2018 Silicon Valley Classic
2018 Silicon Valley Classic | |
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Date | 30 July – 5 August |
Edition | 47th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 28S / 16D |
Prize money | $753,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | San Jose, California, United States |
Venue | San José State University Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Mihaela Buzărnescu | |
Doubles | |
Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
- Ashley Kratzer
- Claire Liu
Garbiñe Muguruza[2]- Venus Williams[3]
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
- Serena Williams
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Amanda Anisimova
- Verónica Cepede Royg
- Georgina García Pérez
- Danielle Lao
The following players received entry as Lucky Losers:
- Anna Blinkova
- Magdalena Fręch
Withdrawals[]
- Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
- Polona Hercog → replaced by Sofia Kenin
- Madison Keys → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
- Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Anna Blinkova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Heather Watson
- Maria Sharapova → replaced by Victoria Azarenka
- CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Christina McHale
Retirements[]
- Victoria Azarenka
Doubles main draw entrants[]
Seeds[]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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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:
- Tamara Culibrk / Sybille Gauvain
Withdrawals[]
- During the tournament
- Aryna Sabalenka
Finals[]
Singles[]
- Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Maria Sakkari, 6��1, 6–0
Doubles[]
- Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1
References[]
- ^ "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Venus Williams Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
External links[]
- 2018 US Open Series
- 2018 WTA Tour
- Silicon Valley Classic
- Sports in San Jose, California
- Tennis tournaments in California
- 2018 in sports in California
- 2018 in American tennis
- July 2018 sports events in the United States
- August 2018 sports events in the United States