2018 WTA Shenzhen Open

The 2018 Shenzhen Open (known as 2018 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2018.

2018 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date1 – 7 January 2018
Edition6th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$750,000
SurfaceHard
LocationShenzhen, China
VenueShenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Simona Halep
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Simona Halep

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q2 Q1
Singles $163,260 $81,251 $43,663 $13,121 $7,238 $4,698 $2,720 $1,588
Doubles * $26,031 $13,544 $7,271 $3,852 $2,031 N/A N/A N/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 1 1
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 7 2
 CHN Zhang Shuai 35 3
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 43 4
 CHN Wang Qiang 45 5
 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 47 6
 GRE Maria Sakkari 51 7
 HUN Tímea Babos 55 8
  • 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Barbora Krejčíková  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 67 1
 ROU Raluca Olaru  UKR Olga Savchuk 69 2
 CZE Kristýna Plíšková  CZE Renata Voráčová 106 3
 RUS Natela Dzalamidze   SUI Xenia Knoll 129 4
  • 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
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References
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