2018 Silicon Valley Classic

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2018 Silicon Valley Classic
Date30 July – 5 August
Edition47th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$753,000
SurfaceHard
LocationSan Jose, California, United States
VenueSan José State University Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu
Doubles
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan / Czech Republic Květa Peschke
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The 2018 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 30 July and 5 August 2018 and was the first time the tournament is held in San Jose, California, following a move from Stanford.[1] It is the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money[]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $128,100 $68,280 $37,330 $21,330 $10,670 $6,990 $3,225 $1,810
Women's Doubles $40,300 $21,330 $11,735 $5,975 $3,240 N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 7 1
 USA Madison Keys 12 2
 USA Venus Williams 14 3
 BEL Elise Mertens 15 4
 ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu 24 5
 USA Serena Williams 27 6
 CHN Zhang Shuai 32 7
 HUN Tímea Babos 39 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

  • United States Serena Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as Lucky Losers:

Withdrawals[]

  • United States Catherine Bellis → replaced by Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
  • Slovenia Polona Hercog → replaced by United States Sofia Kenin
  • United States Madison Keys → replaced by Poland Magdalena Fręch
  • Spain Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Russia Anna Blinkova
  • Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by United Kingdom Heather Watson
  • Russia Maria Sharapova → replaced by Belarus Victoria Azarenka
  • United States CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by United States Christina McHale

Retirements[]

  • Belarus Victoria Azarenka

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 TPE Latisha Chan  CZE Květa Peschke 17 1
 ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu  GBR Heather Watson 80 2
 UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 84 3
 JPN Miyu Kato  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 92 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

Other entrants[]

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

  • United States Tamara Culibrk / France Sybille Gauvain

Withdrawals[]

During the tournament
  • Belarus Aryna Sabalenka

Finals[]

Singles[]

Doubles[]

  • Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan / Czech Republic Květa Peschke defeated Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok / Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1

References[]

  1. ^ "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ^ "Venus Williams Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

External links[]

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