2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open

The 2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 17 through September 22, 2018.^[1]

2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 17–22
Edition	15th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Guangzhou, China
Venue	Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Wang Qiang
Doubles
Monique Adamczak / Jessica Moore

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Alizé Cornet	33	1
CHN	Zhang Shuai	40	2
CHN	Wang Qiang	43	3
SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	51	4
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	55	5
SVK	Viktória Kužmová	58	6
BLR	Vera Lapko	64	7
CHN	Zheng Saisai	76	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Wang Xinyu
• Wang Xiyu
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Vania King
• Sabine Lisicki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lizette Cabrera
• Guo Hanyu
• Ivana Jorović
• Deniz Khazaniuk
• Lu Jiajing
• Karman Thandi

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Peng Shuai → replaced by Vania King
• Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
• Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Fiona Ferro
• Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Viktorija Golubic
• Zhang Shuai → replaced by Zhu Lin

During the tournament

• Jennifer Brady

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	USA	Sabrina Santamaria	108	1
KAZ	Galina Voskoboeva	RUS	Vera Zvonareva	148	2
AUS	Monique Adamczak	AUS	Jessica Moore	149	3
CHN	Jiang Xinyu	CHN	Tang Qianhui	235	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Ng Kwan-yau / Zheng Saisai

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

• Wang Qiang def. Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

• Monique Adamczak / Jessica Moore def. Danka Kovinić / Vera Lapko, 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]