Information Release on 2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open!

Announcement of participating star players, ticket sales Carnival activities and latest events

       On August 15, the organizing committee of 2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open tournament held a news conference in Dalian World Expo Plaza. The officials from Tennis Sport Administration Center of General Administration of Sport of China, Women's Tennis Association, Liaoning Provincial Tennis Administration Center, Dalian Municipal Sport Bureau, Dalian Xinghai Bay Development and Construction Administration Center, Dalian Sports Center were present. The representatives of Bank of Dalian, Far East Horizon and other sponsors attended the event. The organizing committee announced the list of the players who have confirmed the participation, cooperative enterprises and joint promotion units at the meeting, and noticed the promotion activities that will gradually be carried out, while the tickets for spectators also began to sell on damai.com on the same day. 

       2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open will be held in Debon Securities Dalian Tennis Center (Dalian Sports Center Tennis Center) from September 4th to 11th. This event is the WTA 125k series with the competition system of the women's singles and women's doubles. All players rank top 200 in the world. The total prize for this tournament is USD 12,5000 and the ranking points are 160 points. The series was successfully held at the Sports Center in 2015. The organizers of this tournament are Tennis Sport Administration Center of General Administration of Sport of China and Dalian Municipal People's Government, the contractors are Dalian Municipal Sport Bureau of City and Dalian Xinghai Bay Development and Construction Administration Center, and the co-organizer is Dalian Sports Center.

       There are many star players in 2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open. As shown in the registration of the players, the overall quality of the players is high with significant improvement from the previous year.  24 players from 16 countries will play in the main draws according to their ranking, including seven players with top 100 WTA world ranking. A number of well-known domestic and foreign players have confirmed to participate in the main draw, including Zheng Saisai, champion of women's singles and women's doubles of Dalian International Women's Tennis Open 2015, Wang Qiang, champion of women's singles of the Asian Games 2014, Xie Shuwei, champion of women's doubles of the French Open 2014, Zhang Kailin, champion of women's doubles of Dalian International Women's Tennis Open 2015, and Han Xinyun, champion of women's doubles of Hobart Australia Tennis Open 2016. Also, those players who fight for main draw through qualifying matches can not be underestimated, including Zhu Lin, Liu Fangzhou and Wang Yafan.

       This year, the organizing committee has designated damai.com as the ticket agent cooperation unit for the corresponding ticketing channels laying, ticketing consulting services, pre-sale communication, coordination and other related work in the tournament. The online ticket pre-sale will begin through the official website of damai.com, the official WeChat of damail.com and APP of damai.com, so that the tickets can be purchased with online banking, Alipay, consumer card etc. In order to encourage more people to watch the game on site, the affordable ticketing policy is adopted so that it takes only RMB 380 to watch all the games, the center court ticket costs only RMB 30 and couples tickets are also available.

       In order for all the people to enjoy the tennis tournament this year and to have people’s benefit from the sports event deeply rooted in people’s heart, Dalian Sports Center collaborates with Aolong Culture Media (Dalian) Co., Ltd. to arrange free tennis Carnival activities of various forms and splendid contents during the tournament for the people to enjoy the game and the entertainment at the same time. The performance of light music, tennis sports experience, interaction with AAP operators on site, classic food tasting and other forms are adopted to gather popularity for and contribute to the event.