China Open Tennis 2018


2018 China Open Tennis Facts

Date1 October – 7 October, 2018
Edition20th (ATP) / 22nd (WTA)
CategoryATP World Tour 500 (men)
Premier Mandatory (women)
Prize moneyATP $
WTA $8,285,274
SurfaceHard
LocationBeijing, China
VenueNational Tennis Center

Schedule

2018 China Open Tennis tournament starts from 1 October – 7 October, 2018, National Tennis Center

Prize Money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1
Men’s Singles50030018090450N/A20100
Men’s Doubles0N/AN/A45250
Women’s Singles1,000650390215120651030202
Women’s Doubles10N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Men’s Singles$733,320$359,510$180,900$92,000$47,480$25,200N/A$5,575$2,845
Men’s Doubles$220,790$108,100$54,220$27,830$14,380N/AN/AN/AN/A
Women’s Singles$1,525,245$763,255$372,400$178,895$86,095$41,610$23,945$6,375$3,705
Women’s Doubles$516,020$258,935$115,275$53,200$24,830$11,530N/AN/AN/A

Players List

Mens Singles

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
ARGJuan Martín del Potro41
GERAlexander Zverev52
BULGrigor Dimitrov73
ITAFabio Fognini134
GBRKyle Edmund165
USAJack Sock176
CROBorna Ćorić187
ITAMarco Cecchinato228

Wildcards

  • Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
  • Spain Feliciano López
  • China Wu Yibing

Special exempt:

  • Portugal João Sousa

Qualifying draw:

  • Moldova Radu Albot
  • Italy Matteo Berrettini
  • Serbia Dušan Lajović
  • Canada Vasek Pospisil

Alternate:

  • Tunisia Malek Jaziri

Lucky loser:

  • United States Tennys Sandgren

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

  • Spain Pablo Carreño Busta → replaced by Italy Andreas Seppi
  • United States Ryan Harrison → replaced by United States Tennys Sandgren
  • United States John Isner → replaced by Germany Mischa Zverev
  • United Kingdom Andy Murray → replaced by Tunisia Malek Jaziri
  • Spain Rafael Nadal → replaced by Germany Peter Gojowczyk

During the tournament

  • Italy Fabio Fognini

Mens Doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
AUTOliver MarachCROMate Pavić71
POLŁukasz KubotBRAMarcelo Melo112
COLJuan Sebastián CabalCOLRobert Farah193
CROIvan DodigCRONikola Mektić414

Wildcards

  • Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
  • Hua Runhao / Zhang Zhizhen

Qualifying draw:

  • Denys Molchanov / Igor Zelenay

WTA Singles

Seeds

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11Simona Halep8,061650107,421First round retired against  Ons Jabeur [Q]
22Caroline Wozniacki5,61012010006,490Champion
33Angelique Kerber5,345651205,400Third round lost to Zhang Shuai
48Caroline Garcia3,9251,0001203,045Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka
54Petra Kvitová4,635390104,255First round lost to Daria Gavrilova
65Elina Svitolina4,555215104,350First round lost to Aleksandra Krunić
77Karolína Plíšková4,3451201204,345Third round lost to Wang Qiang [WC]
86Naomi Osaka4,390103904,770Semifinals lost to Anastasija Sevastova
99Sloane Stephens3,912101204,022Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková
1010Julia Görges3,730651203,785Third round lost to Naomi Osaka [8]
1111Kiki Bertens3,630101203,740Third round lost to Kateřina Siniaková [Q]
1213Jeļena Ostapenko3,188390652,863Second round lost to Wang Qiang [WC]
1312Daria Kasatkina3,355215103,150First round retired against Laura Siegemund [PR]
1415Garbiñe Muguruza3,11510653,170Second round lost to Aryna Sabalenka
1514Elise Mertens3,17065103,115First round lost to Zhang Shuai
1619Ashleigh Barty2,6151002,605Withdrew due to right arm injury
1718Madison Keys2,7510652,816Second round, withdrew due to left knee injury

Wildcards

  • Duan Yingying
  • Samantha Stosur
  • Wang Qiang
  • Wang Yafan
  • Zheng Saisai

Protected ranking

  • Timea Bacsinszky
  • Laura Siegemund

Qualifying draw:

  • Katie Boulter
  • Zarina Diyas
  • Polona Hercog
  • Ons Jabeur
  • Andrea Petkovic
  • Yulia Putintseva
  • Kateřina Siniaková
  • Dayana Yastremska

Lucky losers:

  • Sorana Cîrstea
  • Bernarda Pera

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

  • Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea and Bernarda Pera[a]
  • Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
  • Maria Sharapova → replaced by Petra Martić
  • Serena Williams → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
  • Venus Williams → replaced by Aleksandra Krunić

During the tournament

  • Madison Keys
  • Retirements
  • Simona Halep
  • Daria Kasatkina
  • Lesia Tsurenko

WTA doubles

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
HUNTímea BabosFRAKristina Mladenovic61
CZEAndrea Sestini HlaváčkováCZEBarbora Strýcová152
CANGabriela DabrowskiCHNXu Yifan253
BELElise MertensNEDDemi Schuurs274
USANicole MelicharCZEKvěta Peschke315
SLOAndreja KlepačESPMaría José Martínez Sánchez326
CZELucie HradeckáRUSEkaterina Makarova427
TPEChan Hao-chingCHNYang Zhaoxuan558

Other entrants

Wildcards

  • Duan Yingying / Wang Yafan
  • Johanna Konta / Zhang Shuai

Alternates:

  • Alizé Cornet / Petra Martić
  • Magda Linette / Zheng Saisai

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

  • Daria Gavrilova
  • Wang Qiang

China Open Tennis 2018 Draws

China Open Tennis 2018 Draws

Past Champions

Women’s Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2009BeijingSvetlana Kuznetsova (2)Agnieszka Radwańska6–2, 6–4
2010Caroline WozniackiVera Zvonareva6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2011Agnieszka RadwańskaAndrea Petkovic7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2012Victoria AzarenkaMaria Sharapova6–3, 6–1
2013Serena Williams (2)Jelena Janković6–2, 6–2
2014Maria SharapovaPetra Kvitová6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2015Garbiñe MuguruzaTimea Bacsinszky7–5, 6–4
2016Agnieszka Radwańska (2)Johanna Konta6–4, 6–2
2017Caroline GarciaSimona Halep6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2018Caroline Wozniacki (2)Anastasija Sevastova6–3, 6–3

Men’s Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2018Nikoloz BasilashviliJuan Martín del Potro6–4, 6–4
2017Rafael Nadal (2)Nick Kyrgios6–2, 6–1
2016Andy MurrayGrigor Dimitrov6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2015Novak Djokovic (6)Rafael Nadal6–2, 6–2
2014Novak Djokovic (5)Tomáš Berdych6–0, 6–2
2013Novak Djokovic (4)Rafael Nadal6–3, 6–4
2012Novak Djokovic (3)Jo-Wilfried Tsonga7–6(7–4), 6–2
2011Tomáš BerdychMarin Čilić3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2010Novak Djokovic (2)David Ferrer6–2, 6–4
2009Novak DjokovicMarin Čilić6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Women’s Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2018Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková(2)
Barbora Strýcová
Gabriela Dabrowski
Xu Yifan
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
2017Chan Yung-jan
Martina Hingis (2)
Tímea Babos
Andrea Hlaváčková
6–1, 6–4
2016Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová
Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic
6–4, 6–4
2015Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza (2)
Chan Hao-ching
Chan Yung-jan
6–7(9–11), 6–1, [10–8]
2014Andrea Hlaváčková
Peng Shuai (2)
Cara Black
Sania Mirza
6–4, 6–4
2013Cara Black
Sania Mirza
Vera Dushevina
Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–2, 6–2
2012Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Sania Mirza
7–5, 7–5
2011Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
6–3, 6–4
2010Olga Govortsova
Chuang Chia-jung
Gisela Dulko
Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–2), 1–6, [10–7]
2009Hsieh Su-wei (2)
Peng Shuai
Alla Kudryavtseva
Ekaterina Makarova
6–3, 6–1

Men’s Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2018Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo
Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić
6–1, 6–4
2017Henri Kontinen
John Peers
John Isner
Jack Sock
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2016Pablo Carreño Busta
Rafael Nadal
Jack Sock
Bernard Tomic
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]
2015Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock
Daniel Nestor
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
2014Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău
Julien Benneteau
Vasek Pospisil
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–5]
2013Max Mirnyi
Horia Tecău
Fabio Fognini
Andreas Seppi
6–4, 6–2
2012Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Carlos Berlocq
Denis Istomin
6–3, 6–2
2011Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonjić
Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
2010Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2009Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Mark Knowles
Andy Roddick
6–4, 6–2