The 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 8 to 14.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1 Singles2801801106030118121Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1Singles$163,265$81,251$43,663$13,068$7,195$4,444$2,160$1,270Doubles *$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 SeedElina Svitolina 51Naomi Osaka82Jeļena Ostapenko133Garbiñe Muguruza154Lesia Tsurenko275Wang Qiang286Daria Gavrilova337Alizé Cornet398 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eudice Chong Priscilla Hon Zhang Ling
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Kristína Kučová
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nao Hibino Ons Jabeur Lesley Kerkhove Bibiane Schoofs Sabina Sharipova Fanny Stollár
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Caroline Dolehide Julia Glushko Viktoriya Tomova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Caroline Dolehide Naomi Osaka → replaced by Julia Glushko Bernarda Pera → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova Sachia Vickery → replaced by Kristína Kučová
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedChan Hao-chingYang Zhaoxuan551Alicja RosolskaAbigail Spears642Miyu KatoMakoto Ninomiya 673Shuko AoyamaLidziya Marozava844 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Eudice Chong / Zhang Ling Ng Kwan-yau / Elina Svitolina
Champions
Singles
Dayana Yastremska def. Wang Qiang, 6–2, 6–1
Doubles
Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai def. Shuko Aoyama / Lidziya Marozava 6–4, 6–4
References
External links Official site