The 2018 Taiwan Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. Fourth-seeded Tímea Babos won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Tímea Babos defeated Kateryna Kozlova, 7–5, 6–1 It was Babos' only singles title of the year and the third of her career.
Doubles
Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan defeated Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Points and prize money
Point distribution Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q2Q1Singles$43,000$21,400$11,500$6,175$3,400$2,100$1,020$600Doubles *$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960 1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedPeng Shuai271Zhang Shuai342Samantha Stosur413Tímea Babos514Yulia Putintseva545Zarina Diyas606Magda Linette747Pauline Parmentier828 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Chang Kai-chen Lee Ya-hsuan
The following players received entry using a protected ranking: Sabine Lisicki Wang Yafan
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Anna Blinkova Lizette Cabrera Han Xinyun Dalila Jakupović Junri Namigata Zhang Yuxuan
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Lu Jingjing
Withdrawals Before the tournament Belinda Bencic → replaced by Kurumi Nara Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Wang Yafan Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Zhu Lin Elina Svitolina → replaced by Lu Jingjing Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Ana Bogdan Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Risa Ozaki
Retirements Ons Jabeur Zhu Lin
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedTímea BabosChan Hao-ching241Miyu KatoMakoto Ninomiya792Lyudmyla KichenokNadiia Kichenok963Monique AdamczakStorm Sanders1214 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Chan Chin-wei / Liang En-shuo Hsu Ching-wen / Lee Ya-hsuan
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links Official website ITF tournament info and draws