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.

2018 Connecticut Open
DateAugust 19–25
Edition50th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw30S / 16D / 48Q
Prize money$799,000
SurfaceHard
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
VenueCullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Belarus Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
← 2017 · Connecticut Open

Points

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Point distribution

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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
Doubles[1] 1

Prize money

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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

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank* Seed
  ROU Simona Halep 1 1
  FRA Caroline Garcia 5 2
  CZE Petra Kvitová 6 3
  CZE Karolína Plíšková 8 4
  GER Julia Görges 10 5
  AUS Ashleigh Barty 16 6
  NED Kiki Bertens 17 7
  CZE Barbora Strýcová 22 8
  AUS Daria Gavrilova 23 9
  • Rankings are as of August 13, 2018[2]

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

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Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank* Seed
  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková   CZE Barbora Strýcová 15 1
  NED Demi Schuurs   SLO Katarina Srebotnik 38 2
  NED Kiki Bertens   SWE Johanna Larsson 41 3
  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu   ROU Monica Niculescu 57 4
  • Rankings are as of 13 August 2018

Other entrants

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The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Retirements

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Finals

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Singles

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Doubles

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "VANDEWEGHE AND PLISKOVA ACCEPT WILD CARDS AS 2018 CONNECTICUT OPEN CONFIRMS FIVE OF THE TOP 10 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD | Tournament-Info - News | | Connecticut Open". Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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