China Open: women's singles champions

WTA 1000 · Hard · National Tennis Center, Beijing

Qinwen Zheng won the 2026 title, beating Mirra Andreeva 7-5 6-4 in the final. Our archive has 23 editions since 1994; Serena Williams has won it most often, 2 times.

Most titles

Titles by country

United States5
Russia4
Poland3
Denmark2
Indonesia1
Taiwan1
Hungary1
Serbia1

Youngest and oldest champions

Youngest: Maria Kirilenko, 18 in 2005
Oldest: Serena Williams, 32 in 2013

Age when the tournament began.

Every final

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2026	Qinwen Zheng	Mirra Andreeva	7-5 6-4	Draw
2025	Amanda Anisimova	Linda Noskova	6-0 2-6 6-2	Draw
2024	Coco Gauff	Karolina Muchova	6-1 6-3	Draw
2023	Iga Swiatek	Liudmila Samsonova	6-2 6-2	Draw
2019	Naomi Osaka	Ashleigh Barty	3-6 6-3 6-2	Draw
2018	Caroline Wozniacki	Anastasija Sevastova	6-3 6-3	Draw
2017	Caroline Garcia	Simona Halep	6-4 7-6(3)	Draw
2016	Agnieszka Radwanska	Johanna Konta	6-4 6-2	Draw
2015	Garbine Muguruza	Timea Bacsinszky	7-5 6-4	Draw
2014	Maria Sharapova	Petra Kvitova	6-4 2-6 6-3	Draw
2013	Serena Williams	Jelena Jankovic	6-2 6-2	Draw
2012	Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6-3 6-1	Draw
2011	Agnieszka Radwanska	Andrea Petkovic	7-5 0-6 6-4	Draw
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Vera Zvonareva	6-3 3-6 6-3	Draw
2009	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwanska	6-2 6-4	Draw
2008	Jelena Jankovic	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-3 6-2	Draw
2007	Agnes Szavay	Jelena Jankovic	6-7(7) 7-5 6-2	Draw
2006	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Amelie Mauresmo	6-4 6-0	Draw
2005	Maria Kirilenko	Anna Lena Groenefeld	6-3 6-4	Draw
2004	Serena Williams	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4-6 7-5 6-4	Draw
1996	Shi Ting Wang	Li Ling Chen	6-3 6-4	Draw
1995	Linda Wild	Shi Ting Wang	7-5 6-2	Draw
1994	Yayuk Basuki	Kyoko Nagatsuka	6-4 6-2	Draw

Finals of the tour-level event in our match archive, matched by tournament across name changes. Every champion is checked against an independent record; a year where the two disagree is left out until it is resolved, and a missing year means the event was not held or is not in the archive.