2018 Taiwan Open
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| 2018 Taiwan Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 January – 4 February |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Category | International |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | $250,000 |
| Surface | Hard (i) |
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Venue | Heping Basketball Gymnasium |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Hungary Tímea Babos | |
| Doubles | |
| China Duan Yingying / China Wang Yafan | |
The 2018 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour.
Points and prize money
[edit | edit source]Point distribution
[edit | edit source]| Event1 | 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
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 322 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Women's doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |
1 Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Peng Shuai | 27 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Zhang Shuai | 34 | 2 |
 AUS
|
Samantha Stosur | 41 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN | Tímea Babos | 51 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 54 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 60 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg POL | Magda Linette | 74 | 7 |
 FRA
|
Pauline Parmentier | 82 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Russia Anna Blinkova
- Lizette Cabrera
- China Han Xinyun
- Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
- Japan Junri Namigata
- China Zhang Yuxuan
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Switzerland Belinda Bencic → replaced by Japan Kurumi Nara
- Russia Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by China Wang Yafan
- Daria Gavrilova → replaced by China Zhu Lin
- Ukraine Elina Svitolina → replaced by China Lu Jingjing
- Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Romania Ana Bogdan
Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Japan Risa Ozaki
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Retirements
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Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN | Tímea Babos | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE | Chan Hao-ching | 24 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN | Miyu Kato | File:Flag of Japan.svg JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 79 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | 96 | 3 |
| AUS
|
Monique Adamczak | AUS
|
Storm Sanders | 121 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei / Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo
- Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen / Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Champions
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- Hungary Tímea Babos def. Ukraine Kateryna Kozlova, 7–5, 6–1
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- China Duan Yingying / China Wang Yafan def. Japan Nao Hibino / Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- General
- Specific