China News Service, Hubei, Beijing, October 4 (Cheng Liping, Yu Zhou, Yu Zhe) The 2026 Hubei Bank Jingshan Tennis Open concluded on the 4th at the central court of Jingmen Jingshan International Tennis Center. The event lasted for 9 days and consisted of four events: women's singles, women's doubles, men's singles, and men's doubles. It was jointly composed of two professional events, WTA125 and ATP100. 134 professional players from 18 countries and regions competed in 122 matches.
From October 3rd to 4th, the doubles and singles award ceremonies were held successively. Vice Chairman of the Chinese Tennis Association Jiang Hongwei, Hubei Bank Chairman Zhao Hongbing, Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau Group Director Zhou Fang, Jingmen City Culture and Tourism Bureau Director Zhang Peng, Jingshan Municipal Party Committee Secretary He Hongtao, Jingshan Mayor Lu Lei and others attended and presented awards to the winners. Representatives of sponsors, referees and operators will award garlands, mascots, prize plates, trophies and medals to the champion and runner-up respectively.
In the doubles final, No. 4 seeds Punacia/Escobar defeated No. 3 seeds Barrera/Stalder 7-5/6-2 and won the men's doubles championship; Brooks/Lajeecki reversed Lanshelie/Shublardze 6-7(5)/7-6(1)/10-6 and won the women's doubles championship. In the men's singles final, No. 6 seed Harris resolved two match points and narrowly defeated qualifier Bellucci 1-6/6-3/7-6(4), winning his fourth ATP Challenger Championship this season. In the women's singles final, No. 6 seed Shubradze defeated top seed Manero 6-3/6-2 and won the highest-level singles championship in his career so far.
At the closing ceremony, the organizing committee commended the top ten caddies and top ten volunteers and thanked them for their efforts in ensuring event services, reflecting the atmosphere of Jingshan's national participation and city-wide competition. Jiang Hongwei announced the closing of the event, and leaders, guests, and referee representatives took photos with the winning athletes.
This event adheres to the integration of professional events and urban cultural and sports tourism. Activities such as Beijing Net Carnival and Music Season will be launched simultaneously during the competition period. Tickets to the central court can be used to enjoy the music season; with ticket stubs, viewers can enjoy discounts on catering, accommodation, scenic spots and other discounts at hundreds of alliance merchants, and one million cultural and tourism consumption coupons will open up the link of "watching football during the day, listening to music at night, and global consumption". A total of 74 caddies and 120 volunteers were selected for the event and special training was conducted to provide support for competition operations, player services, and spectator organization.
As the only international professional tennis event co-organized by men and women in counties across the country, the Jingshan Open relies on the "five tournaments and one conference" event matrix to form a pattern of professional, youth, mass events and industrial exchanges. This year, the Jingshan and Wuhan Tennis Opens have "twin-city linkage" for the first time, using the model of WTA125 and ATP100 sinking into counties to amplify the effects of "tennis + events", "tennis + training" and "tennis + cultural tourism". Subsequently, the 5th World Youth Soft Tennis Championships, the China Village Network (Jingshan) Finals, and the 2026 China (Jingshan) Green Forest Tennis Heroes Meeting will be held one after another, strengthening the "China Tennis Hometown" brand and injecting momentum into the high-quality development of county sports and Hubei Golden Autumn cultural, sports and tourism consumption.
