:2018 Wuhan Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Wuhan Open|

| date = September 23–29

| edition = 5th

| category = WTA Premier 5

| draw = 56S / 28D

| prize_money = $2,746,000

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = Wuhan, China

| venue=Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center

| champs = {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka

| champd = {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2018-wuhan-china-1075|website=wtatennis.com}}

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="background:#ededed;"\|Singles \|rowspan=2\|900 \|rowspan=2\|585 \|rowspan=2\|350 \|rowspan=2\|190 \|rowspan=2\|105 \|60 \|1 \|30 \|20 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|W|Win}}

|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}}

style="background:#ededed;"|Singles

|rowspan=2|900

|rowspan=2|585

|rowspan=2|350

|rowspan=2|190

|rowspan=2|105

|60

|30

|20

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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style=background:#ededed\|Singles \|$471,700 \|$235,520 \|$117,770 \|$54,230 \|$26,900 \|$13,790 \|$7,090 \|$3,955 \|$2,040
style=background:#ededed\|Doubles \|$135,000 \|$68,200 \|$33,635 \|$16,990 \|$8,600 \|$4,255 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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|width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#ededed|Singles

|$471,700

|$235,520

|$117,770

|$54,230

|$26,900

|$13,790

|$7,090

|$3,955

|$2,040

style=background:#ededed|Doubles

|$135,000

|$68,200

|$33,635

|$16,990

|$8,600

|$4,255

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="60"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Ranking ! Seeds
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Simona Halep \|1 \|1
{{flag\|DEN}} \|Caroline Wozniacki \|2 \|2
{{flag\|GER}} \|Angelique Kerber \|3 \|3
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Caroline Garcia \|4 \|4
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|5 \|5
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|6 \|6
~~{{flag\|JPN}}~~ \|~~Naomi Osaka~~ \|7 \|7
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|8 \|8
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Sloane Stephens \|9 \|9
{{flag\|LAT}} \|Jeļena Ostapenko \|10 \|10
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|11 \|11
{{flag\|NED}} \|Kiki Bertens \|12 \|12
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Daria Kasatkina \|13 \|13
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Garbiñe Muguruza \|14 \|14
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Elise Mertens \|15 \|15
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Ashleigh Barty \|17 \|16

class="sortable wikitable"

width="60"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Ranking

! Seeds

~~{{flag|JPN}}~~

|~~Naomi Osaka~~

|10

|11

|12

|13

|14

|15

|17

|16

Rankings are as of September 17, 2018

=Other entrants=

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

~~{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka~~
{{flagicon|USA}} Bernarda Pera
{{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Viktorija Golubic
{{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin
{{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson
{{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková
{{flagicon|ESP}} Sara Sorribes Tormo
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Xiyu
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová
{{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog
{{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu

=Withdrawals=

{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová
{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens
{{flagicon|EST}} Kaia Kanepi → replaced by {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandra Krunić
{{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka → replaced by {{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog
{{flagicon|SVK}} Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos
{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys
{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|6 \|1
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|18 \|2
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Ashleigh Barty \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|CoCo Vandeweghe \|27 \|3
{{flag\|CAN}} \|Gabriela Dabrowski \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Xu Yifan \|27 \|4
{{flag\|SLO}} \|Andreja Klepač \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|María José Martínez Sánchez \|28 \|5
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|BEL}} \|Elise Mertens \|{{flag\|NED}} \|Demi Schuurs \|30 \|6
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Melichar \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|31 \|7
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lucie Hradecká \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Ekaterina Makarova \|48 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Tímea Babos

|{{flag|FRA}}

|Kristina Mladenovic

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková

|{{flag|CZE}}

|18

|{{flagu|USA}}

|27

|{{flag|CHN}}

|27

|{{flag|ESP}}

|María José Martínez Sánchez

|28

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|BEL}}

|{{flag|NED}}

|30

|{{flag|CZE}}

|31

|{{flag|RUS}}

|48

Rankings are as of September 17, 2018

=Other entrants=

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Xinyu / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang

=Withdrawals=

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} Vania King

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka def. {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs def. {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3

References

External links

[https://www.wuhanopen.org/en// Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126041324/http://www.wuhanopen.org/en/ |date=2018-11-26 }}

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