2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open
# 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open

The 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was part of the 2014 WTA Tour and a return of the Hong Kong Open women's tennis tournament last held in 1993. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from September 8 to 14.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $111,163 | $55,323 | $29,730 | $8,934 | $4,928 | $3,199 | $1,852 | $1,081 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GER | Sabine Lisicki | 28 | 1 |
| SVK | Daniela Hantuchová | 37 | 2 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 42 | 3 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 44 | 4 |
| CHN | Zheng Jie | 57 | 5 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 64 | 6 |
| SVK | Jana Čepelová | 65 | 7 |
| SVK | Anna Schmiedlová | 67 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of August 25, 2014

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Duan Yingying
* Sabine Lisicki
* Zhang Ling

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Elizaveta Kulichkova
* Zhang Kailin
* Zhu Lin

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Misa Eguchi

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Zarina Diyas → replaced by Grace Min
* Vania King → replaced by Julia Glushko
* Kurumi Nara → replaced by Kimiko Date-Krumm
* Peng Shuai (heat illness) → replaced by Misa Eguchi
* Sílvia Soler Espinosa → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck
* Elina Svitolina → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková
* Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum
* Zhang Shuai → replaced by Zheng Saisai

### Retirements

* Kimiko Date-Krumm

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 55 | 1 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 83 | 2 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | 111 | 3 |
| SVK | Janette Husárová | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 127 | 4 |

$^1$ Rankings are as of August 25, 2014

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Venise Chan / Wu Ho-ching
* Magda Linette / Zhang Ling

## Champions

### Singles

* Sabine Lisicki defeated Karolína Plíšková, 7–5, 6–3

### Doubles

* Karolína Plíšková / Kristýna Plíšková defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner / Arina Rodionova, 6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
