2018 Wuhan Open
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Tennis tournament
| 2018 Wuhan Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 23–29 |
| Edition | 5th |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | 2,746,000ドル |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Wuhan, China |
| Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Belarus Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
| Belgium Elise Mertens / Netherlands 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.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit ]Point distribution
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 471,700ドル | 235,520ドル | 117,770ドル | 54,230ドル | 26,900ドル | 13,790ドル | 7,090ドル | 3,955ドル | 2,040ドル |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 135,000ドル | 68,200ドル | 33,635ドル | 16,990ドル | 8,600ドル | 4,255ドル | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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 |
| 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
[edit ]The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
(削除) Belarus Victoria Azarenka (削除ここまで)- United States Bernarda Pera
- Australia Samantha Stosur
- China Wang Qiang
- China Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
- United States Sofia Kenin
- Sweden Rebecca Peterson
- Puerto Rico Monica Puig
- Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
- Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
- China Wang Xiyu
- China Wang Yafan
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- Belarus Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
- Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Belgium Kirsten Flipkens
- Estonia Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
- Japan Naomi Osaka → replaced by Slovenia Polona Hercog
- Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Romania Monica Niculescu
Retirements
[edit ]Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit ]Seeds
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
[edit ]- During the tournament
Retirements
[edit ]Champions
[edit ]Singles
[edit ]Main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Singles
- Belarus Aryna Sabalenka def. Estonia Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles
[edit ]Main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles
- Belgium Elise Mertens / Netherlands Demi Schuurs def. Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3
References
[edit ]- ^ "Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Overview". wtatennis.com.
External links
[edit ]- Official website Archived 2018年11月26日 at the Wayback Machine