Coco Gauff defeated Karolína Muchová in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 China Open. It was her second WTA 1000 title and eighth career singles title. Gauff became the second American woman to win the China Open, after Serena Williams, and the youngest women's singles champion at the tournament since Caroline Wozniacki in 2010. Ranked as the world No. 49, Muchová was the lowest ranked woman to reach the final since the tournament's inception in 2004.
Iga Świątek was the reigning champion, but withdrew before the start of the tournament.
The first round match between Sara Sorribes Tormo and Gao Xinyu lasted for 4 hours and 15 minutes, becoming the fourth-longest match on the WTA Tour in the Open Era, surpassing the Thailand Open second round match between Laura Siegemund and Wang Xiyu from the previous week.
With her win over McCartney Kessler in the first round, Zhang Shuai claimed her first tour-level win since the 2023 Lyon Open, ending her streak of 24 consecutive losses. Zhang's streak marked the second-longest consecutive losing streak for a woman in the Open Era (after Madeleine Pegel with 29). Zhang's second round win against Emma Navarro also saw her become the lowest ranked player (at No. 595) to defeat a top 10 player since the inception of the tournament in 2004.
Seeds All seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half Section 1
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Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players The following are the seeded players based on WTA rankings as of 16 September 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 23 September 2024.
Under the 2024 WTA Rulebook, points from six of the seven combined/virtually combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournaments (which include Beijing) are required to be counted in a player's ranking. Because the tournament is being expanded to two weeks this year, players are also defending points from the tournaments that took place during the week of 25 September 2023 (Tokyo and Ningbo).
The points dropping column reflects (a) points from the 2023 tournament and/or Tokyo / Ningbo, (b) the player's sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament or (c) the player's 18th best result. The points won column reflects the points from the 2024 tournament.
SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 2 Aryna Sabalenka 8,716 215 215 8,716 Quarterfinals lost to Karolína Muchová 2 3 Jessica Pegula 6,220 120+305 120+30 5,945 Fourth round lost to Paula Badosa 3 5 Jasmine Paolini 5,348 120 65 5,293 Third round lost to Magda Linette 4 6 Coco Gauff 4,983 390 1,000 5,593 5 7 Zheng Qinwen 3,920 (60)§ 390 4,250 Semifinals lost to Karolína Muchová 6 8 Emma Navarro 3,698 (10)† 10 3,698 Second round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC] 7 10 Barbora Krejčíková 3,161 10 10 3,161 Second round lost to Jaqueline Cristian 8 13 Jeļena Ostapenko 2,963 215 0 2,748 Withdrew due to an abdominal injury 9 11 Daria Kasatkina 3,020 (10)† 65 3,075 Third round lost to Amanda Anisimova 10 14 Anna Kalinskaya 2,725 20 120 2,825 11 15 Liudmila Samsonova 2,720 650+55 10+55 2,080 Second round lost to Cristina Bucșa 12 16 Diana Shnaider 2,685 (10)†+180 65+81 2,641 Third round lost to Magdalena Fręch 13 12 Beatriz Haddad Maia 2,981 10 65 3,036 Third round lost to Madison Keys 14 18 Marta Kostyuk 2,493 120 10 2,383 Second round lost to Katie Volynets 15 19 Paula Badosa 2,325 (1)‡ 390 2,714 Semifinals lost to Coco Gauff 16 20 Donna Vekić 2,243 10 65 2,298 Third round lost to Mirra Andreeva 17 22 Mirra Andreeva 2,153 150 215 2,218 Quarterfinals lost to Zheng Qinwen 18 24 Madison Keys 2,076 0 120 2,196 Fourth round lost to Aryna Sabalenka 19 25 2,021 10+185 0+30 1,856 Withdrew due to a lower back injury 20 28 Leylah Fernandez 1,834 (10)† 10 1,834 Second round lost to Peyton Stearns 21 32 Yulia Putintseva 1,733 95+30 10+1 1,619 Second round lost to Naomi Osaka 22 33 Ekaterina Alexandrova 1,733 10+100 10+60 1,693 Second round lost to Rebecca Šramková [Q] 23 31 Magdalena Fręch 1,743 (10)† 120 1,853 Fourth round lost to Zhang Shuai [WC] 24 29 Elise Mertens 1,749 10 65 1,804 Third round lost to Cristina Bucșa 25 35 Dayana Yastremska 1,603 (1)‡ 10 1,612 Second round lost to Nadia Podoroska 26 34 Katie Boulter 1,655 95 65 1,625 Third round lost to Coco Gauff 27 37 Kateřina Siniaková 1,474 (10)† 10 1,474 28 38 Anastasia Potapova 1,427 10 10 1,427 Second round lost to Greet Minnen 29 40 Lulu Sun 1,375 (6)‡ 10 1,379 Second round lost to Ashlyn Krueger 30 41 Yuan Yue 1,349 65 10 1,294 Second round lost to Karolína Muchová 31 45 Magda Linette 1,311 120 120 1,311 Fourth round lost to Mirra Andreeva 32 39 Veronika Kudermetova 1,398 120+470 65+60 933 Third round lost to Jessica Pegula 33 98 Caroline Dolehide 703 (1)‡ 10 712 Second round lost to Elina Avanesyan 34 43 Amanda Anisimova 1,276 0 120 1,396 Fourth round lost to Zheng Qinwen † The player is defending points from her sixth best combined ATP/WTA 1000 tournament. ‡ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. She is defending points from her 18th best result instead. § The player's 2023 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of her ranking as of 23 September 2024. Points from her 18th best result will be deducted instead.
Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints beforePoints droppingPoints addedPoints after Withdrawal reason 1 Iga Świątek 10,885 1,000+100 0 9,785 Personal reasons 4 Elena Rybakina 5,871 390 0 5,481 Back injury 9 Danielle Collins 3,178 1 0 3,177 Illness 17 Maria Sakkari 2,517 215+185 0+1 2,118 Shoulder injury 21 Ons Jabeur 2,160 65+280 0+10 1,825 Shoulder injury 23 Victoria Azarenka 2,137 10 0 2,127 26 Linda Nosková 1,953 65 0 1,888 Personal reasons 27 Elina Svitolina 1,942 0 0 1,942 Foot surgery 30 Markéta Vondroušová 1,748 10 0 1,738 Shoulder injury 36 Caroline Garcia 1,563 215+100 0+10 1,258 Shoulder injury 42 Marie Bouzková 1,330 0 0 1,330 44 Karolína Plíšková 1,265 0 0 1,265 Ankle surgery
Other entry information Wildcards
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Withdrawals
† – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw
Qualifying Seeds
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