2018 Tianjin Open

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2018 Tianjin Open
DateOctober 8–14
Edition5th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$750,000
Surface Hard
Location Tianjin, China
VenueTuanbo International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
  2017  · Tianjin Open ·  2019  

The 2018 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tuanbo International Tennis Centre in Tianjin, China between 8 and 14 October 2018. [1]

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

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$2,031N/AN/AN/A

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 71
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 82
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 143
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Aryna Sabalenka 164
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 295
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 366
Flag of the United States.svg USA Danielle Collins 377
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 438

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry through a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 251
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan 252
Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 323
Flag of the United States.svg USA Kaitlyn Christian Flag of the United States.svg USA Desirae Krawczyk 1204

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Tianjin Open Overview". wtatennis.com.