2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open

2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open
Date	October 8–14
Edition	9th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$750,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hong Kong
Venue	Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Dayana Yastremska
Doubles
Samantha Stosur / 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 32^1	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	—	—	—

<sub>^1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	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:

• Eudice Chong
• Priscilla Hon
• Zhang Ling

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Kristína Kučová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nao Hibino
• Ons Jabeur
• Lesley Kerkhove
• Bibiane Schoofs
• Sabina Sharipova
• Fanny Stollár

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Caroline Dolehide
• Julia Glushko
• Viktoriya Tomova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Caroline Dolehide
• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Julia Glushko
• Bernarda Pera → replaced by Luksika Kumkhum
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
• Sachia Vickery → replaced by Kristína Kučová

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	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:

• Eudice Chong / Zhang Ling
• Ng Kwan-yau / Elina Svitolina

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles

• Dayana Yastremska def. Wang Qiang, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles

• Samantha Stosur / Zhang Shuai def. Shuko Aoyama / Lidziya Marozava 6–4, 6–4

References

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

External links

• Official site