubles final at 4 p.m. It starts the day after the China Open finishes in Beijing. Gauff is the defending champion. The entry list, seedings and withdrawals will be added here when the draw is made. The WTA Finals follow at Indian Wells from 8 to 15 November.
