2018 Tianjin Open
# 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.

## 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | 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 | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

* Caroline Garcia def. Karolína Plíšková $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 6–3

### Doubles

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