2018 Tianjin Open – Singles

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Singles
2018 Tianjin Open
Champion Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia
Runner-up Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
Final score7–6(9–7), 6–3
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  2017  · Tianjin Open ·  2019  

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

Contents

Caroline Garcia won the title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–3.

Seeds

  1. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková (Final)
  2. Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia (Champion)
  3. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens (Quarterfinals, retired)
  4. Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka (Quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei (Semifinals)
  6. Flag of Croatia.svg Petra Martić (Quarterfinals, retired)
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins (First round, retired)
  8. Flag of Greece.svg Maria Sakkari (First round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 66
PR Flag of Switzerland.svg Timea Bacsinszky 2 1
1/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková 673
2 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 796
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei 3 4
2 Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia 66

Top half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ka Plíšková 6636
  Flag of the United States.svg V Lepchenko 2 773 1/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ka Plíšková 66
  Flag of Spain.svg L Arruabarrena 652   Flag of Slovenia.svg P Hercog 1 2
  Flag of Slovenia.svg P Hercog 7761/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ka Plíšková 5 66
  Flag of Ukraine.svg K Kozlova 1r  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Boulter 70 3
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Krejčíková 4 Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg B Krejčíková 3 63
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Boulter 776  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg K Boulter 61 6
8 Flag of Greece.svg M Sakkari 643 1/WC Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ka Plíšková 66
4 Flag of Belarus.svg A Sabalenka 774 6PR Flag of Switzerland.svg T Bacsinszky 2 1
  Flag of the United States.svg S Kenin 6460 4 Flag of Belarus.svg A Sabalenka 66
  Flag of Poland.svg M Linette 2 66 Flag of Poland.svg M Linette 1 3
  Flag of Russia.svg E Rodina 61 4 4 Flag of Belarus.svg A Sabalenka 6265
  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Y Putintseva 0 666PR Flag of Switzerland.svg T Bacsinszky 7777
Q Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 63 78Q Flag of Japan.svg M Doi 63 5
PR Flag of Switzerland.svg T Bacsinszky 60 PR Flag of Switzerland.svg T Bacsinszky 1 67
7 Flag of the United States.svg D Collins 3 0r

Bottom half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 777
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Tomljanović 655 5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 62 6
Q Flag of Russia.svg V Kudermetova 5 67Q Flag of Russia.svg V Kudermetova 2 62
Flag of the United States.svg A Riske 71 5 5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 64
Q Flag of Slovakia.svg J Čepelová 73 63 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Mertens 2 0r
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Wang 5 64 Q Flag of Slovakia.svg J Čepelová 2 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg L Zhu 5 1 3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Mertens 66
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Mertens 765 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-w Hsieh 3 4
6 Flag of Croatia.svg P Martić 3 6772 Flag of France.svg C Garcia 66
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Duan 63 636 Flag of Croatia.svg P Martić 1 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Yuan 0 64 WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Liu 60 1
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Liu 61 66 Flag of Croatia.svg P Martić 2 0r
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhang 762 Flag of France.svg C Garcia 61
Flag of Romania.svg I-C Begu 5 3 Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Y Zhang 3 4
Q Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg F Xun 4 1 2 Flag of France.svg C Garcia 66
2 Flag of France.svg C Garcia 66

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova (Qualified)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi (Qualified)
  3. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun (Qualifying competition)
  4. Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina (Qualifying competition)
  5. Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki (Qualifying competition)
  6. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xun Fangying (Qualified)
  7. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuxuan (Qualified)
  8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková (Qualified)
  9. Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata (Qualifying competition)
  10. Flag of Slovakia.svg Jana Čepelová (Qualified)
  11. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin (Qualifying competition)
  12. Flag of Slovakia.svg Michaela Hončová (First round)

Qualifiers

Draw

First qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
1 Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova 66
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Meiling 2 4
1 Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova 3 794
  Flag of Russia.svg Yana Sizikova 6671r
  Flag of Russia.svg Yana Sizikova 66
12 Flag of Slovakia.svg Michaela Hončová 4 2

Second qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
2 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi 776
  Flag of the United States.svg Sabrina Santamaria 654
2 Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi 66
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin 2 0
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kang Jiaqi 790 5
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Kailin 6767

Third qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 66
  Flag of the United States.svg Jacqueline Cako 4 2
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Xinyun 5 0
10 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jana Čepelová 76
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Hanyu 0 1
10 Flag of Slovakia.svg Jana Čepelová 66

Fourth qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
4 Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina 67
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ying 4 5
4 Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina 70 3
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuxuan 5 66
  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg You Xiaodi 62 4
7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yuxuan 4 66

Fifth qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
5 Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki 66
PR Flag of Serbia.svg Bojana Jovanovski Petrović 2 1
5 Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki 6773
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková 795 6
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yanni 1 0
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková 66

Sixth qualifier

First Round Qualifying Competition
          
6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xun Fangying 677
WC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Chang 4 63
6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xun Fangying 63 6
9 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata 2 64
  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith 3 3
9 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata 66

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