title: 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open
text: # 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open
  
  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 sixth 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.
  
  ## 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 | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | $2,031 | — | — | — |
  
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  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Simona Halep | 1 | 1 |
  | LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 7 | 2 |
  | CHN | Zhang Shuai | 35 | 3 |
  | ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 43 | 4 |
  | CHN | Wang Qiang | 45 | 5 |
  | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 47 | 6 |
  | GRE | Maria Sakkari | 51 | 7 |
  | HUN | Tímea Babos | 55 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of December 25, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Liu Fangzhou
  * Wang Xiyu
  * Wang Yafan
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Danka Kovinić
  * Anna Blinkova
  * Stefanie Vögele
  * Jasmine Paolini
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Nicole Gibbs
  * Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by Jana Čepelová
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 67 | 1 |
  | ROU | Raluca Olaru | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 69 | 2 |
  | CZE | Kristýna Plíšková | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 106 | 3 |
  | RUS | Natela Dzalamidze | SUI | Xenia Knoll | 129 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of December 25, 2017.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Guo Hanyu / Wang Xinyu
  * Kang Jiaqi / Zhang Shuai
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Simona Halep def. Kateřina Siniaková, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Irina-Camelia Begu / Simona Halep def. Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková, 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]
  