2007 China Open – Women's singles

Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending champion, but was forced to withdraw due to a left abdominal strain.

Sixth-seeded Ágnes Szávay won in the final 6–7(7–9), 7–5, 6–2, against Jelena Janković, saving a match point in the second set.

Former World No. 1 Martina Hingis played her final professional singles match in the second round, where she lost to home favorite Peng Shuai.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. • # 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (withdrew due to a left abdominal strain)

• # 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (final)

• # 🇫🇷 Amélie Mauresmo (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)

• # Martina Hingis (second round)

• # 🇭🇺 Ágnes Szávay (champion)

• # 🇪🇸 Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)

• # Eleni Daniilidou (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇦🇷 María Emilia Salerni (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇴 Catalina Castaño (qualifying competition)

• # Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇳 Yuan Meng (qualifying competition, retired)

• # 🇺🇸 Julie Ditty (qualified)

• # 🇺🇿 Iroda Tulyaganova (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Ayumi Morita (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Julie Ditty

• # 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic

• # 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears

• # 🇨🇳 Xu Yifan

Lucky loser

 * 1) 🇦🇷 María Emilia Salerni