WTA China Open 2025: Players, prize money, schedule and everything you need to know

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The WTA China Open is here! The Tennis Gazette provides you with all the essential information about the tournament.

The 2025 season is coming to a close soon, but first, the Asian swing will provide tennis fans with many more entertaining matches.

After last week’s Billie Jean King Cup, the world’s best players now return to singles action for the latest WTA 1000 event.

Here is everything you need to know about the China Open, from the players to the schedule and where to watch.

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WTA China Open schedule

The 2025 WTA China Open takes place at the China National Tennis Center in Beijing between Wednesday, September 24, and Sunday, October 5.

WTA China Open players

The China Open is a WTA 1000 event, so many of the world’s best players have entered. Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, and Jessica Pegula are all in the draw.

Here are the top eight seeds at the WTA China Open this week:

• Iga Swiatek
• Coco Gauff
• Amanda Anisimova
• Mirra Andreeva
• Jessica Pegula
• Jasmine Paolini
• Zheng Qinwen
• Elena Rybakina

Where to watch the WTA China Open

WTA fans in the United States can watch live coverage of the China Open throughout the week on Tennis Channel.

WTA China Open prize money and ranking points

There is $8.96 million in prize money available to the women’s singles players at the WTA China Open this week. The winner will receive more than $1m.

WTA China Open predictions

The Tennis Gazette writers have predicted which player will lift the WTA China Open trophy next Sunday.

Matthew Johns: Perhaps predictable, but I am going to go with top seed Iga Swiatek to win the China Open. Swiatek has been hugely impressive in the second half of the 2025 season and will likely be sensing an opportunity to close the gap on the absent world number one, Aryna Sabalenka. Coco Gauff may be the defending champion, but she still feels like too much of an unknown quantity going into this event.

Lee Clarke:  I really like the look of defending champ Coco Gauff here. She says she views this as a ‘practice tournament’ and, having won it last year, she clearly likes playing here.

George Patten: Elena Rybakina has looked increasingly competitive over recent months, but has yet to record a standout result. She may do just that in Beijing and take home her first WTA 1000 title of the year.

Peter Lynch: Iga Swiatek has been a formidable opponent for most of the WTA Tour in recent times, and I think she can continue her fantastic season with yet another title this week, having just won the Korea Open.