2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 8–14
Edition9th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$750,000
SurfaceHard
LocationHong Kong
VenueVictoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
Doubles
Australia Samantha Stosur / China Zhang Shuai

The 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 8 to 14.[1]

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 1 — — — —

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 — — —

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 UKR Elina Svitolina 5 1
 JPN Naomi Osaka 8 2
 LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 13 3
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 15 4
 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 27 5
 CHN Wang Qiang 28 6
 AUS Daria Gavrilova 33 7
 FRA Alizé Cornet 39 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 using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 55 1
 POL Alicja Rosolska  USA Abigail Spears 64 2
 JPN Miyu Kato  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 67 3
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  BLR Lidziya Marozava 84 4

1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

References

  1. ↑ "Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Overview". wtatennis.com.


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