The top four seeds (Garbiñe Muguruza, Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina and Karolína Plíšková) are in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the start of the tournament. Muguruza will retain the top ranking if she reaches the final. Halep and Plíškova must otherwise reach at least the final and Svitolina must win the title in order to have a chance at replacing Muguruza as the no. 1 player.
Seeds
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The three of the four Wuhan semifinalists who were accepted into the main draw received a bye into the second round. They were as follows: