2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger

The 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $125,000 in prize money. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 12–18 November 2018.^[1]

2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
Date	12–18 November
Edition	11th
Category	WTA 125K series
Prize money	$125,000
Surface	Carpet (indoor)
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Champions
Singles
Luksika Kumkhum
Doubles
Ankita Raina / Karman Thandi

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Zheng Saisai	46	1
THA	Luksika Kumkhum	80	2
RUS	Margarita Gasparyan	105	3
CHN	Zhu Lin	114	4
JPN	Nao Hibino	119	5
RUS	Vitalia Diatchenko	120	6
UZB	Sabina Sharipova	122	7
JPN	Misaki Doi	139	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 5 November 2018.

Other entrants

The following player received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Joanna Garland
• Liang En-shuo
• Sabine Lisicki
• Zhang Ling
• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jang Su-jeong
• Tereza Martincová
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry as lucky losers:

• Lizette Cabrera
• Ng Kwan-yau

Withdrawals

• Jana Čepelová → replaced by Carol Zhao
• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Lizette Cabrera
• Ekaterine Gorgodze → replaced by Xun Fangying
• Evgeniya Rodina → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Katie Swan → replaced by Ankita Raina
• Sachia Vickery → replaced by Barbara Haas
• Zheng Saisai → replaced by Ng Kwan-yau

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Nao Hibino	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	144	1
CHN	Han Xinyun	THA	Luksika Kumkhum	178	2
JPN	Misaki Doi	MNE	Danka Kovinić	221	3
RUS	Olga Doroshina	RUS	Natela Dzalamidze	267	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 5 November 2018.

Other entrants

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

• Lee Ya-hsuan / Liang En-shuo

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles

• Luksika Kumkhum def. Sabine Lisicki 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2018 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles

• * Ankita Raina / Karman Thandi def. Olga Doroshina / Natela Dzalamidze, 6–3, 5–7, [12–12], ret.