# 2018 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles

Simona Halep won the title, defeating defending champion Kateřina Siniaková in the final, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0.

## Seeds

* Simona Halep (champion)
* Jeļena Ostapenko (first round)
* Zhang Shuai (second round)
* Irina-Camelia Begu (semifinals)
* Wang Qiang (first round)
* Kateřina Siniaková (final)
* Maria Sakkari (first round)
* Tímea Babos (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Simona Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Irina-Camelia Begu | 1 | 4 | | 1 | Simona Halep | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Kateřina Siniaková | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| | Maria Sharapova | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | Kateřina Siniaková | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Kateřina Siniaková | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Gibbs | 4 | 1 | | 1 | S Halep | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Duan | 6 | 7 | | | Y Duan | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Rodina | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Niculescu | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Sabalenka | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Kovinić | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | D Kovinić | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Sakkari | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | I-C Begu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | I-C Begu | 1 | 4 |
| WC | F Liu | 1 | 2 | | 4 | I-C Begu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Vögele | 2 | 3 | | | E Alexandrova | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Alexandrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | I-C Begu | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Linette | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | T Babos | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | J Čepelová | 5 | 6 | 4 | | M Linette | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Xiy Wang | 1 | 1 | | 8 | T Babos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | T Babos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | Q Wang | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Riske | 7 | 6 | | A Riske | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | M Sharapova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Buzărnescu | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | M Sharapova | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Parmentier | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | Z Diyas | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Z Diyas | 6 | 6 | | Z Diyas | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Blinkova | 3 | 4 | 3 | S Zhang | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Sharapova | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | K Siniaková | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | O Jabeur | 1 | 1 | 6 | K Siniaková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Paolini | 0 | 4 | WC | Y Wang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | K Siniaková | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Bogdan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Kr Plíšková | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Giorgi | 4 | 2 | | A Bogdan | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kr Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | Kr Plíšková | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Ostapenko | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Danka Kovinić (qualified)
* Barbora Krejčíková (first round)
* Han Xinyun (first round)
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (first round)
* Anna Blinkova (qualified)
* Jang Su-jeong (first round)
* Tereza Martincová (first round)
* Stefanie Vögele (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Danka Kovinić
* Stefanie Vögele
* Anna Blinkova
* Jasmine Paolini

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Yuxuan | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| WC | Zhang Yuxuan | 2 | 0 | | 1 | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Wang Xinyu | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| WC | Wang Xinyu | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | Wang Xinyu | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Jang Su-jeong | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Barbora Krejčíková | 6$^1$ | 5 | | | | |
| | Çağla Büyükakçay | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | Çağla Büyükakçay | 7$^7$ | 7 | | Çağla Büyükakçay | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | 8 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 |
| | Irina Bara | 4 | 3 | 8 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Han Xinyun | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Lesley Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Lesley Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | Lesley Kerkhove | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | 5 | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 |
| | Carol Zhao | 2 | 2 | 5 | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 3 | 4 | | | |
| | Jasmine Paolini | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Jasmine Paolini | 6 | 6 | Jasmine Paolini | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | Lu Jingjing | 4 | 3 |
| | Lu Jingjing | 7$^7$ | 6 | Lu Jingjing | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Tereza Martincová | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | |