2018 WTA Shenzhen Open

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2018 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date1 – 7 January 2018
Edition6th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$750,000
Surface Hard
Location Shenzhen, China
Venue Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Doubles
Flag of Romania.svg Irina-Camelia Begu / Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
  2017  · WTA Shenzhen Open ·  2019  

The 2018 Shenzhen Open (known as 2018 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 6th edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2018.

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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$163,260$81,251$43,663$13,121$7,238$4,698$2,720$1,588
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 Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 11
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 72
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 353
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 434
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Qiang 455
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 476
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 517
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 558

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 671
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Raluca Olaru Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Olga Savchuk 692
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kristýna Plíšková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Renata Voráčová 1063
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Natela Dzalamidze Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Xenia Knoll 1294

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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