2023 Prague Open

The 2023 Prague Open (branded as the 2023 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the TK Sparta Praha. It was the 14th (WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament and part of the 2023 WTA Tour, classified as a WTA 250 tournament. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic from 31 July to 6 August 2023.[1]

2023 Prague Open
Date31 July – 6 August
Edition14th
CategoryWTA 250
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
VenueTK Sparta Praha
Champions
Singles
Japan Nao Hibino
Doubles
Japan Nao Hibino / Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova

Exclusion of Russian & Belarusian players

Ahead of the tournament, the Czech police prevented the Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova from entering the country.[2] Russian and Belarusian players were subsequently asked not to travel to Czechia and were forced to withdraw from the tournament.[3] They would have competed as neutrals, without any national flag or symbol, but the Czech government passed a resolution banning all Russian and Belarusian athletes from entering the country due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2023 Prague Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2023 Prague Open – Doubles

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank† Seed
 CZE Marie Bouzková 29 1
 CHN Zhu Lin 38 2
 CHN Zhang Shuai 45 3
 CZE Linda Nosková 59 4
 GER Tatjana Maria 65 5
 FRA Alizé Cornet 70 6
 CHN Wang Xinyu 71 7
 UKR Kateryna Baindl 77 8
 CHN Wang Xiyu 80 9

† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.[5]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard entry into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry with a protected ranking:

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank† Seed
 CHN Zhang Shuai  CHN Zhu Lin 129 1
 GBR Alicia Barnett  GBR Olivia Nicholls 145 2
 CZE Anastasia Dețiuc  CZE Anna Sisková 187 3
 GBR Naiktha Bains  GBR Maia Lumsden 198 4

† Rankings are as of 24 July 2023.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard entry into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

References
  1. "Livesport Prague Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
  2. "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova posts message after being denied entry into Czech Republic". Tennis World USA. 31 July 2023.
  3. "Russian and Belarusian players banned from next week's WTA event in Prague". tennis.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. "Russian, Belarusian players denied entry for Prague WTA event". Reuters. 28 July 2023.
  5. "2023 Prague Open WTA Entry List - Krejcikova, Bouzkova, Strycova & more". tennis-infinity.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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