Last year's winner Nour El Sherbini took part again and started the tournament in top shape. She repeated her title success with a 3-0 final win over Alison Waters .
The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 16 players, four of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Haley Mendez a spot in the main draw.
At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 50,000.