2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 8–14
Edition9th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$750,000
Surface Hard
LocationHong Kong
Venue Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Dayana Yastremska
Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samantha Stosur / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
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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. [1]

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$163,265$81,251$43,663$13,068$7,195$4,444$2,160$1,270
Doubles *$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

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 51
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naomi Osaka 82
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 133
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 154
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lesia Tsurenko 275
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 286
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daria Gavrilova 337
Flag of France.svg  FRA Alizé Cornet 398

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 551
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska Flag of the United States.svg USA Abigail Spears 642
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 673
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Lidziya Marozava 844

1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Overview". wtatennis.com.