The 2018 Pingshan Open was a professional

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tournament played on

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. It was the fifth (ATP) and fourth (ITF) editions of the tournament and part of the

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and the

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. It took place in

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, China between 12 and 18 March 2018.

Men's singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 5 March 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Li Zhe * Wu Di * Zhang Ze *

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The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts: * Alex Bolt *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Jason Kubler * Hiroki Moriya * Stefano Napolitano * Blaž Rola

Women's singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 5 March 2018.

Other entrants

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

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* Ma Shuyue * Xun Fangying * Yuan Yue The following player received entry using a junior exempt: * Wang Xinyu The following players received entry by special exemptions: * Marta Kostyuk * Maryna Zanevska The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Gao Xinyu * Ivana Jorović * Urszula Radwańska * Sabina Sharipova

Champions

Men's singles

* Ilya Ivashka def. Zhang Ze, 6–4, 6–2.

Women's singles

* Viktória Kužmová def.

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, 7–5, 6–3.

Men's doubles

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/ Rameez Junaid def. Denys Molchanov / Igor Zelenay, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3.

Women's doubles

/ Viktória Kužmová def. Danka Kovinić / Wang Xinyu, 6–4, 1–6, 0–7

External links

2018 Pingshan Open
at ITFtennis.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Pingshan Open, 2018

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