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, 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 Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, s ...

Wang Xiyu Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024. Wang became junior world No. 1 on ...

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

The following players received entry using a protected ranking: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Lizette Cabrera Lizette Faith Cabrera (born 19 December 1997) is an Australian tennis player of Filipino descent. She has a career-high singles ranking of 119 by the WTA, achieved on 3 February 2020. Early life Cabrera was born and araised in Townsville by ...

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Ivana Jorović Ivana Jorović ( sr-Cyrl, Ивана Јоровић; born 3 May 1997) is a tennis player from Serbia. In her career, she won thirteen singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 July 2019, she reached her best singles r ...

Deniz Khazaniuk Deniz Khazaniuk (; born 24 October 1994) is an Israeli former tennis player. Khazaniuk has career-high WTA rankings of 200 in singles, achieved on 11 June 2018, and of 445 in doubles, achieved on 16 June 2014. She has won 21 singles titles and ...

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 ...

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

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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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 ...

→ replaced by Zhu Lin ;During the tournament *

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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 Ng Kwan-yau (; born 19 February 1997) is a Hong Kong female tennis player. Career As a professional tennis player, she has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 452, achieved February 2020. Playing for Hong ...

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 ...

Champions

Singles

* Wang Qiang def.

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Puti ...

, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Monique Adamczak Monique Adamczak (born 21 January 1983) is an inactive Australian tennis player. Her favourite surface is grass. She has specialised in doubles and has been coached by Tony Roche, former coach of Roger Federer. Adamczak made her debut as a p ...

/ Jessica Moore def.

Danka Kovinić Danka Kovinić ( sr-cyrl, Данка Ковинић; born 18 November 1994) is a Montenegrin professional tennis player. On 22 February 2016, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, and on 20 June 2016, she peaked at No. 67 i ...

Vera Lapko Vera Valeryevna Lapko (; born 29 September 1998) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. She won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women ...

, 4–6, 7–5, 0–4

References

External links

Official website
{{2018 WTA Tour

Guangzhou International Women's Open

2018 in Guangzhou