ii. Awarding of Byes 

(a) Prior to the draw being made 

Byes will be given automatically to the seeded players in descending order, except in the Beijing WTA 1000 Tournament, where the byes will be awarded as set out in Section V.A.1.a.v. 

Once byes have been given to the seeds in any size draw, any remaining byes will be drawn and evenly distributed into each quarter of the draw. 

(b) Once the draw is made 

(i) If there are withdrawals and no Alternates to fill the spots, further byes will be assigned to the line from which a player withdrew and not to the remaining seeds in descending order. 

(ii) In Qualifying, if a player’s opponent withdraws and there is no Alternate to fill her spot, the player will be assigned a first round bye for ranking purposes, not a default. (See Section VIII.B.3 - Withdrawals, Byes, Walkovers, and Defaults.) 

## 6. Seeds 

a. General Principles 

i. All Main and Qualifying Draws will have a seeded draw. 

(a) Singles 

Seeding is based on players’ WTA Singles Rankings as of the week prior to the start of the Tournament. If two (2) or more players’ rankings are tied, the following player receives priority: 

(i) player with the highest WTA Singles Ranking from the previous week; and 

(ii) player who is drawn randomly. 

(b) Doubles 

Seeding is in order of the accepted teams’ combined WTA Doubles Rankings as of the week prior to the start of the 

