2019 China Open – Women's Singles
was the defending champion, but lost to Naomi Osaka in the semifinals.
Osaka went on to win the title, defeating World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty in the final 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. This was Osaka's second Premier Mandatory title.
Barty and Karolína Plíšková were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Barty retained the top ranking when Plíšková lost in the first round to Jeļena Ostapenko.Seeds
The four Wuhan semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They are as follows:
Finals
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Draw
Second Qualifier
Third Qualifier
Fourth Qualifier
Fifth Qualifier
Sixth Qualifier