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 was the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.
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 | |
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Doubles | |
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Points and prize money
editPoint distribution
editEvent | 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 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
editEvent | 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 | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | 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
editThe following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
edit- 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
editDoubles main-draw entrants
editSeeds
editCountry | 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
editThe following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:
Withdrawals
edit- During the tournament
Finals
editSingles
edit- Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0
Doubles
edit- Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1
References
edit- ^ "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018". Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Venus Williams Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2018-07-18.