2018 J&T Banka Prague Open
2018 J&T Banka Prague Open | |
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Date | 30 April – 5 May |
Edition | 9th |
Category | WTA International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Prague, Czech Republic |
Venue | TK Sparta Praha |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Petra Kvitová | |
Doubles | |
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke |
The 2018 J&T Banka Prague Open was a professional tennis tournaments played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament, and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic, from 30 April to 5 May 2018.
Points and prize money[]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
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Women's Doubles | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Prize money[]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
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Women's Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Singles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CZE | Petra Kvitová | 10 | 2 |
RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 14 | 3 |
AUS | Daria Gavrilova | 24 | 4 |
CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 26 | 5 |
CHN | Zhang Shuai | 30 | 6 |
ROU | Mihaela Buzărnescu | 39 | 7 |
CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 51 | 8 |
BLR | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 55 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of April 23, 2018.
Other entrants[]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- Daria Kasatkina
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
- Tereza Smitková
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Antonia Lottner
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Patty Schnyder
- Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
- Tamara Korpatsch
- Jasmine Paolini
Withdrawals[]
- Belinda Bencic → replaced by Océane Dodin
- Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Bernarda Pera
- Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
- Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Denisa Allertová
- Donna Vekić → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp
- Markéta Vondroušová → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
Retirements[]
Doubles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 39 | 1 |
USA | Nicole Melichar | CZE | Květa Peschke | 60 | 3 |
JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Miyu Kato | 86 | 4 |
RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | UKR | Olga Savchuk | 107 | 5 |
- 1 Rankings as of April 23, 2018.
Other entrants[]
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
- Misaki Doi / Cornelia Lister
Withdrawals[]
- Before the tournament
- Raquel Atawo (abductor injury)
- During the tournament
Finals[]
Singles[]
- Petra Kvitová defeated Mihaela Buzărnescu, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
This was Kvitova's 23rd WTA title and first on home soil. It was also her third title of the year and first International since Linz 2011.
Doubles[]
- Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke defeated Mihaela Buzărnescu / Lidziya Marozava, 6–4, 6–2
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- 2018 J&T Banka Prague Open
- 2018 WTA Tour
- 2018 in Czech tennis
- WTA Prague Open