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2018 Wuhan Open
| 2018 Wuhan Open |
|---|
| September 23–29 |
| 5th |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| 56S / 28D |
| $2,746,000 |
| Hard / outdoor |
| Wuhan, China |
| Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Aryna Sabalenka |
| Elise Mertens / 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.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 | |
| $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
| 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
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
- Victoria Azarenka
- Bernarda Pera
- Samantha Stosur
- Wang Qiang
- Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Viktorija Golubic
- Sofia Kenin
- Rebecca Peterson
- Monica Puig
- Kateřina Siniaková
- Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Wang Xiyu
- Wang Yafan
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
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Markéta Vondroušová
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Polona Hercog
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Monica Niculescu
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Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová
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Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
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Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
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Naomi Osaka → replaced by Polona Hercog
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Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Monica Niculescu
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Tímea Babos
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Madison Keys
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CoCo Vandeweghe
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Wang Qiang
| 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
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan
- Jiang Xinyu / Wang Qiang
During the tournament
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Vania King
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CoCo Vandeweghe
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Aryna Sabalenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3
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Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3
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Official website Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
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