China Open Tennis 2018

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2018 China Open Tennis Facts

Date	1 October – 7 October, 2018
Edition	20th (ATP) / 22nd (WTA)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) Premier Mandatory (women)
Prize money	ATP $ WTA $8,285,274
Surface	Hard
Location	Beijing, China
Venue	National Tennis Center

Schedule

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

Prize Money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men’s Singles	500	300	180	90	45	0	N/A	20	10	0
Men’s Doubles					0	N/A	N/A	45	25	0
Women’s Singles	1,000	650	390	215	120	65	10	30	20	2
Women’s Doubles						10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Men’s Singles	$733,320	$359,510	$180,900	$92,000	$47,480	$25,200	N/A	$5,575	$2,845
Men’s Doubles	$220,790	$108,100	$54,220	$27,830	$14,380	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/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	$11,530	N/A	N/A	N/A

Players List

Mens Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	Juan Martín del Potro	4	1
GER	Alexander Zverev	5	2
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	7	3
ITA	Fabio Fognini	13	4
GBR	Kyle Edmund	16	5
USA	Jack Sock	17	6
CRO	Borna Ćorić	18	7
ITA	Marco Cecchinato	22	8

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

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Oliver Marach	CRO	Mate Pavić	7	1
POL	Łukasz Kubot	BRA	Marcelo Melo	11	2
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	19	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	CRO	Nikola Mektić	41	4

Wildcards

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

Qualifying draw:

• Denys Molchanov / Igor Zelenay

WTA Singles

Seeds

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Simona Halep	8,061	650	10	7,421	First round retired against  Ons Jabeur [Q]
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	5,610	120	1000	6,490	Champion
3	3	Angelique Kerber	5,345	65	120	5,400	Third round lost to Zhang Shuai
4	8	Caroline Garcia	3,925	1,000	120	3,045	Third round lost to Aryna Sabalenka
5	4	Petra Kvitová	4,635	390	10	4,255	First round lost to Daria Gavrilova
6	5	Elina Svitolina	4,555	215	10	4,350	First round lost to Aleksandra Krunić
7	7	Karolína Plíšková	4,345	120	120	4,345	Third round lost to Wang Qiang [WC]
8	6	Naomi Osaka	4,390	10	390	4,770	Semifinals lost to Anastasija Sevastova
9	9	Sloane Stephens	3,912	10	120	4,022	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková
10	10	Julia Görges	3,730	65	120	3,785	Third round lost to Naomi Osaka [8]
11	11	Kiki Bertens	3,630	10	120	3,740	Third round lost to Kateřina Siniaková [Q]
12	13	Jeļena Ostapenko	3,188	390	65	2,863	Second round lost to Wang Qiang [WC]
13	12	Daria Kasatkina	3,355	215	10	3,150	First round retired against Laura Siegemund [PR]
14	15	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,115	10	65	3,170	Second round lost to Aryna Sabalenka
15	14	Elise Mertens	3,170	65	10	3,115	First round lost to Zhang Shuai
16	19	Ashleigh Barty	2,615	10	0	2,605	Withdrew due to right arm injury
17	18	Madison Keys	2,751	0	65	2,816	Second 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

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
HUN	Tímea Babos	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	6	1
CZE	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	15	2
CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	CHN	Xu Yifan	25	3
BEL	Elise Mertens	NED	Demi Schuurs	27	4
USA	Nicole Melichar	CZE	Květa Peschke	31	5
SLO	Andreja Klepač	ESP	María José Martínez Sánchez	32	6
CZE	Lucie Hradecká	RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	42	7
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	55	8

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

Year		Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Beijing	Svetlana Kuznetsova (2)	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–2, 6–4
2010		Caroline Wozniacki	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2011		Agnieszka Radwańska	Andrea Petkovic	7–5, 0–6, 6–4
2012		Victoria Azarenka	Maria Sharapova	6–3, 6–1
2013		Serena Williams (2)	Jelena Janković	6–2, 6–2
2014		Maria Sharapova	Petra Kvitová	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
2015		Garbiñe Muguruza	Timea Bacsinszky	7–5, 6–4
2016		Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	Johanna Konta	6–4, 6–2
2017		Caroline Garcia	Simona Halep	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
2018		Caroline Wozniacki (2)	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 6–3

Men’s Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Juan Martín del Potro	6–4, 6–4
2017	Rafael Nadal (2)	Nick Kyrgios	6–2, 6–1
2016	Andy Murray	Grigor Dimitrov	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2015	Novak Djokovic (6)	Rafael Nadal	6–2, 6–2
2014	Novak Djokovic (5)	Tomáš Berdych	6–0, 6–2
2013	Novak Djokovic (4)	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–4
2012	Novak Djokovic (3)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7–6(7–4), 6–2
2011	Tomáš Berdych	Marin Čilić	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
2010	Novak Djokovic (2)	David Ferrer	6–2, 6–4
2009	Novak Djokovic	Marin Čilić	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

Women’s Doubles

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

Men’s Doubles

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