2018 Tianjin Open

2018 Tianjin Open
2018 Tianjin Open
Date	October 8–14
Edition	5th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$750,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tianjin, China
Venue	Tuanbo International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
	Caroline Garcia
Doubles
	Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke
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Last updated January 01, 2026

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.^[1]

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

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32¹	Q2	Q1
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	N/a	N/a	N/a

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	7	1
FRA	Caroline Garcia	8	2
BEL	Elise Mertens	14	3
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	16	4
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	29	5
CRO	Petra Martić	36	6
USA	Danielle Collins	37	7
GRE	Maria Sakkari	43	8

¹ Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

Timea Bacsinszky

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Katie Boulter
Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Duan Yingying
Maria Sharapova → replaced by Wang Yafan

Retirements