2015 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN TENNIS OPEN WRAP REPORT

Written by: Staff on 3rd October 2015

2015 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN TENNIS OPEN WRAP REPORT |

A total of 120,449 spectators came to watch and enjoy this year’s DongFeng Motor Wuhan Open WTA tournament, a 60% increase on last year’s attendance.

“The crowds this year demonstrated the enthusiasm Wuhan has for world class tennis and the great support our event has from the city,” said Tournament Director Yi Guoqing. “We are still are young tournament and we are not yet perfect, but our goal is to be perfect. We will try our upmost to improve each year in each and every area. Our hard-working team will strive to provide a the world-class tournament for players, for our sponsors, for the fans and for the media.”

Key statistics:

Matches (statistics from SAP):

104 matches played

39 3-set matches played

37 tiebreaks

246 sets

621 aces served

People:

80 singles players

32 doubles teams

120,449 spectators during the whole tournament (60% increase on 2014 figures of 75,000)

730 volunteers

90 ballkids (including four from Roland Garros)

70 line umpires

12 chair umpires

Transport:

60 Dongfeng Motor courtesy cars

60 drivers

15 buses

Digital*:

530,454 visits to www.wuhanopen.org

33,369 likes on Facebook internationally

1,863 favourites on Twitter

2,487,271 views on Weibo

489 WeChat messages sent, each read 4,100 times on average

TV Figures:

40 broadcasters in 140 territories airing the singles final

46 matches produced for TV between centre court and court 1

22 matches on the WTA World Feed

1 billion – number of households around the world that could watch Wuhan Open on TV

521 million – number of households in Asia-Pacific region that could watch Wuhan Open on TV

Food:

On average, every day the player restaurant – serviced by Wuhan’s Wanda Realm hotel – served:

25 Kg of pasta

150kg of assorted fruit

200 bottles of juice

60kg of meat

50kg of fish

60kg of salad

Plus:

30 special appearances by players

25 special events for fans in Carnival square

1 opening ceremony featuring Li Na and Petra Kvitova

*All digital figures are up to and including 2nd October 2015

About the 2015 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open:

Optics Valley International Tennis Centre, Wuhan, China

WTA Premier 5 event

Qualifying Sept. 25 & 26 – Main Draw Sept 27 – Oct 3, 2015

Prize Money: US$ 2,513,000

56 Singles Main Draw, 32 Qualifying Draw, 28 Doubles Draw

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