2018 Tianjin Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2018|Tianjin Open| | date = October 8–14 | edition = 5th | category = [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw = 32S / 16D | prize_money = $750,000 | surface = [[Hardcourt|Hard]] | location = [[Tianjin]], China | venue = Tuanbo International Tennis Centre | champs = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Garcia]] | champd = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Melichar]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] }}

The '''2018 Tianjin Open''' was a women's professional [[tennis]] tournament played on [[hardcourt|hard courts]]. It was the 5th edition of the tournament, and was part of the [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] category of the [[2018 WTA Tour]]. It took place at the ''Tuanbo International Tennis Centre'' in [[Tianjin]], China between 8 October and 14 October 2018. Second-seeded [[Caroline Garcia]] won the singles title.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tianjin Open Overview|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2018-tianjin-china-1076|website=wtatennis.com}}</ref>

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2018 Tianjin Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Caroline Garcia]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] 7–6(9–7), 6–3

=== Doubles === {{main|2018 Tianjin Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Melichar]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Květa Peschke]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Monique Adamczak]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jessica Moore (tennis)|Jessica Moore]] 6–4, 6–2

==Points and prize money==

===Point distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |12 |1 |- ! style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles |1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |}

===Prize money===

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|'''Event''' | style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 321 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Singles''' |$163,265 |$81,251 |$43,663 |$13,068 |$7,195 |$4,444 |$2,160 |$1,270 |- | style="background:#f3f3f3;"|'''Doubles *''' |$26,031 |$13,544 |$7,271 |$3,852 |$2,031 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |} 1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team

== Singles main-draw entrants == === Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Karolína Plíšková]] |7 |1 |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Caroline Garcia]] |8 |2 |- |{{flag|BEL}} |[[Elise Mertens]] |14 |3 |- |{{flag|BLR}} |[[Aryna Sabalenka]] |16 |4 |- |{{flag|TPE}} |[[Hsieh Su-wei]] |29 |5 |- |{{flag|CRO}} |[[Petra Martić]] |36 |6 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Danielle Collins]] |37 |7 |- |{{flag|GRE}} |[[Maria Sakkari]] |43 |8 |} * 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

=== Other entrants ===

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Fangzhou]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Karolína Plíšková]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yuan Yue]]

The following player received entry through a protected ranking: * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Timea Bacsinszky]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jana Čepelová]] * {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misaki Doi]] * {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Krejčíková]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Veronika Kudermetova]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xun Fangying]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Yuxuan]]

===Withdrawals=== *{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Victoria Azarenka]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Katie Boulter]] *{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihaela Buzărnescu]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Duan Yingying]] *{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yafan]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danielle Collins]] * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Kozlova]] * {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Petra Martić]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Elise Mertens]]

== Doubles main-draw entrants ==

=== Seeds ===

{|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Irina-Camelia Begu]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Krejčíková]] |25 |1 |- |<s>{{flag|CAN}}</s> |<s>[[Gabriela Dabrowski]]</s> |<s>{{flag|CHN}}</s> |<s>[[Xu Yifan]]</s> |<s>25</s> |<s>2</s> |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Nicole Melichar]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Květa Peschke]] |32 |3 |- |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Kaitlyn Christian]] |{{flagu|USA}} |[[Desirae Krawczyk]] |120 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guo Hanyu]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhu Lin (tennis)|Zhu Lin]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Yanni]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Meiling]]

The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ankita Raina]] / {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emily Webley-Smith]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gabriela Dabrowski]]

===Retirements=== * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.tianjinopen.com/en/}}

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