2018 Tianjin Open

The 2018 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 8 and 14 October 2018.^[1]

2018 Tianjin Open
Date	October 8–14
Edition	5th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$750,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Venue	Tuanbo International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Caroline Garcia
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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	$163,265	$81,251	$43,663	$13,068	$7,195	$4,444	$2,160	$1,270
Doubles *	$26,031	$13,544	$7,271	$3,852	$2,031	—	—	—

<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
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	7	1
FRA	Caroline Garcia	8	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	14	3
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	16	4
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	29	5
CRO	Petra Martić	36	6
USA	Danielle Collins	37	7
GRE	Maria Sakkari	43	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Liu Fangzhou
• Karolína Plíšková
• Yuan Yue

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

• Timea Bacsinszky

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jana Čepelová
• Misaki Doi
• Barbora Krejčíková
• Veronika Kudermetova
• Xun Fangying
• Zhang Yuxuan

Withdrawals

• Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Katie Boulter
• Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Duan Yingying
• Maria Sharapova → replaced by Wang Yafan

Retirements

• Danielle Collins
• Kateryna Kozlova
• Petra Martić
• Elise Mertens

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	CZE	Barbora Krejčíková	25	1
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	25	2
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	32	3
USA	Kaitlyn Christian	USA	Desirae Krawczyk	120	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Guo Hanyu / Zhu Lin
• Liu Yanni / Wang Meiling

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Ankita Raina / Emily Webley-Smith

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Gabriela Dabrowski

Retirements

• Lara Arruabarrena

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Tianjin Open – Singles

• Caroline Garcia def. Karolína Plíšková 7–6^(9–7), 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Tianjin Open – Doubles

• Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke def. Monique Adamczak / Jessica Moore 6–4, 6–2