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2018 Wuhan Open

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2018 Wuhan Open
DateSeptember 23–29
Edition5th
CategoryWTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,746,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationWuhan, China
VenueOptics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Belgium Elise Mertens / Netherlands Demi Schuurs
← 2017 · Wuhan Open · 2019 →

The 2018 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 23–29, 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.[1]

Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 30 20 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Singles $471,700 $235,520 $117,770 $54,230 $26,900 $13,790 $7,090 $3,955 $2,040
Doubles $135,000 $68,200 $33,635 $16,990 $8,600 $4,255

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Ranking Seeds
 ROU Simona Halep 1 1
 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2 2
 GER Angelique Kerber 3 3
 FRA Caroline Garcia 4 4
 CZE Petra Kvitová 5 5
 UKR Elina Svitolina 6 6
 JPN Naomi Osaka 7 7
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 8 8
 USA Sloane Stephens 9 9
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 10 10
 GER Julia Görges 11 11
 NED Kiki Bertens 12 12
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 13 13
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 14 14
 BEL Elise Mertens 15 15
 AUS Ashleigh Barty 17 16
  • Rankings are as of September 17, 2018

Other entrants

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The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 HUN Tímea Babos  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 6 1
 CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  CZE Barbora Strýcová 18 2
 AUS Ashleigh Barty  USA CoCo Vandeweghe 27 3
 CAN Gabriela Dabrowski  CHN Xu Yifan 27 4
 SLO Andreja Klepač  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 28 5
 BEL Elise Mertens  NED Demi Schuurs 30 6
 USA Nicole Melichar  CZE Květa Peschke 31 7
 CZE Lucie Hradecká  RUS Ekaterina Makarova 48 8
  • Rankings are as of September 17, 2018

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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During the tournament

Retirements

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Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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  1. ^ "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
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