2018 Japan Women's Open

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2018 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 10–16
Edition10th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $250,000
Surface Hard
Location Hiroshima, Japan
VenueRegional Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Shuai
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The 2018 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the tenth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held at the Regional Park Tennis Stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, from September 10 through September 16, 2018. This is the first year that the tournament was held in Hiroshima. [1]

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q3Q2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles2$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 341
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 432
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 503
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 524
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ajla Tomljanović 585
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Zarina Diyas 606
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 637
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magda Linette 688

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 801
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 942
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Duan Yingying 1213
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Viktorija Golubic Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 1234

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Tokyo International event move to Hiroshima".
  2. Official Website