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Nanchang Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi, China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east by Poyang Lake. Because of its strate ...

, China, from July 23 – 29, 2018.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 16, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *
Yang Zhaoxuan Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023. Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In Sept ...
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Zhang Shuai Zhang Shuai ( zh , s = 张帅 , p = Zhāng Shuài ; ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high doubles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022 and a singles ranking of No. 22 re ...

Zheng Wushuang Zheng Wushuang (; ; born 29 November 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 241, achieved on 24 May 2025. On 7 April 2025, she peaked at No. 137 in the WTA doubles rankings. On the ...

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: *

Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, ; born 1 September 1994) is a Russian inactive tennis player. Betov ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Hiroko Kuwata Hiroko Kuwata (; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player. Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July 2015, she ...

Liang En-shuo Liang En-shuo (; ; in Chinese mainland born 2 October 2000) is a tennis player from Taiwan. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 150, achieved on 13 May 2019. On 9 September 2024, she peaked at No. 136 in the WTA doubles ranking ...

Peangtarn Plipuech Peangtarn "Earth" Plipuech (; born 15 November 1992) is a Thai tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 175, achieved on 31 July 2017. On 9 September 2024, she peaked at No. 99 in doubles. Plipuech has won ...

Karman Thandi Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. She has been a previous Indian number one in singles. Thandi has career-high WTA rankings of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 1 ...

* Xu Shilin *

Xun Fangying Xun Fangying (; ; born 14 January 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. On 24 February 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 167. On 8 April 2019, she peaked at No. 176 in the WTA doubles rankings. Xun made her WTA Tour ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Momoko Kobori is a Japanese female tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 226 in singles, achieved on 22 April 2019, and No. 136 in doubles, set on 26 November 2018. She has won two singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circ ...

Junri Namigata is a Japanese tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is 105, which she reached in February 2011. Her career-high doubles ranking is 101, achieved May 2015. Early life and amateur career Namigata was born in Koshigaya, Saitama Pref ...

Withdrawals

Jana Čepelová Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Čepelová won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 Ma ...

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Ayano Shimizu is a Japanese tennis player. Shimizu has a career-high singles ranking of 175 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 13 May 2019, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 141, set on 19 May 2025. Shimizu has won eight singles and 18 dou ...

Bojana Jovanovski Petrović Bojana Jovanovski Petrović (née Jovanovski; , ; born 31 December 1991) is a Serbian former tennis player. In her career, Jovanovski won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 singles title. On 4 August 2014, s ...

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Lu Jingjing Lu Jingjing (; ; born 5 May 1989) is a Chinese tennis player. On 15 January 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 159 by the WTA. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 105 in doubles. Jingjing has won one doubles title on the W ...

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

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Lu Jiajing Lu Jiajing (; ; born 18 November 1989) is a Chinese tennis player. On 18 March 2019, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 162. On 29 June 2015, she peaked at No. 139 in the doubles rankings. Lu has won 18 titles in singles ...

Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...

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Jang Su-jeong Jang Su-jeong (; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings. Jang has won on ...

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. On 22 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 134 and on 7 October 2024, she peaked at No. 99 in the WTA doubles rankings. Perrin owns one doubles title on t ...

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Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles. Her biggest singles successes to date ...

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Ankita Raina Ankita Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian tennis player. Since 2018, she has regularly been India's number one female player in singles and doubles. Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 tournament ...

Yang Zhaoxuan Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023. Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In Sept ...

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Retirements

Vitalia Diatchenko Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko ( rus, Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, , vʲɪˈtalʲɪjə dʲjɪˈtɕenkə, Ru-Vitalia_Diatchenko.ogg; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is wo ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 16, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Liu Yanni Liu Yanni ( zh, s=刘燕妮, p=Liú Yànnī; ; born 11 June 1999) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 527, achieved on 31 December 2018. Liu made her WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Holo ...

Yuan Yue Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 36 in singles, set in May 2024, and No. 60 in doubles, achieved June 2025. Career 2018: WTA Tour debut Yuan made her ...

Sun Xuliu Sun Xuliu (; ; born 7 March 1994) is a former professional Chinese tennis player. On 14 May 2018, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 384. On 1 May 2017, she peaked at No. 268 in the doubles rankings. Sun made her WTA Tou ...

Champions

Singles

* Wang Qiang def.

Zheng Saisai Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she wo ...

7–5, 4–0 ret.

Doubles

Jiang Xinyu Jiang Xinyu ( zh, s=蒋欣玗, p=Jiǎng Xīnyú; ; born 3 March 1999) is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 31 March 2025, she achieved a career-high doubles WTA ranking of world No. 29. Jiang has won five doubl ...

Tang Qianhui Tang Qianhui (; ; born 10 September 2000) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 617, achieved on 24 June 2019. She peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 10 February 2025. Tang has won three doubles ...

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You Xiaodi You Xiaodi (; ; born 12 May 1996) is a Chinese tennis player. She has won one WTA Challenger doubles title, as well as six singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 March 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. ...

, 6–4, 6–4

References

Official websiteJiangxi Nanchang History & Prize Money breakdown
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