Ningbo International Tennis Open

Ningbo Open
Current event 2026 Ningbo Open
Tournament information
Founded2010; 16 years ago (2010)
LocationNingbo
China
VenueNingbo Yinzhou Tennis Center
SurfaceHard
Current champions (WTA 2026, ATP 2026)
Women's singlesKazakhstan Elena Rybakina
Women's doublesUnited States Desirae Krawczyk
Hungary Fanny Stollár
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Challenger 75
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$107,000 (2026)
WTA Tour
CategoryWTA 500
Draw28S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$1,206,446 (2026)

The Ningbo Open (Chinese: 宁波网球公开赛) is a tennis tournament held in Ningbo, China. It is played on outdoor hardcourts. Since 2024, the women's event is listed as a WTA 500 tournament. The men's event is known as the Ningbo Challenger.

The women's event was previously part of the WTA 250 in 2023, and the WTA 125K series in 2013-2014.

The men's event ended in 2012, but restarted in 2015 as the Yinzhou Bank Cup. It was held until 2019 on the ATP Challenger Tour 125 and was known as the Ningbo Yinzhou International Tennis Challenger.[citation needed] It returned in 2026 as the Ningbo Challenger.


Ningbo Yinzhou Tennis Center in 2025

Past finals

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2026Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina (2)Canada Leylah Fernandez6–2, 6–2
2025Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina Ekaterina Alexandrova3–6, 6–0, 6–2
2024 Daria Kasatkina Mirra Andreeva6–0, 4–6, 6–4
↑ WTA 500 event ↑
2023Tunisia Ons Jabeur Diana Shnaider6–2, 6–1
↑ WTA 250 event ↑
2015–22Not held
2014Poland Magda LinetteChina Wang Qiang3–6, 7–5, 6–1
2013Serbia Bojana JovanovskiChina Zhang Shuai6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1
↑ WTA $125,000 event ↑
2012Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-weiChina Zhang Shuai6–2, 6–2
2011Belarus Anastasiya YakimovaJapan Erika Sema7–6(7–3), 6–3
2010Italy Alberta BriantiSlovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková6–4, 6–4
↑ ITF 100,000+H event ↑

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2026United States Desirae Krawczyk
Hungary Fanny Stollár
Spain Cristina Bucșa
United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–6]
2025United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Liudmila Samsonova
Hungary Tímea Babos
Brazil Luisa Stefani
5–7, 6–4, [10–8]
2024Netherlands Demi Schuurs
China Yuan Yue
United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
6–3, 6–3
↑ WTA 500 event ↑
2023Germany Laura Siegemund
Vera Zvonareva
China Guo Hanyu
China Jiang Xinyu
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
↑ WTA 250 event ↑
2015–22Not held
2014Australia Arina Rodionova
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
China Han Xinyun
China Zhang Kailin
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–6]
2013Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
China Zhang Shuai
Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
6–2, 6–1
↑ WTA $125,000 event ↑
2012Japan Shuko Aoyama
Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
United States Tetiana Luzhanska
China Zheng Saisai
6–2, 7–5
2011Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska
China Zheng Saisai
Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
China Han Xinyun
6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
2010Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
United States Jill Craybas
Ukraine Olga Savchuk
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
↑ ITF 100,000+H event ↑

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2026 Yaroslav Demin Petr Bar Biryukov5–7, 6–2, 7–6(8–6)
2020–25Not held
2019Japan Yasutaka UchiyamaCanada Steven Diez6–1, 6–3
2018Italy Thomas FabbianoIndia Prajnesh Gunneswaran7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
2017Russia Mikhail YouzhnyJapan Taro Daniel6–1, 6–1
2016Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsunJapan Hiroki Moriya6–3, 6–1
2015Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsunEstonia Jürgen Zopp7–6(7–3), 6–1
2013–14Not held
2012Germany Peter GojowczykSouth Korea Jeong Suk-young6–3, 6–1
2011Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsunEstonia Jürgen Zopp6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2026Japan Akira Santillan
China Zheng Baoluo
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Japan Kaichi Uchida
6–3, 7–5
2020–25Not held
2019Australia Andrew Harris
Australia Marc Polmans
Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Matt Reid
6–0, 6–1
2018China Gong Maoxin
China Zhang Ze
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
2017Moldova Radu Albot
New Zealand Jose Statham
India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat
7–5, 6–3
2016France Jonathan Eysseric
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
United States Stefan Kozlov
Japan Akira Santillan
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2015Israel Dudi Sela
Israel Amir Weintraub
Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Franko Škugor
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
2013–14Not held
2012Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
China Gong Maoxin
China Zhang Ze
6–4, 6–2
2011India Karan Rastogi
India Divij Sharan
Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Estonia Jürgen Zopp
3–6, 7–6(7–3), [13–11]

References

  1. ↑ "WTA announces 2024 calendar changes". wtatennis.com. 1 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ningbo Open offers lucrative rewards following elevation to WTA500". 6 September 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "The 2024 Ningbo Open Kicks Off" (Press release). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Year 2015 On The ATP Challenger Tour Part X – October". 25 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2026.