2018 Taiwan Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2018|Taiwan Open|

| date=29 January – 4 February

| edition=3rd

| category=International

| draw=32S / 16D

| prize_money=$250,000

| surface=Hard (i)

| location=Taipei, Taiwan

| venue=Heping Basketball Gymnasium

| champs={{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos

| champd={{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan

| main_name=Taiwan Open (Taipei){{!}}Taiwan Open

}}

The 2018 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour.

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event¹ \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\| Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|12 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event¹

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

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

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

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#ededed;"| Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|12

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

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

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

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

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32²

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Women's singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,500

|$6,175

|$3,400

|$2,100

|$1,020

|$600

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Women's doubles *

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

| {{n/a}}

_{¹ Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Peng Shuai \|27 \|1
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zhang Shuai \|34 \|2
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Samantha Stosur \|41 \|3
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|51 \|4
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Yulia Putintseva \|54 \|5
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Zarina Diyas \|60 \|6
{{flag\|POL}} \|Magda Linette \|74 \|7
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Pauline Parmentier \|82 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Peng Shuai

|27

|Zhang Shuai

|34

|Samantha Stosur

|41

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|HUN}}

|51

|54

|60

|74

|82

¹ Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard
{{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen
{{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

{{flagicon|GER}} Sabine Lisicki
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
{{flagicon|AUS}} Lizette Cabrera
{{flagicon|CHN}} Han Xinyun
{{flagicon|SLO}} Dalila Jakupović
{{flagicon|JPN}} Junri Namigata
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Jingjing

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara
{{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan
{{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin
{{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Jingjing
{{flagicon|UKR}} Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by {{flagicon|ROU}} Ana Bogdan
{{flagicon|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Risa Ozaki

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|TUN}} Ons Jabeur
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style= \|{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-ching \|24 \|1
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Miyu Kato \|{{flag\|JPN}} \|Makoto Ninomiya \|79 \|2
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Lyudmyla Kichenok \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Nadiia Kichenok \|96 \|3
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Monique Adamczak \|{{flag\|AUS}} \|Storm Sanders \|121 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style=

|{{flag|HUN}}

|{{flag|TPE}}

|24

|{{flag|JPN}}

|79

|{{flag|UKR}}

|96

|{{flag|AUS}}

|121

¹ Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Chin-wei / {{flagicon|TPE}} Liang En-shuo
{{flagicon|TPE}} Hsu Ching-wen / {{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|HUN}} Tímea Babos def. {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Kozlova, 7–5, 6–1

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|CHN}} Duan Yingying / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino / {{flagicon|GEO}} Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)