2018 Wuhan Open

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]

2018 Wuhan Open
Date	September 23–29
Edition	5th
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Prize money	$2,746,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Wuhan, China
Venue	Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles	$471,700	$235,520	$117,770	$54,230	$26,900	$13,790	$7,090	$3,955	$2,040
Doubles	$135,000	$68,200	$33,635	$16,990	$8,600	$4,255	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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
JPN	Naomi Osaka	7	7
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

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
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

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

Main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Singles

• Aryna Sabalenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles

• Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3