
The WTA will make a stop in Beijing, China during it's Asian swing for the China Open, which will run from September 30-October 8, 2023.
A WTA 1000 event, the tournament features a 64-player field with a total prize pool of $8,127,389. With such a lucrative pot, several top-ranked superstars will battle it out for the prize money, ranking points and possibly a spot at the year-ending WTA Finals.
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Sabalenka to compete as new World No.1
Following her runner-up finish at the 2023 US Open, Aryna Sabalenka will debut as the new World No.1 at the event. The Belarusian toppled Iga Swiatek, who held the top position for an astounding 75 weeks. Swiatek will also be competing at the event, alongside Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff.
Below is the full list of entrants.
| 1 | Iga Swiatek | 1 |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 2 |
| 3 | Jessica Pegula | 3 |
| 4 | Elena Rybakina | 4 |
| 5 | Ons Jabeur | 5 |
| 6 | Coco Gauff | 6 |
| 7 | Caroline Garcia | 7 |
| 8 | Maria Sakkari | 8 |
| 9 | Marketa Vondrousova | 9 |
| 10 | Karolina Muchova | 10 |
| 11 | Petra Kvitova | 11 |
| 12 | Barbora Krejcikova | 12 |
| 13 | Belinda Bencic | 13 |
| 14 | Daria Kasatkina | 14 |
| 15 | Liudmila Samsonova | 15 |
| 16 | Veronika Kudermetova | 16 |
| Madison Keys | 17 | |
| Victoria Azarenka | 18 | |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | 19 | |
| Ekaterina Alexandrova | 20 | |
| Jelena Ostapenko | 21 | |
| Donna Vekic | 22 | |
| Qinwen Zheng | 23 | |
| Magda Linette | 24 | |
| Karolina Pliskova | 25 | |
| Elina Svitolina | 26 | |
| Anastasia Potapova | 27 | |
| Anhelina Kalinina | 28 | |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 29 | |
| Sorana Cirstea | 30 | |
| Marie Bouzkova | 31 | |
| Elise Mertens | 32 | |
| Mayar Sherif | 33 | |
| Jasmine Paolini | 35 | |
| Sloane Stephens | 36 | |
| Petra Martic | 37 | |
| Anna Blinkova | 38 | |
| Marta Kostyuk | 39 | |
| Varvara Gracheva | 40 | |
| Linda Noskova | 41 | |
| Alycia Parks | 42 | |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | 43 | |
| Lin Zhu | 44 | |
| Arantxa Rus | 45 | |
| Lesia Tsurenko | 46 | |
| Jennifer Brady | 14 (PR) | |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 (PR) | |
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