2023_Prague_Open
2023 Prague Open
Women's tennis tournament
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 31 July – 6 August | |||
| Edition | 14th | |||
| Category | WTA 250 | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Prague, Czech Republic | |||
| Venue | TK Sparta Praha | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Nao Hibino | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
Nao Hibino /  Oksana Kalashnikova | ||||
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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]
Singles
Nao Hibino def. 
Linda Nosková 6–4, 6–1
Doubles
- Nao Hibino /
Oksana Kalashnikova def. 
Quinn Gleason / 
Elixane Lechemia 6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
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 |
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 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:
Emiliana Arango
Viktória Hrunčáková- Elvina Kalieva
- Gabriela Knutson
Tamara Korpatsch
Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by
Kaia Kanepi - Kristína Kučová → replaced by
Lucrezia Stefanini - Tatjana Maria → replaced by
Ankita Raina 
Rebeka Masarova → replaced by Nao Hibino
Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Jule Niemeier- Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by
Yuan Yue
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
- Lucie Havlíčková / Miriam Kolodziejová → replaced by
Luksika Kumkhum / Peangtarn Plipuech
- "Livesport Prague Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
- "Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova posts message after being denied entry into Czech Republic". Tennis World USA. 31 July 2023.
- "Russian and Belarusian players banned from next week's WTA event in Prague". tennis.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- "Russian, Belarusian players denied entry for Prague WTA event". Reuters. 28 July 2023.
- "2023 Prague Open WTA Entry List - Krejcikova, Bouzkova, Strycova & more". tennis-infinity.com. Retrieved 17 July 2023.