Ningbo Open 2025: Entry List, Schedule of play, Prize Money, Draw, Results and Predictions

The Ningbo Open is due to take place between October 13-19, 2025 and is a WTA 500 tournament taking place in China as one of the main focal points of the Asian Hard Court swing which completes the 2025 season.

It is a 28 player singles draw and five top 10 players will be in Ningbo for one of two tournaments on the tour that week. The other is the Japan Open headlined by Naomi Osaka. But Ningbo over in China will have Amanda Anisimova leading the field.

The US Open and Wimbledon finalist returns after becoming a top five star in 2025 and reaching two Grand Slam finals. One player who knows that feeling too well is Jasmine Paolini who is also among the leading contingent in China.

Mirra Andreeva played this event last year and it was perhaps the making of the now 18-year-old. She burst into tears on court after losing out to her good friend Daria Kasatkina in the final but went on to become a dominant force during the Sunshine Double this year.

Albeit since getting injured in Canada, it has not been as rosey for her as she aims to end the 2025 season on a high. Others involved in Ningbo include Jessica Pegula as well as Zheng Qinwen and Elena Rybakina.

Zheng had a super strong end to 2024 but this year has not been as good, she had to have surgery recently and was due to return at the BIllie Jean King Cup Finals for China but instead halted her return for a few more weeks with this tournament on the horizon.

She also will play in Wuhan also and has signed up for the Chinese double header. At the latter she is defending finalist. She had arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow following a first round loss to Katerina Siniakova at Wimbledon. She called that a necessary step toward a better version of herself on court after playing with pain for most of the year.

She also is under pressure with being a finalist at Wuhan as well as winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open last year so all of her points will be the focal point of the next few weeks. Daria Kasatkina will return to this tournament in 2025 after winning the event last year. She is joined also by a myriad of top talents outside the top 10 names.

These include Karolina Muchova, Elina Svitolina, Emma Navarro, Marketa Vondrousova, Diana Shnaider and Paula Badosa. In addition, Emma Raducanu has also received a wildcard to play in this tournament. She was due to have a Chinese home coming of sorts last year but injury took hold and she has only been able to return to Asia this past week with a loss to Barbora Krejcikova in Korea. But she has been handed a spot at this highly competitive event with the Czech ace as well as Wang Xinyu also afforded spots as wildcards.

(1) Mirra Andreeva vs BYE

Emma Raducanu vs Zhu Lin

Marketa Vondrousova vs Karolina Muchova

Wang Xiyu vs Diana Shnaider (7)

(4) Ekaterina Alexandrova vs BYE

Yuan Yue vs Wang Xinyu

Sofia Kenin vs McCartney Kessler

Qualifier vs Liudmila Samsonova (8)

Clara Tauson (5) vs Qualifier

Qualifier vs Qualifier

Victoria Mboko vs Dayana Yastremska

BYE vs Elena Rybakina (3)

Belinda Bencic (6) vs Magda Linette

Qualifier vs Qualifier

Zhang Shuai vs Veronika Kudermetova (2)

BYE vs Jasmine Paolini

Sofia Kenin vs. McCartney Kessler 1-6, 0-6

Belinda Bencic vs. Magda Linette 6-3, 6-2

Yulia Putintseva vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva 4-6, 2-6

Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Zeynep Sonmez 6-2, 5-7, 3-6

Xiyu Wang vs. Diana Shnaider 5-7, 3-6

Clara Tauson vs. Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 6-7, 3-6

Antonia Ruzic vs. Veronika Kudermetova 3-6, 2-6

Emma Raducanu vs. Lin Zhu 6-3, 4-6, 1-6

Yue Yuan vs. Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-3

Belinda Bencic vs. Yullia Starodubtseva 5-7, 6-4, 7-5

Ajla Tomljanovic vs Zeynep Sonmez 7-6, 6-3

Karolina Muchova vs Diana Shnaider 6-2, 1-6, 2-6

Mirra Andreeva vs. Lin Zhu 6-4, 3-6, 2-6

McCartney Kessler vs. Liudmila Samsonova 7-6, 6-1

Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jasmine Paolini 2-6, 5-7

Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Yue Yuan 6-3, 6-3

Dayana Yastremska vs. Elena Rybakina 4-6, 7-6, 3-6

Belinda Bencic vs. Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 5-7, 3-6

Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. McCartney Kessler 6-3, 6-3

Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Elena Rybakina 2-6, 0-6

Lin Zhu vs. Diana Shnaider 6-2, 3-6, 1-6

Elena Rybakina vs. Jasmine Paolini 6-3, 6-2

Diana Shnaider vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 4-6

Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Elena Rybakina 6-3, 0-6, 2-6

First round: $11,300/ 1 point

Round of 16: $15,700 / 60 points

Quarter-finalists: $28,695 / 108 points

Semi-finalists: $59,000 / 195 points

Runner-up: $101,000 / 325 points

Champion: $164,000 / 500 points

Samuel Gill, Head Editor for TennisUpToDate.com sees another good week for Amanda Anisimova if she plays.

This draw is interesting as feasibly it could lose both Amanda Anisimova and Jessica Pegula before the start. Anisimova was supposedly seen in pictures with family in the States so whether it's sharing old content or not remains to be seen.

While Pegula has now qualified for the WTA Finals despite losing in the latter stages in Wuhan so in reality she doesn't need to be there. Paolini too is still playing in Wuhan so may not bother albeit will want to qualify for Riyadh.

Elena Rybakina and Ekaterina Alexandrova are my picks if those involved initially don't play. Also see a strong week for Emma Raducanu if the hat disspates.

*** Amanda Anisimova

** Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini

* Elena Rybakina, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Emma Raducanu