2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open
{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Toray Pan Pacific Open|
| date = 17–23 September
| edition = 35th
| category = WTA Premier
| draw = 28S / 16D
| prize_money = $799,000
| surface = Hard / indoor
| location = Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
| venue = Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
| champs = {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková
| champd = {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato / {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Ninomiya
| main_name = Pan Pacific Open
}}
The 2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 35th edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan, on 17–23 September 2018.{{cite web|title=Toray Pan Pacific Open Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/pan-pacific-open|website=wtatennis.com}}{{cite web|title=Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament 2018: Announcing 18 main draw singles players and one wild card player|url=https://cs2.toray.co.jp/news/us/us_newsrrs02.nsf/0/6436A49307E2E3DF492582EF002A0764|website=toray.co.jp}}
Points and prize money
=Point distribution=
| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
| style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|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 |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}} |width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}} |
| style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |access-date=21 August 2015 |title=Rankings explained |publisher=WTA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |archive-date=14 December 2012 }}
|rowspan=2|470 |rowspan=2|305 |rowspan=2|185 |rowspan=2|100 |55 |1 |25 |13 |1 |
|---|
| style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Doubles
|1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
=Prize money=
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| width=130 bgcolor=efefef|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{{ref|R32money|*}} |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |
| style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Singles
|$137,125 |$76,063 |$39,080 |$21,010 |$11,265 |$7,150 |$3,447 |$1,750 |
| style="background:#f8f8f8;"|Doubles
|$42,850 |$22,900 |$12,510 |$6,365 |$3,460 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| colspan=10|Doubles prize money per team |
{{note|R32money|*|Qualifiers prize money is also the round of 32 prize money}}
Singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="60"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! Rank ! Seeds |
|---|
| {{flag|DEN}}
|2 |1 |
| {{flag|FRA}}
|4 |2 |
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|JPN}} |7 |3 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flag|CZE}} |8 |4 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|9 |5 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
|14 |6 |
| {{flag|AUS}}
|17 |7 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
|25 |8 |
- Rankings are as of September 10, 2018
=Other entrants=
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard
- {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabriela Dabrowski
- {{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Misaki Doi
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino
- {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske
=Withdrawals=
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- {{flagicon|GER}} Angelique Kerber → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic
- {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys → replaced by {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} Donna Vekić
=Retirements=
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
Doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| style="background:#fcc;"
|{{flag|CZE}} |{{flag|CZE}} |18 |1 |
| {{flag|CAN}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |27 |2 |
| {{flag|TPE}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |48 |3 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|{{flag|GER}} |59 |4 |
- Rankings are as of September 10, 2018
= Other entrants =
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Erina Hayashi / {{flagicon|JPN}} Moyuka Uchijima
Finals
=Singles=
{{main|2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles}}
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka 6–4, 6–4
=Doubles=
{{main|2018 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles}}
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato / {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Ninomiya def. {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová, 6–4, 6–4
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.toray-ppo.com/en/tournament/}}
{{Toray Pan Pacific Open tournaments}}
{{2018 WTA Tour}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Toray Pan Pacific Open, 2018}}
Category:2018 in Japanese women's sport