2018 Taiwan Open Explained

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

Point distribution

Event^1	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 32^2	width=85	Q2	width=85	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

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
China	Peng Shuai	27	1
China	Zhang Shuai	34	2
Australia	Samantha Stosur	41	3
Hungary	Tímea Babos	51	4
Kazakhstan	Yulia Putintseva	54	5
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	60	6
Poland	Magda Linette	74	7
France	Pauline Parmentier	82	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• • Eugenie Bouchard Chang Kai-chen
• Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

• Sabine Lisicki
• Wang Yafan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Blinkova
• Lizette Cabrera
• Han Xinyun
• Dalila Jakupović
• Junri Namigata
• Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Lu Jingjing

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic → replaced by Kurumi Nara
• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Wang Yafan
• Daria Gavrilova → replaced by Zhu Lin
• Elina Svitolina → replaced by Lu Jingjing
• Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Ana Bogdan
• Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Risa Ozaki

Retirements

• Ons Jabeur
• Zhu Lin

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Hungary	Tímea Babos		Chan Hao-ching	24	1
Japan	Miyu Kato	Japan	Makoto Ninomiya	79	2
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	96	3
Australia	Monique Adamczak	Australia	Storm Sanders	121	4

• ¹ Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Chan Chin-wei / Liang En-shuo
• Hsu Ching-wen / Lee Ya-hsuan

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Taiwan Open – Singles.

• Tímea Babos def. Kateryna Kozlova, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Taiwan Open – Doubles.

• Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan def. Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

General

• Official website

Specific