2018 WTA Shenzhen Open

The 2018 Shenzhen Open (known as 2018 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 1 to 7 January 2018.

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

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Fangzhou
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Xiyu
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan
 * 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * Stefanie Vögele
 * 🇮🇹 Jasmine Paolini

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇪🇸 Sara Sorribes Tormo → replaced by 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Guo Hanyu / 🇨🇳 Wang Xinyu
 * 🇨🇳 Kang Jiaqi / 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai

Singles

 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep def. 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková, 6–1, 2–6, 6–0

Doubles

 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu / 🇷🇴 Simona Halep def. 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková / 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková, 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]