# 2018 Pingshan Open – Women's singles

Ekaterina Alexandrova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Viktória Kužmová won the title, defeating Anna Kalinskaya in the final, 7–5, 6–3.

## Seeds

* Denisa Allertová (quarterfinals)
* Luksika Kumkhum (quarterfinals)
* Viktória Kužmová (champion)
* Nao Hibino (first round)
* Zheng Saisai (quarterfinals)
* Danka Kovinić (first round)
* Anna Blinkova (semifinals)
* Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (second round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Anna Blinkova | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Viktória Kužmová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Viktória Kužmová | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Viktória Kužmová | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Anna Kalinskaya | 5 | 3 |
| | Anna Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | Anna Kalinskaya | 5 | 3 |
| SE | Marta Kostyuk | 2 | 2 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | D Allertová | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Kerkhove | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | D Allertová | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Yuan | 3 | 0 | | | V Diatchenko | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Diatchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | D Allertová | 7$^7$ | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| JE | Xin Wang | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | A Blinkova | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| SE | M Zanevska | 5 | 6 | 6 | SE | M Zanevska | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Ma | 2 | 0 | | 7 | A Blinkova | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Blinkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Blinkova | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | V Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Kužmová | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | R Ozaki | 4 | 2 | | 3 | V Kužmová | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jakupović | 7 | 6 | | | D Jakupović | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Sharipova | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | V Kužmová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Chiesa | 6$^{10}$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | S Zheng | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | L Cabrera | 7$^{12}$ | 1 | 2 | | D Chiesa | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Liu | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | S Zheng | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Zheng | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | X Gao | 3 | 1 | | 8 | AK Schmiedlová | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cadanțu | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | A Cadanțu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kato | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | A Cadanțu | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | P Monova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | U Radwańska | 6 | 3 | 4 | | P Monova | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kalinskaya | 3 | 7 | 6 | | A Kalinskaya | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Hibino | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Kalinskaya | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | D Kovinić | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | SE | M Kostyuk | 2 | 2 |
| WC | F Xun | 7 | 6 | | WC | F Xun | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | M Kostyuk | 0 | 7 | 6 | SE | M Kostyuk | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Jorović | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | SE | M Kostyuk | 1 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Jin Lu | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | L Kumkhum | 6 | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | |
| | J Paolini | 6 | 6 | | | J Paolini | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Guo | 1 | 3 | | 2 | L Kumkhum | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Kumkhum | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |