2018 Connecticut Open
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2018 Connecticut Open | |
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Date | August 19 – August 25 |
Edition | 50th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 30S / 16D / 48Q |
Prize money | $799,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | New Haven, United States |
Venue | Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center |
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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[]
Point distribution[]
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 |
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Doubles[1] | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Prize money[]
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 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
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Caroline Garcia | 5 | 2 |
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Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 4 |
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Julia Görges | 10 | 5 |
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Barbora Strycova | 22 | 8 |
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Daria Gavrilova | 23 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of August 13, 2018[2]
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Danielle Collins
Simona Halep
Karolína Plíšková
CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry using protected rankings:
Timea Bacsinszky
Laura Siegemund
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Ana Bogdan
Zarina Diyas
Camila Giorgi
Monica Puig
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Belinda Bencic
Pauline Parmentier
Samantha Stosur
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by
Samantha Stosur
Kiki Bertens → replaced by
Pauline Parmentier
Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by
Irina-Camelia Begu
Simona Halep → replaced by
Belinda Bencic
Daria Kasatkina → replaced by
Maria Sakkari
- During the tournament
Johanna Konta
Retirements[]
Petra Kvitová
Monica Puig
CoCo Vandeweghe
Doubles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
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Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | ![]() |
Barbora Strýcová | 15 | 1 |
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Demi Schuurs | ![]() |
Katarina Srebotnik | 38 | 2 |
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Kiki Bertens | ![]() |
Johanna Larsson | 41 | 3 |
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Irina-Camelia Begu | ![]() |
Monica Niculescu | 57 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of 13 August 2018
Other entrants[]
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Desirae Krawczyk /
Sachia Vickery
Karolína Plíšková /
Kristýna Plíšková
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
Monique Adamczak /
Oksana Kalashnikova
Kirsten Flipkens /
Alison Van Uytvanck
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
Johanna Konta
CoCo Vandeweghe
Retirements[]
Demi Schuurs
Champions[]
Singles[]
Aryna Sabalenka def.
Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles[]
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková /
Barbora Strýcová def.
Hsieh Su-wei /
Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
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External links[]
- Official website[usurped!]
- 2018 US Open Series
- 2018 Connecticut Open
- Connecticut Open by year
- 2018 WTA Tour
- August 2018 sports events in the United States