title: 2018 Wuhan Open
text: # 2018 Wuhan Open
  
  The 2018 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 23–29, 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  ### Point distribution
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
  | Doubles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 |
  | Doubles | $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 | — | — | — |
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Simona Halep | 1 | 1 |
  | DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 2 | 2 |
  | GER | Angelique Kerber | 3 | 3 |
  | FRA | Caroline Garcia | 4 | 4 |
  | CZE | Petra Kvitová | 5 | 5 |
  | UKR | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 6 |
  | JPN | Naomi Osaka | 7 | 7 |
  | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 8 |
  | USA | Sloane Stephens | 9 | 9 |
  | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 10 | 10 |
  | GER | Julia Görges | 11 | 11 |
  | NED | Kiki Bertens | 12 | 12 |
  | RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 13 | 13 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 14 | 14 |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | 15 | 15 |
  | AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 17 | 16 |
  
  * Rankings are as of September 17, 2018
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Victoria Azarenka
  * Bernarda Pera
  * Samantha Stosur
  * Wang Qiang
  * Zheng Saisai
  
  The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
  
  * Viktorija Golubic
  * Sofia Kenin
  * Rebecca Peterson
  * Monica Puig
  * Kateřina Siniaková
  * Sara Sorribes Tormo
  * Wang Xiyu
  * Wang Yafan
  
  The following players received entry as lucky losers:
  
  * Markéta Vondroušová
  * Polona Hercog
  * Monica Niculescu
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová
  * Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
  * Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić
  * Naomi Osaka → replaced by Polona Hercog
  * Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Monica Niculescu
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Tímea Babos
  * Madison Keys
  * CoCo Vandeweghe
  * Wang Qiang
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 6 | 1 |
  | CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 18 | 2 |
  | AUS | Ashleigh Barty | USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 27 | 3 |
  | CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Xu Yifan | 27 | 4 |
  | SLO | Andreja Klepač | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 28 | 5 |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | NED | Demi Schuurs | 30 | 6 |
  | USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 31 | 7 |
  | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 48 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of September 17, 2018
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan
  * Jiang Xinyu / Wang Qiang
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Vania King
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * CoCo Vandeweghe
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Aryna Sabalenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3
  