2026 Ningbo Open Daily Schedule, Order of Play and Results
The 2026 Ningbo Open brings top-level women’s tennis to Ningbo, China, with singles and doubles matches taking place throughout the week on hard courts. The tournament forms part of the Asian swing and gives players another important opportunity to earn valuable ranking points late in the season.
This page provides the complete 2026 Ningbo Open daily schedule, order of play and results, covering the tournament from the opening rounds through to the singles and doubles finals. Each daily section includes court assignments, match order, start times, player names, seeds and updated scores once matches are completed.
All primary match times are listed in China Standard Time (CST), the local time in Ningbo, with additional conversions for US Eastern Time, British Time, Central European Time and Australian Eastern Daylight Time. The page will be updated throughout the tournament so you can easily follow the latest Ningbo Open 2026 schedule, order of play, scores and results in one place.
Main Draw Day 1
Monday, October 19
Main draw begins:
The 2026 Ningbo Open gets underway with women’s singles
Round of 32 matches and women’s doubles Round of 16 action
on Center Court and Grandstand.
| Start Time CST |
Event / Round | Player / Team 1 | Player / Team 2 | US Eastern EDT |
UK BST |
Central Europe CEST |
Australia East AEDT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Court | |||||||
| 12:00 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
E. Mertens (7) BEL | ✓ L. Fernandez CAN 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 | 12:00 AM | 5:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
✓ S. Cirstea (8) ROU 6-3, 6-2 | H. Shi CHN | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
| Followed By |
Women’s Doubles R16 |
✓ H. Guo / K. Mladenovic (3) CHN / FRA 6-1, 6-1 | S. Aoyama / E. Liang JPN / TPE | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
|
Not Before 7:30 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
✓ A. Eala PHI 6-3, 6-1 | D. Parry FRA |
Not Before 7:30 AM |
Not Before 12:30 PM |
Not Before 1:30 PM |
Not Before 10:30 PM |
| Grandstand | |||||||
| 1:00 PM |
Women’s Doubles R16 |
Qu / Shao CHN / CHN | ✓ E. Perez / D. Schuurs AUS / NED 6-1, 6-1 | 1:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| Followed By |
Women’s Doubles R16 |
T. Mihalikova / O. Nicholls SVK / GBR | ✓ M. Kozyreva / M. Lumsden RUS / GBR 6-4, 7-5 | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
|
Not Before 4:00 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
D. Kasatkina AUS | ✓ A. Sasnovich BLR 6-4, 6-2 |
Not Before 4:00 AM |
Not Before 9:00 AM |
Not Before 10:00 AM |
Not Before 7:00 PM |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
K. Rakhimova UZB | ✓ M. Bouzkova CZE 6-4, 6-4 | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
Schedule note:
The opening main-draw schedule includes four women’s singles
Round of 32 matches and three women’s doubles Round of 16 matches.
Time zone note:
Match times are listed first in China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8),
the local time in Ningbo. Ningbo is 12 hours ahead of US Eastern
Daylight Time (EDT), 7 hours ahead of British Summer Time (BST)
and 6 hours ahead of Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) is 3 hours
ahead of Ningbo. “Followed By” means the match starts after the
previous match on the same court has finished, while “Not Before”
indicates the earliest possible start time.
Main Draw Day 2
Tuesday, October 20
Day 2 in Ningbo:
Women’s singles Round of 32 action continues across Center Court
and Grandstand, alongside one women’s doubles Round of 16 match.
| Start Time CST |
Event / Round | Player / Team 1 | Player / Team 2 | US Eastern EDT |
UK BST |
Central Europe CEST |
Australia East AEDT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center Court | |||||||
| 1:00 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
Y. Putintseva KAZ | D. Shnaider (6) RUS | 1:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
J. Paolini ITA | A. Kalinina UKR | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
J. Ostapenko LAT | B. Bencic (5) SUI | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
|
Not Before 7:00 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
H. Guo CHN | E. Alexandrova RUS |
Not Before 7:00 AM |
Not Before 12:00 PM |
Not Before 1:00 PM |
Not Before 10:00 PM |
| Grandstand | |||||||
| 1:00 PM |
Women’s Singles R32 |
S. Bejlek CZE | A. Parks USA | 1:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | 4:00 PM |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
C. Bucsa ESP | P. Kudermetova UZB | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
| Followed By |
Women’s Doubles R16 |
Fernandez / Kostyuk CAN / UKR | Bondar / Korneeva HUN / RUS | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
| Followed By |
Women’s Singles R32 |
K. Kawa POL | D. Snigur UKR | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By | Followed By |
Schedule note:
Day 2 features seven women’s singles Round of 32 matches and
one women’s doubles Round of 16 match. The final Center Court
match between H. Guo and E. Alexandrova is scheduled not before
7:00 PM local time.
Time zone note:
Match times are listed first in China Standard Time
(CST, UTC+8), the local time in Ningbo. Ningbo is 12 hours
ahead of US Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 7 hours ahead of
British Summer Time (BST), and 6 hours ahead of Central
European Summer Time (CEST). Australian Eastern Daylight
Time (AEDT) is 3 hours ahead of Ningbo. “Followed By” means
the match starts after the previous match on the same court
has finished, while “Not Before” indicates the earliest
possible start time.
