Overview

• Tournament organizers released the official 96-player WTA 1000 draw, with 32 seeded players receiving first-round byes.
• The top eight seeds are Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Mirra Andreeva, Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini, Zheng Qinwen and Elena Rybakina.
• World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka will skip Beijing, with additional withdrawals reported for Madison Keys, Danielle Collins, Beatriz Haddad Maia, Marketa Vondrousova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Olga Danilovic.
• Swiatek arrives in Beijing off a WTA 500 title in Seoul, her 25th career trophy, and could face Jessica Pegula in a projected quarter-final.
• Defending champion Gauff opens after a bye and is projected to face Leylah Fernandez in round three, Belinda Bencic in the last 16 and Elena Rybakina in the quarters, while No. 30 seed Emma Raducanu could meet Pegula, Naomi Osaka and then Swiatek if she advances.