2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open Explained

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	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	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	width=85	Q2	width=85	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

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Ukraine		5	1
Japan	Naomi Osaka	8	2
	Jeļena Ostapenko	13	3
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	15	4
Ukraine	Lesia Tsurenko	27	5
China	Wang Qiang	28	6
Australia	Daria Gavrilova	33	7
France	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
	Chan Hao-ching	China	Yang Zhaoxuan	55	1
Poland	Alicja Rosolska		Abigail Spears	64	2
Japan	Miyu Kato	Japan		67	3
Japan	Shuko Aoyama	Belarus	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

See main article: 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles.

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

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Doubles.

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

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Overview. wtatennis.com.