| Date: | September 23–29 |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Category: | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw: | 56S / 28D |
| Prize Money: | $2,746,000 |
| Surface: | Hard / outdoor |
| Location: | Wuhan, China |
| Venue: | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Champs: |  Aryna Sabalenka |
| Champd: |  Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs |
The 2018 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 23–29, 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.[1]
| Event | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | width=85 | width=85 | |||||||
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=thistle | F | width=85 bgcolor=ffff00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Singles | $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Doubles | $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 |
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Romania | Simona Halep | 1 | 1 | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 2 | 2 | ||
| Angelique Kerber | 3 | 3 | ||
 France | Caroline Garcia | 4 | 4 | |
 Czech Republic | Petra Kvitová | 5 | 5 | |
 Ukraine | Elina Svitolina | 6 | 6 | |
 Japan | ||||
| Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 8 | ||
| Sloane Stephens | 9 | 9 | ||
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 10 | 10 | ||
| Julia Görges | 11 | 11 | ||
| Kiki Bertens | 12 | 12 | ||
 Russian Federation | Daria Kasatkina | 13 | 13 | |
 Spain | Garbiñe Muguruza | 14 | 14 | |
| Belgium | Elise Mertens | 15 | 15 | |
 Australia | Ashleigh Barty | 17 | 16 |
The following players received wild cards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Sofia Kenin
Rebecca Peterson Kateřina Siniaková Sara Sorribes Tormo
Wang Xiyu Wang YafanThe following players received entry as lucky losers:
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Markéta Vondroušová Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
Kaia Kanepi → replaced by 
Aleksandra Krunić Naomi Osaka → replaced by Polona Hercog
Magdaléna Rybáriková → replaced by Monica NiculescuThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Singles.
Aryna Sabalenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6–3, 6–3See main article: 2018 Wuhan Open – Doubles.
Elise Mertens / Demi Schuurs def. Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová, 6–3, 6–3
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