2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open

The 2018 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 8 to 14.

Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇭🇰 Eudice Chong
 * 🇦🇺 Priscilla Hon
 * 🇭🇰 Zhang Ling

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Nao Hibino
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * Lesley Kerkhove
 * Bibiane Schoofs
 * 🇺🇿 Sabina Sharipova
 * 🇭🇺 Fanny Stollár

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide
 * 🇮🇱 Julia Glushko
 * 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide
 * 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka → replaced by 🇮🇱 Julia Glushko
 * 🇺🇸 Bernarda Pera → replaced by 🇹🇭 Luksika Kumkhum
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by 🇧🇬 Viktoriya Tomova
 * 🇺🇸 Sachia Vickery → replaced by 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová

Seeds
1 Rankings are as of October 1, 2018

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇭🇰 Eudice Chong / 🇭🇰 Zhang Ling
 * 🇭🇰 Ng Kwan-yau / 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina

Singles

 * 🇺🇦 Dayana Yastremska def. 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur / 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai def. 🇯🇵 Shuko Aoyama / 🇧🇾 Lidziya Marozava 6–4, 6–4