Overview

• The tournament released the official women’s singles draw for the Beijing WTA 1000, confirming a 96-player field with first-round byes for all 32 seeds.
• The top eight seeds are Iga Swiatek (1), Coco Gauff (2), Amanda Anisimova (3), Mirra Andreeva (4), Jessica Pegula (5), Jasmine Paolini (6), Zheng Qinwen (7) and Elena Rybakina (8).
• Aryna Sabalenka withdrew, as did Madison Keys, Danielle Collins, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Marketa Vondrousova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Olga Danilovic, reshaping the seedings.
• Swiatek arrives off a Seoul title and is drawn to start against Yuan Yue or Yulia Putintseva, with a potential third round versus Anna Kalinskaya and a possible quarterfinal against Jessica Pegula or Naomi Osaka.
• Gauff opens her title defense against Lucia Bronzetti or Kamilla Rakhimova, with projected later rounds against Leylah Fernandez, Belinda Bencic and Elena Rybakina, while No. 30 seed Emma Raducanu could face Pegula in round three.