The 2018 Shenzhen Open (known as 2018 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth 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 January until 7 January 2018. First-seeded Simona Halep won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Simona Halep defeated Kateřina Siniaková, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Simona Halep defeated Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková, 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Singles$163,260$81,251$43,663$13,121$7,238$4,698$2,720$1,588Doubles *$26,031$13,544$7,271$3,852$2,031 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Simona Halep11Jeļena Ostapenko72Zhang Shuai353Irina-Camelia Begu434Wang Qiang455Kateřina Siniaková476Maria Sakkari517Tímea Babos558 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Liu Fangzhou Wang Xiyu Wang Yafan The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Danka Kovinić Anna Blinkova Stefanie Vögele Jasmine Paolini
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Nicole Gibbs Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Jana Čepelová
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBarbora KrejčíkováKateřina Siniaková671Raluca OlaruOlga Savchuk692Kristýna PlíškováRenata Voráčová1063Natela DzalamidzeXenia Knoll1294 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Guo Hanyu / Wang Xinyu Kang Jiaqi / Zhang Shuai
References
External links Official website