The 2018 Guangzhou International Women's Open is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the

2018 WTA Tour The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Fe ...

. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 17 through September 22, 2018.

Points and prize money

Prize money

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

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Wang Xinyu * Wang Xiyu * Vera Zvonareva The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Vania King *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lizette Cabrera *

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* Ivana Jorović * Deniz Khazaniuk * Lu Jiajing *

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The following players received entry as a lucky loser: * Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Peng Shuai → replaced by Vania King * Rebecca Peterson → replaced by Magdalena Fręch * Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Fiona Ferro * Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Viktorija Golubic * Zhang Shuai → replaced by Zhu Lin ;During the tournament * Jennifer Brady

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 10, 2018

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Ng Kwan-yau / Zheng Saisai

Champions

Singles

* Wang Qiang def. Yulia Putintseva, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

* Monique Adamczak / Jessica Moore def. Danka Kovinić / Vera Lapko, 4–6, 7–5, 0–4

References

External links

Official website
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