2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open
# 2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open

The 2014 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 15 through September 20, 2014.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 20 | 1 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 22 | 2 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 27 | 3 |
| SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 35 | 4 |
| KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 40 | 5 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 44 | 6 |
| SVK | Jana Čepelová | 53 | 7 |
| GER | Annika Beck | 58 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Hsieh Su-wei
* Wang Yafan
* Zhu Lin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Magda Linette
* Petra Martić
* Yulia Putintseva
* Xu Yifan
* Zhang Kailin
* Zhang Ling

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Vania King → replaced by Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
* Peng Shuai → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
* Zhang Shuai (right arm injury) → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | CHN | Xu Yifan | 143 | 1 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María Teresa Torró Flor | 143 | 2 |
| POL | Klaudia Jans-Ignacik | POL | Katarzyna Piter | 149 | 3 |
| ROU | Raluca Olaru | ISR | Shahar Pe'er | 158 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 8, 2014.

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Elitsa Kostova (viral illness)

## Champions

### Singles

* Monica Niculescu def. Alizé Cornet, 6–4, 6–0

### Doubles

* Chuang Chia-jung / Liang Chen def. Alizé Cornet / Magda Linette, 2–6, $7–6^{(7–3)},$ [10–7]
