2018 Connecticut Open
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| 2018 Connecticut Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 19–25 |
| Edition | 50th |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Draw | 30S / 16D / 48Q |
| Prize money | $799,000 |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Venue | Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Belarus Aryna Sabalenka | |
| Doubles | |
 Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová | |
The 2018 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2018 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 19 through August 25. It was the last event of the 2018 US Open Series before the 2018 US Open.
Points
[edit | edit source]Point distribution
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[1] | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[1] | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $132,740 | $70,880 | $37,850 | $20,350 | $10,915 | $6,925 | $3,110 | $1,650 | $920 |
| Doubles* | $41,520 | $22,180 | $12,120 | $6,165 | $3,350 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of France.svg FRA | Caroline Garcia | 5 | 2 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 5 |
| CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS | Daria Gavrilova | 23 | 9 |
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- Rankings are as of August 13, 2018[2]
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using protected rankings:
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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Romania Ana Bogdan
- Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas
- Italy Camila Giorgi
- Puerto Rico Monica Puig
- Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Ukraine Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Australia Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Australia Samantha Stosur
- Netherlands Kiki Bertens → replaced by France Pauline Parmentier
- Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
- Romania Simona Halep → replaced by Switzerland Belinda Bencic
- Russia Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Greece Maria Sakkari
- During the tournament
Retirements
[edit | edit source]Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZE
|
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 15 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED | Demi Schuurs | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 38 | 2 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED | Kiki Bertens | File:Flag of Sweden.svg SWE | Johanna Larsson | 41 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | File:Flag of Romania.svg ROU | Monica Niculescu | 57 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of 13 August 2018
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
- Australia Monique Adamczak / Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
- Belgium Kirsten Flipkens / Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck
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Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
Retirements
[edit | edit source]Finals
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- Belarus Aryna Sabalenka defeated Spain Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová defeated Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Germany Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]
