Shenzhen Open 2018 / women

This article shows the women's results at the 2018 Shenzhen Open ; for the men's results see Shenzhen Open 2018 / Men .

Shenzhen Open 2018
date	1.1.2018 - 6.1.2018
Edition	6th
navigation	2017  ◄  2018  ►  2019
WTA tour
venue	Shenzhen People's Republic of China
Tournament number	1063
category	WTA International
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 626,750
Financial. Obligation	US $ 750,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Kateřina Siniaková
Last year's winner (double)	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Peng Shuai
Winner (singles)	Simona Halep
Winner (doubles)	Irina-Camelia Begu Simona Halep
As of January 6, 2018

The 2018 Shenzhen Open was a women's tennis tournament in Shenzhen . The hard court tournament in the International category was part of the WTA Tour 2018 and took place from January 1st to 6th, 2018, parallel to the WTA tournaments in Auckland and Brisbane .

The defending champions were Kateřina Siniaková in singles and the pairing Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai in doubles.

The tournament was won by Simona Halep . Halep and her compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu also prevailed in doubles . Due to the rainy weather, both finals took place in the hall, with no spectators and no television broadcast.

qualification

Qualification for the Shenzhen Open 2018 took place from December 30th to 31st, 2017. Four places were played out for the main draw in singles.

→ Main article : Shenzhen Open 2018 / Women / Qualification

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers
Danka Kovinić
Anna Blinkowa
Stefanie Vögele
Jasmine Paolini

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Simona Halep victory 02.  Jeļena Ostapenko 1 round 03.  Zhang Shuai Round of 16 04th  Irina-Camelia Begu Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Wang Qiang 1 round 06th  Kateřina Siniaková final 07th  Maria Sakkari 1 round 08th.  Tímea Babos Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

S. Halep

6th

6th

N. Gibbs

4th

1

1

S. Halep

3

6th

6th

Y. Duan

6th

7th

Y. Duan

6th

1

2

J. Rodina

2

5

1

S. Halep

6th

6th

M. Niculescu

4th

4th

A. Sabalenka

2

2

A. Sabalenka

6th

6th

A. Sabalenka

6th

6th

Q

D. Kovinić

4th

6th

6th

Q

D. Kovinić

1

0

7th

M. Sakkari

6th

2

3

1

S. Halep

6th

6th

4th

I.-C. Begu

6th

6th

4th

I.-C. Begu

1

4th

WC

F. Liu

1

2

4th

I.-C. Begu

4th

6th

6th

Q

S. Vögele

2

3

J. Alexandrowa

6th

1

2

J. Alexandrowa

6th

6th

4th

I.-C. Begu

7th

7th

M. Linette

7th

2

6th

8th

T. Babos

5

5

J. Čepelová

5

6th

4th

M. Linette

2

1

X. Wang

1

1

8th

T. Babos

6th

6th

8th

T. Babos

6th

6th

1

S. Halep

6th

2

6th

5

Q. Wang

5

0

6th

K. Siniaková

1

6th

0

A. Riske

7th

6th

A. Riske

6th

3

2

M. Sharapova

6th

6th

M. Sharapova

4th

6th

6th

M. Buzarnescu

3

0

M. Sharapova

6th

6th

P. Parmentier

3

4th

S. Dijas

3

3

S. Dijas

6th

6th

S. Dijas

6th

6 5

6th

Q

A. Blinkowa

3

4th

3

S. Zhang

3

7th

4th

3

S. Zhang

6th

6th

M. Sharapova

2

6th

3

6th

K. Siniaková

6th

6th

6th

K. Siniaková

6th

3

6th

O. Jabeur

1

1

6th

K. Siniaková

7th

6th

Q

J. Paolini

4th

0

WC

Y. Wang

5

3

WC

Y. Wang

6th

6th

6th

K. Siniaková

6th

6th

A. Bogdan

6th

6th

Kr. Plíšková

2

2

C. Giorgi

4th

2

A. Bogdan

4th

6 3

Kr. Plíšková

6th

6th

Kr. Plíšková

6th

7th

2

J. Ostapenko

1

4th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková   final 02.  Raluca Olaru Olha Savchuk   1 round 03.  Kristýna Plíšková Renata Voráčová   1 round 04th  Natela Dsalamidse Xenia Knoll   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

6th

6th

D. Kovinić J. Rodina

2

2

1

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

6th

6th

O. Kalashnikova Y. Wang

4th

6th

[6]

J. Lu Q. Wang

0

3

J. Lu Q. Wang

6th

4th

[10]

1

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

7th

3

[10]

3

Kr. Plíšková R. Voráčová

6th

3

[4]

L. Kerkhove L. Marosawa

5

6th

4th

WC

H. Guo X. Wang

2

6th

[10]

WC

H. Guo X. Wang

6th

4th

[3]

L. Kerkhove L. Marosawa

2

7th

[10]

L. Kerkhove L. Marosawa

4th

6th

[10]

J. Alexandrowa S. Vögele

6th

5

[4]

1

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

6th

1

[8th]

X. Han C. Liang

7th

2

[9]

I.-C. Begu S. Halep

1

6th

[10]

I.-C. Begu S. Halep

5

6th

[11]

I.-C. Begu S. Halep

4th

6th

[13]

I. Bara M. Buzarnescu

6th

6 6

[10]

I. Bara M. Buzarnescu

6th

4th

[11]

4th

N. Dsalamidse X. Knoll

3

7th

[8th]

I.-C. Begu S. Halep

6th

6 4

[10]

WC

J. Kang S. Zhang

3

3

A. Blinkowa N. Geuer

2

7th

6th

A. Blinkowa N. Geuer

6th

6th

A. Blinkowa N. Geuer

6th

6th

N. Gibbs C. Zhao

6th

6th

N. Gibbs C. Zhao

2

1

2

R. Olaru O. Savchuk

1

3

Web links

• official homepage
• Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simona Halep câştigă finala de la Shenzen , Adevărul January 6, 2018
2. ↑ Elina Svitolina triumphs in Brisbane - Halep wins Shenzhen. In: spox.com. January 6, 2018, accessed January 6, 2018 .