2022 Chennai Open

2022 Chennai Open
Date	12–18 September
Edition	7th
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$251,750
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Chennai, India
Venue	SDAT Tennis Stadium, Nungambakkam
Champions
Singles
Linda Fruhvirtová
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani

The 2022 Chennai Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.^[1][2][3] A part of the 2022 WTA Tour, this tournament marked the return of a WTA tournament in India for the first time since 2008.

The event was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2022 Chennai Open – Singles

• Linda Fruhvirtová def. Magda Linette, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

This was Fruhvirtová's first WTA Tour singles title.

Doubles

Main article: 2022 Chennai Open – Doubles

• Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani def. Anna Blinkova / Natela Dzalamidze, 6–1, 6–2

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$31,000	$18,037	$10,100	$5,800	$3,675	$2,675	$1,950	$1,270
Women's doubles*	$10,800	$6,300	$3,800	$2,300	$1,750	—	—	—

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^†	Seed
USA	Alison Riske-Amritraj	29	1
	Varvara Gracheva	72	2
POL	Magda Linette	73	3
GER	Tatjana Maria	85	4
SWE	Rebecca Peterson	92	5
CHN	Wang Qiang	102	6
CAN	Rebecca Marino	106	7
FRA	Chloé Paquet	111	8

^† Rankings are as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Eugenie Bouchard^[4]
• Ankita Raina^[5]
• Karman Thandi

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

• Yanina Wickmayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jana Fett
• Nao Hibino
• Liang En-shuo
• Kyōka Okamura
• Olivia Tjandramulia
• Mariia Tkacheva

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Caroline Garcia → replaced by Despina Papamichail
• Elise Mertens → replaced by Nadia Podoroska

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	BRA	Luisa Stefani	105	1
USA	Kaitlyn Christian		Lidziya Marozava	126	2
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	153	3
CHN	Han Xinyun	POL	Katarzyna Kawa	155	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 29 August 2022.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Sharmada Balu / Riya Bhatia
• Eugenie Bouchard / Yanina Wickmayer

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva / Nadia Podoroska → replaced by Rutuja Bhosale / Karman Thandi
• Miyu Kato / Asia Muhammad → replaced by Justina Mikulskytė / Emily Webley-Smith
• Julia Lohoff / Astra Sharma → replaced by Astra Sharma / Ekaterina Yashina

References

1. Ragav, S. Dipak (14 May 2022). "Chennai returns to international tennis map with 2022 WTA 250 tour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. "Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis: Sania Mirza may play - full schedule". Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
3. "Hologic WTA Tour announces updates to 2022 calendar". Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
4. "Chennai Open 2022: Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard handed wildcard, Sania Mirza may play". olympics.com. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
5. "Chennai Open 2022: Ankita Raina Gets Wild Card Entry In Women's Singles Draw". India: Outlook. PTI. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

External links

• WTA tournament profile
• Official website Archived 20 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine