2014 Wuhan Open

The 2014 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA Premier 5 series of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China between 21 and 27 September 2014.

Prize money

 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka
 * 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens
 * 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Shilin
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Timea Bacsinszky
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas
 * 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic
 * 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp
 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone
 * Donna Vekić
 * Stefanie Vögele

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇩🇪 Annika Beck

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (right foot injury) → replaced by 🇩🇪 Annika Beck
 * 🇨🇳 Li Na (retirement from professional tennis) → replaced by 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens → replaced by 🇬🇧 Heather Watson


 * During the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis)

Retirements

 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury)
 * 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (left thigh injury)
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (back injury)
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (viral illness)
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Shilin (heat illness)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of September 15, 2014.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková / 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan / 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin
 * 🇨🇳 Tian Ran / 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (left ankle injury)
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (viral illness)


 * During the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (gastritis)

Retirements

 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (viral illness)

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová defeated 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

 * Martina Hingis / 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta defeated Cara Black/ 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia, 6–4, 5–7, [12–10]