2023 Prague Open
2023 Prague Open | |
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Date | 31 July – 6 August |
Edition | 14th |
Category | WTA 250 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
Venue | TK Sparta Prague |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Nao Hibino | |
Doubles | |
Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova |
The 2023 Prague Open (branded as the 2023 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the TK Sparta Prague. It was the 14th (WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the 2023 WTA Tour, classified as a WTA 250 tournament. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic from 31 July to 6 August 2023.[1]
Exclusion of Russian & Belarusian players
[edit]Ahead of the tournament, the Czech police prevented the Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from entering the country.[2] Russian and Belarusian players were subsequently asked not to travel to Czechia and were forced to withdraw from the tournament.[3] They would have competed as neutrals, without any national flag or symbol, but the Czech government passed a resolution banning all Russian and Belarusian athletes from entering the country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Nao Hibino def. Linda Nosková 6–4, 6–1
Doubles
[edit]- Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova def. Quinn Gleason / Elixane Lechemia 6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Rank† | Seed |
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CZE | Marie Bouzková | 29 | 1 |
CHN | Zhu Lin | 38 | 2 |
CHN | Zhang Shuai | 45 | 3 |
CZE | Linda Nosková | 59 | 4 |
FRA | Alizé Cornet | 70 | 6 |
CHN | Wang Xinyu | 71 | 7 |
UKR | Kateryna Baindl | 77 | 8 |
CHN | Wang Xiyu | 80 | 9 |
† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.[5]
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry with a protected ranking:
The following player received entry as a special exempt:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Emiliana Arango
- Viktória Hrunčáková
- Elvina Kalieva
- Gabriela Knutson
- Tamara Korpatsch
- Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Kaia Kanepi
- Kristína Kučová → replaced by Lucrezia Stefanini
- Tatjana Maria → replaced by Ankita Raina
- Rebeka Masarova → replaced by Nao Hibino
- Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Jule Niemeier
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Yuan Yue
Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank† | Seed |
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CHN | Zhang Shuai | CHN | Zhu Lin | 129 | 1 |
GBR | Alicia Barnett | GBR | Olivia Nicholls | 145 | 2 |
CZE | Anastasia Dețiuc | CZE | Anna Sisková | 187 | 3 |
GBR | Naiktha Bains | GBR | Maia Lumsden | 198 | 4 |
† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Lucie Havlíčková / Miriam Kolodziejová → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech
References
[edit]- ^ "Livesport Prague Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
- ^ "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova posts message after being denied entry into Czech Republic". Tennis World USA. 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Russian and Belarusian players banned from next week's WTA event in Prague". tennis.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Russian, Belarusian players denied entry for Prague WTA event". Reuters. 28 July 2023.
- ^ "2023 Prague Open WTA Entry List - Krejcikova, Bouzkova, Strycova & more". tennis-infinity.com. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.