conversation, or via e-mail) WTA Operations or the on-site Supervisor by 4:00 p.m. tournament local time on the day prior to the start of Qualifying or, if no Qualifying, on the day prior to the start of Main Draw. The player must leave her contact number with the WTA Operations staff member or Supervisor with whom she speaks. If a player fails to contact WTA Operations or the on-site Supervisor on the requisite day by 4:00 p.m. tournament local time, her entry will be withdrawn automatically from the Main Draw Alternate List. 

v. Byes 

Those positions allocated in the draw to byes based on the draw size of the Tournament. Byes will be given to seeded players in descending order. (See Section V.A.5.d - Byes for the number of byes in a draw.) 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be four (4) byes awarded at the Beijing WTA 1000 Tournament to the semi-finalists of the Wuhan WTA 1000 Tournament. Any byes not used by a semi-finalist will not be awarded. 

vi. Lucky Losers 

Lucky Losers are players who are placed in the Main Draw to fill vacancies after they have been eliminated (lost, retired, or withdrawn) from the Qualifying, provided they meet the eligibility requirements in (a) below. Lucky Losers shall be selected based on the round reached in Qualifying and the WTA Singles Rankings from the week prior to the start of the Tournament (Special Rankings are not considered).* If there are no Main Draw vacancies before the Qualifying has been completed, then the order of the Lucky Losers shall be determined by their WTA Singles Rankings in descending order. If there is one vacancy in the Main Draw before Qualifying is completed, then the order of the two (2) highest ranked Lucky Losers shall be drawn randomly, and thereafter the order shall follow the Lucky Losers’ rankings, unless there are two (2) or more withdrawals at the time Qualifying is completed in which case the size of the random draw will be the number of withdrawals plus one (1). If before Qualifying is completed the number of vacancies in the Main Draw equals or exceeds the number of players who will lose in the final round of Qualifying, the highest-ranked Lucky Loser(s) from the previous Qualifying round(s) will be placed into the random draw to determine the order of the Lucky Losers. 

*If two or more players do not have a WTA Singles Ranking, they will be drawn randomly to determine their ranking order. 

