​A look at the women’s qualifiers entering the 2025 China Open

Twelve players emerged from a two-round, 48-player event to complete the 96-player field for the 2025 China Open. Here’s a look at the 12 players and how they gained entry into the first round of the WTA 1000 event.

World No. 67 Cristina Bucsa defeated Clervie Ngounoue in straight sets, then rallied from 0-5 down in the first set to beat Maria Lourdes Carle, also in straight sets. The Spaniard is making her third appearance at the tournament, after reaching the fourth round last year, including an upset of then-No. 11 Liudmila Samsonova. She is coming off a fourth-round showing at the 2025 U.S. Open. 

World No. 87 Anastasia Zakharova defeated both Arina Rodionova and Greet Minnen in straight sets. This is the 23-year-old’s first appearance at the China Open. Zakharova has made Grand Slam appearances at both the 2024 Australian Open and the 2025 U.S. Open, where she defeated Elina Avanesyan in straight sets to reach the second round before losing to Laura Siegemund.  

World No. 92 Moyuka Uchijima defeated Xinyu Jiang in straight sets in the opening round, then defeated Joanna Garland in three sets. The 24-year-old has competed in the last 11 Grand Slam tournaments and represented Japan in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. This marks her second consecutive appearance in the China Open after reaching the second round last year. 

World No. 95 Ella Seidel recorded straight-set wins over Jessika Ponchet and World No. 50 Emiliana Arango. The 20-year-old German, who turned pro in 2022, is making her tournament debut. She enters Beijing on the heels of a quarterfinal run at the Korea Open in September.  

World No. 96 Anna Bondar beat Chenting Zhu 7-6 (8), 6-2 in the first round of qualifying, then beat Diane Parry 6-0, 6-4. The 28-year-old Hungarian is making her second appearance at the tournament after a first-round exit last year at the hands of Jaqueline Cristian. 

World No. 97 Dalma Galfi beat Linda Fruhvirtova in three sets in the opening round of qualifying, then defeated Katarzyna Kawa in straight sets. The Hungarian is making her second appearance at the tournament. After qualifying last year, she lost in straight sets in the first round to Katie Volynets, another qualifier this year. 

World No. 102 Janice Tjen defeated Lucrezia Stefanini 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of qualifying, then won 6-2, 7-6 (2) over Viktoriya Tomova. The 23-year-old Indonesian is coming off a finals appearance at the SP Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She is the only Indonesian player ranked inside the WTA top 300, and this will be her third career tournament appearance.

World No. 107 Katie Volynets defeated Lanlana Tararudee in three sets, then beat Astra Sharma in straight sets. In her China Open debut last year, the 23-year-old American advanced to the third round of the tournament, where she lost in straight sets to Naomi Osaka. 

World No. 108 Priscilla Hon defeated Ena Shibahara in three sets in the opening round, then beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-4 in the second round of qualifying. After failing to qualify last year, the 27-year-old Australian will be making her first appearance in the tournament. 

World No. 109 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva beat Li Zongyu 6-3, 6-3 then won against Elsa Jacquemot 6-3, 6-2. The 20-year-old is making her debut in the China Open. She previously won the 2020 Australian Open women singles title as the youngest player in the draw, earning her a career high ranking of World No. 1 in 2020. 

World No. 130 Aliaksandra Sasnovich posted repeat 6-4, 6-1 wins over Varvara Lepchenko and Tatiana Prozorova. The Belarusan is making her third career tournament appearance, and her first since 2019 when she lost in the first round. 

World No. 158 Maddison Inglis defeated Veronika Erjavec in straight sets and edged Rebeka Masarova 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in a 2-hour, 59-minute qualifier. The Australian avenged a quarterfinal loss to Masarova in March at the Puerto Vallarta Open and enters as the lowest World-ranked player in the field for her China Open debut. 

—Reporting by Coby Spratte, with additional reporting by Josie Childers, Mia Fleischer, Rebecca Jackson and Dane Vogel