2018 WTA Shenzhen Open

{{refimprove|date=November 2017}} {{TennisEventInfo|2018|WTA Shenzhen Open| | date=1–7 January 2018 | category= [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | edition=6th | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$750,000 | surface=[[Hard court (tennis)|Hard]] | location=[[Shenzhen]], China | venue=[[Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center]] | champs={{flagicon|ROU}} [[Simona Halep]] | champd={{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina-Camelia Begu]] / {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Simona Halep]] }} The '''2018 Shenzhen Open''' (known as ''2018 Shenzhen Gemdale Open'' for sponsorship reason) was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hard court (tennis)|outdoor hard courts]]. It was the sixth edition of the [[WTA Shenzhen Open|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 January until 7 January 2018. First-seeded [[Simona Halep]] won the singles title.

==Finals==

===Singles=== {{main|2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles}} * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Simona Halep]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kateřina Siniaková]], 6–1, 2–6, 6–0

===Doubles=== {{main|2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina-Camelia Begu]] / {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Simona Halep]] defeated {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Barbora Krejčíková]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kateřina Siniaková]], 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]

==Points and prize money==

===Point distribution=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- | style="width:130px; background:#efefef;"|'''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:#f7f7f7;"| Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |12 |1 |- ! style="background:#f7f7f7;"|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:#efefef;"|'''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:#f7f7f7;"|'''Singles''' |$163,260 |$81,251 |$43,663 |$13,121 |$7,238 |$4,698 |$2,720 |$1,588 |- | style="background:#f7f7f7;"|'''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" |- ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Simona Halep]] |1 |1 |- |{{flag|LAT}} |[[Jeļena Ostapenko]] |7 |2 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Zhang Shuai (tennis)|Zhang Shuai]] |35 |3 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Irina-Camelia Begu]] |43 |4 |- |{{flag|CHN}} |[[Wang Qiang (tennis)|Wang Qiang]] |45 |5 |- style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kateřina Siniaková]] |47 |6 |- |{{flag|GRE}} |[[Maria Sakkari]] |51 |7 |- |{{flag|HUN}} |[[Tímea Babos]] |55 |8 |} *1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

===Other entrants=== The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Fangzhou]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Xiyu]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Yafan]] The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Danka Kovinić]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Blinkova]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stefanie Vögele]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jasmine Paolini]]

===Withdrawals=== ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Kozlova]] → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nicole Gibbs]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sara Sorribes Tormo]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jana Čepelová]]

==Doubles main draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! style="width:70px;"| Country ! style="width:175px;"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- style="background:#fcc;" |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Barbora Krejčíková]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kateřina Siniaková]] |67 |1 |- |{{flag|ROU}} |[[Raluca Olaru]] |{{flag|UKR}} |[[Olga Savchuk]] |69 |2 |- |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Kristýna Plíšková]] |{{flag|CZE}} |[[Renata Voráčová]] |106 |3 |- |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Natela Dzalamidze]] |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Xenia Knoll]] |129 |4 |} *1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guo Hanyu]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Xinyu]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Kang Jiaqi]] / {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Shuai (tennis)|Zhang Shuai]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2018/eng/index.php Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013747/http://www.shenzhenopentennis.com/2018/eng/index.php |date=2017-12-03 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:WTA Shenzhen Open, 2018}} [[Category:2018 in Chinese tennis]] [[Category:2018 WTA Tour]] [[Category:January 2018 sports events in China]] [[Category:WTA Shenzhen Open|2018]]