Wuhan Open picks from the WTA 1000 in central China, with the reasoning behind every call.
Our Wuhan Open calls so far: 9 of 17 matches called right
Next edition: October 2027
Analysis only. Our pick: Sonay Kartal to win the final · analysis only. We expect three sets, with Kartal's serve the difference, but the odds see this as level.
Analysis only. Our pick: Chwalinska +6.5 games · analysis only. We expect Swiatek to win, 6:4, 6:3, but Chwalinska has taken sets off Marie Bouzkova and Maria Sakkari this week.
Analysis only. Our pick: Swiatek to win, in two sets · analysis only. She has lost five games in two matches in Wuhan; Li beat Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday.
Analysis only. Our pick: Svitolina in three sets · analysis only. She leads the head to head 2-0, but Kartal beat Belinda Bencic and Jasmine Paolini this week, conceding two games to Paolini.
We back Shnaider to win the match: she has not dropped a set in Wuhan, while Ostapenko comes in after two three-setters on consecutive days.
We back Jovic to win the match: she is 27-11 on hard courts this season, while Chwalinska, much stronger on clay, needed three sets on Wednesday.
Analysis only. Our pick: Shnaider in three sets · analysis only. Muchova needed two tie-breaks to get through on Wednesday, Shnaider lost four games.
We back Sakkari to win the match: she came from a set down to beat the eighth seed Marta Kostyuk, while Pohankova, ranked 202, plays her first WTA 1000 third round.
Analysis only. Our pick: Sabalenka 2:0 in sets · analysis only. She holds 81.7% of her service games this season against Li’s 70.5%, and Li wins only 45.2% of her second-serve points.
We back Bencic to win the match: all three models we checked give her about two chances in three, and Kartal is playing only her third tournament since a long injury break.
The Wuhan Open is a WTA 1000 on outdoor hard courts at the Optics Valley International Tennis Centre, a one-week event with a 56-player singles draw in which the top eight seeds get a bye. It is the last WTA 1000 of the season. The 2026 edition runs from 12 to 18 October. In the last finished edition, in 2025, Coco Gauff beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 in the final. The 2027 edition runs from 11 to 17 October.
Wuhan starts the day after the Beijing final, so the women who went deep in a 12-day WTA 1000 arrive with no rest, and the bye for the top eight is a real help. Central China can still be warm and humid in October, which makes long matches hard on tired legs. It is late in a long season, so some players are pushing for a place at the WTA Finals while others are running low, and late withdrawals can reshape the draw. We look closely at how many matches each player has played in the last two weeks.
We do not pick every match. We choose the Wuhan matches where we have a clear read on the result, write the analysis and publish one pick with the odds at the time of publication. Every pick goes into our public tracker and is settled on the official result. Analyses from every edition stay on this page.
The 2026 Wuhan Open runs from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October. The 2027 edition runs from 11 to 17 October.
Outdoor hard courts at the Optics Valley International Tennis Centre in Wuhan.
56 in the singles draw. The top eight seeds start in the second round, and all matches are best of three sets.
Every pick we publish goes into our public tracker with the odds at publication, the stake in units and the final result. Nothing is removed or edited after publication.
Sources: WTA: Wuhan 2026: dates, draws, prize money and everything you need to know · WTA: Wuhan Open 2027 overview