The 2022 Tallinn Open event was a professional women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Forus Tennis Centre[1] and held between 26 September and 2 October 2022. It was the first tournament in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)'s history to be held in Tallinn, Estonia and was organized as a WTA 250 event on the 2022 WTA Tour.[2][3][4]

2022 Tallinn Open
Date26 September – 2 October
Edition1st
CategoryWTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$251,750
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationTallinn, Estonia
VenueFORUS Tennis Center [et]
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková
Doubles
Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
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The event was held for the first time, however, it was one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.[5][6]

Champions

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Singles

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This is Krejčíková's first title of the year and fourth of her career.

Doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $31,000 $18,037 $10,100 $5,800 $3,675 $2,675 $1,950 $1,270
Women's doubles* $10,800 $6,300 $3,800 $2,300 $1,750

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank Seed
  EST Anett Kontaveit 3 1
   SUI Belinda Bencic 14 2
  BRA Beatriz Haddad Maia 16 3
  USA Madison Keys 17 4
  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko[7] 19 5
  KAZ Elena Rybakina 22 6
  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 25 7
  CHN Zhang Shuai 28 8
   SUI Jil Teichmann 31 9

Rankings are as of 19 September 2022.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a special ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez   GER Laura Siegemund 51 1
  NOR Ulrikke Eikeri   SVK Tereza Mihalíková 100 2
  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok   UKR Nadiia Kichenok 114 3
  JPN Miyu Kato   CHN Wang Xinyu 143 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 19 September 2022.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

References

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  1. ^ Press release, Tallinn Open (20 August 2022)
  2. ^ "WTA, i tornei in autunno: novità Tallinn e Monastir, un '1000' a Guadalajara. Torna l'Asia (ma non la Cina)". oktennis.it.
  3. ^ "Tallinn Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  4. ^ Čad, Gorazd (7 July 2022). "Tallinn to host a WTA tennis tournament for the first time". Kongres Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ^ "WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara". tennis.com. 16 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". wtatennis.com. 3 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Latvian number 1 Ostapenko to play at Tallinn WTA 250 in September". news.err.ee. 8 August 2022.
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