2018 Taiwan Open

The 2018 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour.

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

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard
 * Chang Kai-chen
 * Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * 🇦🇺 Lizette Cabrera
 * 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun
 * Dalila Jakupović
 * 🇯🇵 Junri Namigata
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Jingjing

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Belinda Bencic → replaced by 🇯🇵 Kurumi Nara
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan
 * 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin
 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina → replaced by 🇨🇳 Lu Jingjing
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan
 * 🇧🇪 Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki

Retirements

 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of January 15, 2018.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Chan Chin-wei / Liang En-shuo
 * Hsu Ching-wen / Lee Ya-hsuan

Singles

 * 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos def. 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova, 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying / 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan def. 🇯🇵 Nao Hibino / Oksana Kalashnikova, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)