Women's main draw play at the 2025 Hong Kong Open, 2025 Jiangxi Open and 2025 Chennai Open will begin Monday, Oct. 27. All three are WTA 250 events with 32-player draws played on outdoor hard courts. The biggest names on the WTA Tour are preparing for the WTA Finals, which begin Nov. 1, so these three events present opportunities for some other players to shine. The Hong Kong Open has the most high-profile field of this week's three tournaments, with four top-25 players in the draw. Below are the top title contenders and dark horses for the 2025 Hong Kong Open, Jiangxi Open and Chennai Open.
Favorite to Win the 2025 Hong Kong Open
Belinda Bencic: Bencic is putting the finishing touches on a superb first season back from maternity leave. The 2025 Wimbledon semifinalist just claimed her second title of the year at the Toray Open, so Bencic is rolling to close out the campaign. She doesn't hit as hard as the WTA's top power hitters, but Bencic's aggressive court positioning and ability to redirect the ball at will takes time away from her opponents. Bencic is the clear top-ranked player at the Hong Kong Open, and her No. 13 ranking doesn't even include the points from the Toray Open yet. With No. 8 seed Emiliana Arango as her chalk quarterfinal opponent, Bencic has a pretty easy path to the semifinals on paper. She could face No. 4 seed Sofia Kenin or No. 5 Maya Joint in the
Women's main draw play at the 2025 Hong Kong Open, 2025 Jiangxi Open and 2025 Chennai Open will begin Monday, Oct. 27. All three are WTA 250 events with 32-player draws played on outdoor hard courts. The biggest names on the WTA Tour are preparing for the WTA Finals, which begin Nov. 1, so these three events present opportunities for some other players to shine. The Hong Kong Open has the most high-profile field of this week's three tournaments, with four top-25 players in the draw. Below are the top title contenders and dark horses for the 2025 Hong Kong Open, Jiangxi Open and Chennai Open.
Favorite to Win the 2025 Hong Kong Open
Belinda Bencic: Bencic is putting the finishing touches on a superb first season back from maternity leave. The 2025 Wimbledon semifinalist just claimed her second title of the year at the Toray Open, so Bencic is rolling to close out the campaign. She doesn't hit as hard as the WTA's top power hitters, but Bencic's aggressive court positioning and ability to redirect the ball at will takes time away from her opponents. Bencic is the clear top-ranked player at the Hong Kong Open, and her No. 13 ranking doesn't even include the points from the Toray Open yet. With No. 8 seed Emiliana Arango as her chalk quarterfinal opponent, Bencic has a pretty easy path to the semifinals on paper. She could face No. 4 seed Sofia Kenin or No. 5 Maya Joint in the semis, with No. 2 seed Leylah Fernandez or No. 3 Victoria Mboko as potential opponents in the final.
In the Mix to Win the 2025 Hong Kong Open
Leylah Fernandez: Bencic isn't the only player in the Hong Kong Open draw with a recent title under her belt, as Fernandez is just over a week removed from her Japan Open title. The Canadian counterpuncher is adept at redirecting the opposition's power, even if she sometimes struggles to generate her own since she's on the smaller side at 5-foot-6. Fernandez is the top alternative to Bencic, both in terms of ranking and form. Leylah has been a consistent top-30 presence since breaking onto the scene with a run to the final of the 2021 U.S. Open, and she currently sits at No. 22. The three other seeds in her half of the draw are scuffling No. 3 seed Victoria Mboko, banged-up No. 6 seed Anna Kalinskaya and seventh-seeded potential quarterfinal opponent Sorana Cirstea, whom Fernandez recently defeated at the Japan Open.
Sofia Kenin: Seeded fourth, Kenin will be motivated to avenge her three-set Toray Open semifinal loss to Bencic in a potential semifinal rematch here. Prior to that loss, Kenin had been 2-0 against Bencic. The biggest obstacle in Kenin's path to that rematch is No. 5 seed Maya Joint, whom the 25th-ranked American could face in the quarterfinals. Kenin hasn't lost to a player outside the top 50 since early August, and she picked up a top-10 win over Ekaterina Alexandrova this past week prior to the Bencic loss.
Sleeper to Win the 2025 Hong Kong Open
Maya Joint: Joint isn't a household name yet, but the 19-year-old Australian is brimming with potential. She's knocking on the door of the top 30, currently sporting a career-high No. 32 ranking, and Joint has already won two WTA Tour-level titles in 2025. Joint beat Sofia Kenin convincingly in Seoul six weeks ago, so the Aussie would like her chances if the No. 4 and 5 seeds faced off in the quarterfinals here. Joint has never faced Bencic.
Favorite to Win the 2025 Jiangxi Open
Viktorija Golubic: Golubic is the No. 2 seed and defending champion at the Jiangxi Open. She's also playing her best tennis of the year to close out 2025, winning a WTA 125-level title at the Suzhou Open earlier this month and tacking on a respectable quarterfinal showing at the Japan Open. The 55th-ranked Golubic notched two top-50 wins in that two-tournament stretch, and the Jiangxi Open features only one top-50 player: No. 1 seed Ann Li. The six other seeds behind Li and Golubic have all posted uninspiring recent results, so chalk could well hold until the championship match here. Golubic projects to face No. 5 seed Yulia Putintseva in the quarterfinals, then No. 4 Polina Kudermetova or No. 7 Camila Osorio in the semis.
In the Mix to Win the 2025 Jiangxi Open
Ann Li: Li continued her late-season ascent with a title at the Guangzhou Open this past week, giving her a WTA 250 title, a WTA 250 runner-up finish and a Grand Slam round of 16 result among her last five tournaments. The surging American is in unfamiliar territory within the top 50, but she's making the most of her opportunity and has a chance to pick up another substantial chunk of ranking points as the top seed in an underwhelming Jiangxi Open field. Golubic gets the slight edge as the defending champion since both of the top two seeds have been in good form recently. Li's path to the final includes a potential quarterfinal matchup against No. 8 seed Anastasia Zakharova, then No. 3 Alycia Parks or No. 6 Anna Bondar in the semis.
Alycia Parks: None of the other seeded players outside of Golubic or Li have been playing particularly well, but at least the third-seeded Parks has all the tools to put together a deep run if her game starts clicking. The third-seeded American generates easy power and possesses a booming serve, but she has struggled with consistency. Some strong results from the tail end of the 2024 season are supporting her No. 65 ranking, so Parks will be motivated to find her game late in 2025 in order to avoid a substantial drop. If Parks' shots are finding the court consistently, she can hang with anyone, so how her matches go in this tournament will depend more on her form than her opponents'. She's 1-0 in her career against Li, which bodes well for Parks if they meet in the semis, but Parks is in much more danger of losing early given her recent struggles.
Sleeper to Win the 2025 Jiangxi Open
Claire Liu: Liu just made a deep run to the semifinals of the Giangzhou Open as a qualifier, racking up five wins before falling to Lulu Sun. The 25-year-old American doesn't have any big weapons, but she won't beat herself. If Liu can get through Kaja Juvan in the opening round, she would have a potential second-round matchup against Alycia Parks in a contrast of styles between Parks' all-out offense and Liu's measured defense. Should the steadier Liu prevail there, sixth-seeded Anna Bondar would be the only seed left blocking her path to another WTA 250 semifinal.
Favorite to Win the 2025 Chennai Open
Zeynep Sonmez: Sonmez has a nice opportunity to pick up her first WTA Tour title as the only top-70 player in the draw for the Chennai Open, which is being held for the first time since 2022 and second time overall, marking the WTA Tour's return to India. Sonmez has played her best tennis in fast conditions, reaching the third round on grass at Wimbledon and holding her own against top-30 player Marta Kostyuk in a tight second-round loss at the hard-court U.S. Open. The No. 1 seed could face fifth-seeded Lucia Bronzetti in the quarterfinals, one of No. 4 seed Janice Tjen or No. 8 Lulu Sun in the semis, and No. 2 Francesca Jones or No. 3 Donna Vekic in the final.
In the Mix to Win the 2025 Chennai Open
Donna Vekic: Vekic's pedigree significantly outpaces her No. 79 ranking, as she was ranked as high as No. 17 earlier this year thanks to making the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2024 and picking up a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics. Consistency has eluded the big-hitting Croatian in 2025, but she's certainly capable of putting together a hot streak, especially in a draw without another player nearly as accomplished as Vekic. She landed in the favorable bottom half of the draw, where the other three seeds (No. 2 Francesca Jones, No. 6 Leolia Jeanjean and No. 7 Kimberly Birrell) have a combined two Grand Slam third-round appearances, with the last being Jeanjean at the 2022 French Open.
Janice Tjen: Tjen has ascended to a career-high ranking of No. 80 thanks to a 72-14 record in all competitions this year, including a recent WTA 125-level title at the Jinan Open, where she defeated possible Chennai Open quarterfinal opponent Lulu Sun. There's no substitute for the confidence gained from winning matches, and the fourth-seeded Indonesian has plenty of that heading into this tournament. Only one of Tjen's 72 wins in 2025 has come against top-60 competition, so she has yet to prove herself against the top of the WTA Tour, but she won't have to do that here, since no player is ranked above No. 69.
Sleeper to Win the 2025 Chennai Open
Lulu Sun: Sun's game leaves little margin for error, which can lead to frustratingly error-prone fallow periods but also high peaks when she finds her timing for a tournament, such as her quarterfinal run at Wimbledon last year or Sun's recently completed run to the final of the Guangzhou Open, which included a victory over top-seeded Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Even without the ranking points from Guangzhou on her ledger, Sun managed to snag the last seeded spot at the Chennai Open. The No. 8 seed could face Janice Tjen in the quarterfinals before a potential opportunity to knock off another No. 1 seed in Zeynep Sonmez in the semis.
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