Top seed Bianca Andreescu is a wildcard entry into the competition. The field also consists of players like Yulia Putinseva, Xiyu Wang, Anna Kalinskaya and others.
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The WTA Thailand Open in Hua Hin will return to the calendar for the first time in three years. 2023’s WTA 250 competition will take place from January 30 to February 5. The top women’s tennis players go for Asia less than a week after the Australian Open is over to prepare for a hectic February. The True Arena Sports Complex will host the 2023 WTA Thailand Open in Thailand’s Hua Hin district. It is the biggest multipurpose sports complex in Hua Hin, a beach tourist town. The competition, which was originally categorised as WTA 125K level, was raised to a 250-tournament for the 2020 edition, which was won by Poland’s Magda Linette.
There will be 32 women competing in the 2023 WTA Thailand Open. The absence of the reigning champion, Magda Linette, from this year’s competition is a major setback for the tournament’s organisers. Linette is taking a break after her performances at the Australian Open before returning to competition. Linette was later replaced in the draw by Mirjam Bjorklund of Sweden. The victor of the 2019 US Open, Bianca Andreescu, who is travelling to Thailand for the first time, has been given one of the four wild cards available.
The 2023 WTA Thailand Open is set to commence on January 30 and conclude on February 5. The tournament will have five rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These are the round of 32, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final. Here is the tentative day-wise schedule for the WTA 250 event.
| Tournament stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Round of 32 | January 30-31 |
| Round of 16 | February 1-2 |
| Quarter-final | February 3 |
| Semi-final | February 4 |
| Final | February 5 |
Like any WTA 250 competition, the 2023 Thailand Open will have eight seeded players. Top seed Bianca Andreescu is a wildcard entry into the competition. The field also consists of players like Yulia Putinseva, Xiyu Wang, Anna Kalinskaya and others. Andreescu was a part of the Australian Open earlier this month where she was eliminated in the second round by Cristina Bucsa.
| Player | Seed |
|---|---|
| Bianca Andreescu | 1 |
| Yulin Putinseva | 2 |
| Xiyu Wang | 3 |
| Anna Kalinskaya | 4 |
| Marta Kostyuk | 5 |
| Tatjana Maria | 6 |
| Xinyu Wang | 7 |
| Linda Fruhvirtova | 8 |
The total financial commitment of the 2023 WTA Thailand Open is USD 259,303. The singles winner will receive a sum of USD 34,228. The runner up will receive USD 20,226. Here is a complete breakdown of the prize money distribution for the WTA 250 event.
| Stage | Prize Money (USD) | Ranking Points |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 34,228 | 280 |
| Runner-up | 20,226 | 180 |
| Semi-final | 11,275 | 110 |
| Quarter-final | 6,418 | 60 |
| Round of 16 | 3,922 | 30 |
| Round of 32 | 2,804 | 1 |
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