2018 Wuhan Open
# 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.

## 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 | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 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 | $Rank^1$ | 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

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

### Doubles

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