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Preview Notes: Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China | January 1 - 7, 2017 | Usd $750,000 International Event PREVIEW NOTES: SHENZHEN OPEN SHENZHEN, CHINA | JANUARY 1 - 7, 2017 | USD $750,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT WTA Website: www.wtatennis.com | @WTA | facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: shenzhenopentennis.com | @ShenzhenOpen | facebook.com/shenzhenopentennis WTA Communications: Kico Jiang ([email protected]) SHENZHEN QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Sunday 1 Janaury - Saturday 7 Janaury, 2017 Singles Final: Saturday, January 7, 2:00pm Doubles Final: Saturday, January 7, 4:30pm Venue: Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center Status: International event Staging: Tournament’s 5th year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 16 singles qualifying Surface: Hardcourt (pelxiplave) / Outdoors Total prize money: USD $750,000 Tennis Ball: Dunlop Fort TP 3 in tin 2016 Singles Final: [1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Alison Riske (USA) 63 62 2016 Doubles Final: Monica Niculescu (ROU)/Vania King (USA) d. [1] Xu Yi-fan (CHN)/Zheng Saisai (CHN) 61 64 PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 163,260 280 Winner 23,031 280 Runner-Up 81,251 180 Runner-Up 13,544 180 Semifinalist 43,663 110 Semifinalist 7,271 110 Quarterfinalist 13,121 60 Quarterfinalist 3,852 60 Round of 16 7,238 30 Round of 16 2,031 1 Round of 32 4,698 1 PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2016 Agnieszka Radwanska Alison Riske 2015 Simona Halep Timea Bacsinszky 2014 Na Li Peng Shuai 2013 Na Li Klara Zakopalova If highlighted denotes competing in 2017 Shenzhen Open main draw MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS (excludes qualifiers) Singles wildcards: Duan Ying-Ying (CHN), Zhang Kai-Lin (CHN), Zhu Lin (CHN) Youngest singles player: Katerina Siniakova, 20 years old (May 10, 1996) Oldest singles player: Galina Voskoboeva, 32 years old (December 18, 1984) Singles withdrawals: Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) – right shoulder injury Main draw debutantes: Sorana Cirstea (ROU), Camila Giorgi (ITA), Jelena Jankovic (SRB), Kristina Kucova (SVK), Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL), Kristyna Pliskova (CZE), Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 1 PREVIEW NOTES: SHENZHEN OPEN SHENZHEN, CHINA | JANUARY 1 - 7, 2017 | USD $750,000 INTERNATIONAL EVENT TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS • The Shenzhen Open has increased its prize money from $500,000 to $750,000, offering the most prize money among all WTA International events • Two former champions and the Top 2 seeds, Agnieszka Radwanska (2016 champion) and Simona Halep (2015 champion), return to Shenzhen this week looking to reclaim their titles • Including A.Radwanska and Halep, five former Shenzhen finalists are in this year’s main draw: also Alison Riske (2016 R-Up), Timea Bacsinszky (2015 R-Up) and Peng Shuai (2014 R-Up) • One To Watch - Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic started 2016 at World No.178 and is now within striking distance from the Top 50 (No.56). The 24-year-old claimed her first WTA title in 2016 at Gstaad in her first singles final (d. Bertens), and made another final appearance at Linz (l. Cibulkova in F) HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO… • Camila Giorgi of Italy celebrated her 25th birthday on December 30, and China’s Peng Shuai will celebrate her 31st this week on January 8 TOP FOUR SEEDS’ PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT HISTORY PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY WIN-LOSS WIN % [1] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) WON (1): 2016 (d. Riske in F) 5-0 1.00 [2] Simona Halep (ROU) WON (1): 2015 (d. Bacsinszky in F) 5-0 1.00 [3] Johanna Konta (GBR) 1r (1): 2016 (l. Wang) 0-1 .000 [4] Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) R-Up (1): 2015 (l. Halep in F) 4-1 .800 COUNTRY BREAKDOWN Excluding qualifiers, a total of 17 countries are represented in the main draw, led by China with six player: Bulgaria (1) Tsvetana Pironkova China (6) Duan Ying-Ying, Peng Shuai, Wang Qiang, Zhang Kai-Lin, Zheng Saisai, Zhu Lin Czech Republic (2) Kristyna Pliskova, Katerina Siniakova Great Britain (1) Johanna Konta Greece (1) Maria Sakkari Hungary (1) Timea Babos Italy (1) Camila Giorgi Kazakhstan (2) Yaroslava Shvedova, Galina Voskoboeva Latvia (1) Anastasija Sevastova Poland (1) Agnieszka Radwanska Romania (3) Sorana Cirstea, Simona Halep, Monica Niculescu Russia (1) Evgeniya Rodina Serbia (1) Jelena Jankovic Slovakia (1) Kristina Kucova Switzerland (2) Timea Bacsinszky, Viktorija Golubic Turkey (1) Cagla Buyukakcay USA (2) Vania King, Alison Riske Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA 2 .
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