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.
Points and prize money
Point distribution Event Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Singles90058535019010560130201Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1Singles$471,700$235,520$117,770$54,230$26,900$13,790$7,090$3,955$2,040Doubles$135,000$68,200$33,635$16,990$8,600$4,255
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking SeedsSimona Halep11Caroline Wozniacki22Angelique Kerber33Caroline Garcia44Petra Kvitová55Elina Svitolina66Naomi Osaka77 Karolína Plíšková88Sloane Stephens99Jeļena Ostapenko1010Julia Görges1111Kiki Bertens1212Daria Kasatkina1313Garbiñe Muguruza1414Elise Mertens1515Ashleigh Barty1716 Rankings are as of September 17, 2018
Other entrants 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: Markéta Vondroušová Polona Hercog Monica Niculescu
Withdrawals Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić Naomi Osaka → replaced by Polona Hercog Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Monica Niculescu
Retirements Tímea Babos Madison Keys CoCo Vandeweghe Wang Qiang
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Tímea BabosKristina Mladenovic61Andrea Sestini HlaváčkováBarbora Strýcová182Ashleigh BartyCoCo Vandeweghe273Gabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan274Andreja KlepačMaría José Martínez Sánchez285Elise MertensDemi Schuurs306Nicole MelicharKvěta Peschke317Lucie HradeckáEkaterina Makarova488 Rankings are as of September 17, 2018
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan Jiang Xinyu / Wang Qiang
Withdrawals During the tournament Vania King
Retirements CoCo Vandeweghe
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3
Doubles
Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3
References
External links Official website