2022 Transylvania Open
The 2022 Transylvania Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the Transylvania Open, and part of the WTA 250 series of the 2022 WTA Tour. It was held at the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from 10 until 16 October 2022.[1][2][3]
| 2022 Transylvania Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10–16 October | 
| Edition | 2nd | 
| Category | WTA 250 | 
| Draw | 32S / 16Q / 16D | 
| Prize money | $251,750 | 
| Surface | Hard (Indoor) | 
| Location | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 
| Venue | BT Arena | 
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
|  Anna Blinkova | |
| Doubles | |
| .svg.png.webp) Kirsten Flipkens /  Laura Siegemund | |
The event is one of the six tournaments that were given single-year WTA 250 licenses in September and October 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China during the 2022 season because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the suspension of tournaments in China following former WTA player Peng Shuai's allegation of sexual assault against a Chinese government official.[4][5]
Champions
    
    Singles
    
 Anna Blinkova def. Anna Blinkova def. Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 Jasmine Paolini 6–2, 3–6, 6–2
This is Blinkova's first career singles title.
Doubles
    
.svg.png.webp) Kirsten Flipkens / Kirsten Flipkens / Laura Siegemund def. Laura Siegemund def. Kamilla Rakhimova / Kamilla Rakhimova / Yana Sizikova 6–3, 7–5 Yana Sizikova 6–3, 7–5
Singles main draw entrants
    
    Seeds
    
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  CZE | |||
|  UKR | Anhelina Kalinina | 45 | 2 | 
|  ROU | Ana Bogdan | 46 | 3 | 
| Anastasia Potapova | 51 | 4 | |
|  POL | Magda Linette | 55 | 5 | 
|  UKR | Marta Kostyuk | 56 | 6 | 
|  CHN | Wang Xiyu | 59 | 7 | 
|  HUN | Anna Bondár | 61 | 8 | 
|  ITA | Lucia Bronzetti | 62 | 9 | 
- Rankings are as of October 3, 2022.
Other entrants
    
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 Elina Avanesyan Elina Avanesyan
 Anna Blinkova Anna Blinkova
.svg.png.webp) Ysaline Bonaventure Ysaline Bonaventure
 Olga Danilović Olga Danilović
 Kamilla Rakhimova Kamilla Rakhimova
 Anastasia Zakharova Anastasia Zakharova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
    
- Before the tournament
 Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Harriet Dart Harriet Dart
 Kaja Juvan → replaced by Kaja Juvan → replaced by Dayana Yastremska Dayana Yastremska
 Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková → replaced by Océane Dodin Océane Dodin
 Aleksandra Krunić → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić → replaced by Dalma Gálfi Dalma Gálfi
 Tereza Martincová → replaced by Tereza Martincová → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch Tamara Korpatsch
 Mayar Sherif → replaced by Mayar Sherif → replaced by Wang Xinyu Wang Xinyu
 Laura Siegemund → replaced by Laura Siegemund → replaced by Harmony Tan Harmony Tan
 Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Varvara Gracheva Varvara Gracheva
Doubles main draw entrants
    
    Seeds
    
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .svg.png.webp) BEL | Kirsten Flipkens |  GER | Laura Siegemund | 76 | 1 | 
|  NOR | Ulrikke Eikeri |  SVK | Tereza Mihalíková | 96 | 2 | 
|  GEO | Natela Dzalamidze | Alexandra Panova | 104 | 3 | |
|  GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova |  UKR | Marta Kostyuk | 116 | 4 | 
- Rankings are as of October 3, 2022.
Other entrants
    
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
    
- Before the tournament
.svg.png.webp) Kirsten Flipkens / Kirsten Flipkens / Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by.svg.png.webp) Kirsten Flipkens / Kirsten Flipkens / Laura Siegemund Laura Siegemund
 Anna-Lena Friedsam / Anna-Lena Friedsam / Monica Niculescu → replaced by Monica Niculescu → replaced by Harriet Dart / Harriet Dart / Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu
 Marta Kostyuk / Marta Kostyuk / Tereza Martincová → replaced by Tereza Martincová → replaced by Oksana Kalashnikova / Oksana Kalashnikova / Marta Kostyuk Marta Kostyuk
 Aleksandra Krunić / Aleksandra Krunić / Katarzyna Piter → replaced by Katarzyna Piter → replaced by.svg.png.webp) Viktorija Golubic / Viktorija Golubic / Han Xinyun Han Xinyun
References
    
- "Tournament info". transylvaniaopen.ro. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara". Tennis.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- "Transylvania Open Overview". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- "WTA fall calendar update: No tournaments in China, new 1000-level event confirmed in Guadalajara". tennis.com. 16 May 2022.
- "Steve Simon announces WTA's decision to suspend tournaments in China". wtatennis.com. 3 December 2021.
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