The 2018 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and was part of the WTA International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 8 October and 14 October 2018. Second-seeded Caroline Garcia won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Caroline Garcia defeated Karolína Plíšková 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke defeated Monique Adamczak / Jessica Moore 6–4, 6–2
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 SeedKarolína Plíšková71Caroline Garcia82Elise Mertens143Aryna Sabalenka164Hsieh Su-wei295Petra Martić366Danielle Collins377Maria Sakkari438 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Liu Fangzhou Karolína Plíšková Yuan Yue
The following player received entry through a protected ranking: Timea Bacsinszky
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jana Čepelová Misaki Doi Barbora Krejčíková Veronika Kudermetova Xun Fangying Zhang Yuxuan
Withdrawals Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Katie Boulter Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Duan Yingying Maria Sharapova → replaced by Wang Yafan
Retirements Danielle Collins Kateryna Kozlova Petra Martić Elise Mertens
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedIrina-Camelia BeguBarbora Krejčíková251Gabriela DabrowskiXu Yifan252Nicole MelicharKvěta Peschke323Kaitlyn ChristianDesirae Krawczyk1204 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Guo Hanyu / Zhu Lin Liu Yanni / Wang Meiling
The following pair received entry as alternates: Ankita Raina / Emily Webley-Smith
Withdrawals Before the tournament Gabriela Dabrowski
Retirements Lara Arruabarrena
References
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