Western & Southern Open 2018 / women

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Western & Southern Open 2018

date	August 13, 2018 - August 19, 2018
Edition	87
navigation	2017 ◄ 2018 ► 2019
venue	Mason (Ohio) United States United States
Tournament number	1017
category	WTA Premier 5
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	56E / 48Q / 28D
Financial. Obligation	US $ 2,874,299
Website	Official website

Last year's winner	Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Last year's winner (double)	Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan Martina Hingis Switzerland

Winner	Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Winner (doubles)	Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Jekaterina Makarowa Russia

As of August 20, 2018

The 2018 Western & Southern Open was a women's tennis tournament in Mason, near Cincinnati . The Premier 5 hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 2018 and took place from August 13th to 19th, 2018.

The defending champions were Garbiñe Muguruza in singles and the pairing Latisha Chan / Martina Hingis in doubles.

qualification

The qualification for the Western & Southern Open 2018 took place from 11th to 12th August 2018.

The following players had qualified for the main draw:

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
France Alizé Cornet	Belarus Aljaksandra Sasnovich	Italy Camila Giorgi
Romania Ana Bogdan	Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele	Germany Tatiana Maria
United States Varvara Lepchenko	United States Allie Kiick
Estonia Kaia Kanepi	Sweden Rebecca Peterson
Croatia Petra Martić	Australia Ajla Tomljanović

singles

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	Romania Simona Halep	final
02.	Denmark Caroline Wozniacki	2nd round
03.	United States Sloane Stephens	Round of 16
04th	Germany Angelique Kerber	Round of 16
05.	Ukraine Elina Switolina	Quarter finals
06th	France Caroline Garcia	Round of 16
07th	Spain Garbiñe Muguruza	2nd round
08th.	Czech Republic Petra Kvitová	Semifinals
09.	Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková	2nd round

No.	Player	Round reached
10.	Germany Julia Goerges	1 round
11.	Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko	1 round
12.	Russia Darja Kassatkina	1 round
13.	United States Madison Keys	Quarter finals
14th	United States Venus Williams	retreat
15th	Belgium Elise Mertens	Quarter finals
16.	Australia Ashleigh Barty	Round of 16
17th	Japan Naomi Osaka	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

1

Romania Simona Halep

6th

Aryna Sabalenka

3

4th

1

Simona Halep

6th

6 ⁶

2

Netherlands Kiki Bertens

2

7th

6th

8th

Petra Kvitová

6th

4th

2

Netherlands Kiki Bertens

3

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

Romania S. Halep

4th

6th

I.-C. Begu

6th

3

Q

A. Tomljanović

6th

3

Q

Australia A. Tomljanović

4th

6th

1

Romania S. Halep

7th

6th

Q

Estonia K. Kanepi

2

6th

16

A. Barty

5

4th

Q

V. Lepchenko

6th

3

1

Q

K. Kanepi

5

3

WC

M. Vondroušová

3

5

16

Australia A. Barty

7th

6th

16

Australia A. Barty

6th

7th

1

Romania S. Halep

6th

11

J. Ostapenko

6th

5

0

L. Zurenko

4th

1

Q

France A. Cornet

1

7th

6th

Q

A. Cornet

2

0

Q

A. Bogdan

3

2

Russia J. Makarova

6th

Russia J. Makarova

6th

J. Makarova

6 ⁵

2

D. Collins

0

2

Ukraine L. Zurenko

7th

6th

Ukraine L. Zurenko

6th

Ukraine L. Zurenko

2

6th

7th

G. Muguruza

6th

4th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

Germany A. Kerber

4th

7th

6th

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova

6th

A. Pavlyuchenkova

6th

5

4th

A. Krunić

1

0

4th

A. Kerber

6th

6 ³

4th

A. Sevastova

2

3

13

United States M. Keys

2

7th

6th

LL

Italy C. Giorgi

6th

LL

C. Giorgi

2

WC

B. Mattek-Sands

6th

6 ³

4th

13

United States M. Keys

6th

13

United States M. Keys

3

7th

6th

13

M. Keys

3

4th

9

Czech Republic Ka. Plíšková

6th

Belarus A. Sabalenka

6th

A. Radwańska

3

9

Ka. Plíšková

6th

3

5

J. Konta

6th

3

4th

Belarus A. Sabalenka

2

6th

7th

Belarus A. Sabalenka

4th

6th

A. Sabalenka

6th

3

7th

WC

Belarus W. Asaranka

6 ⁵

6th

6th

C. Garcia

4th

6th

5

C. Suarez Navarro

7th

2

4th

WC

W. Asaranka

4th

5

6th

France C. Garcia

6th

7th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

8th

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

6th

2

6th

D. Gavrilova

1

2

S. Williams

3

6th

3

United States S. Williams

6th

8th

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

6th

Q

A. Sasnovich

0

6th

1

K. Mladenovic

4th

2

Q

Slovakia V. Kužmová

6th

4th

6th

Q

V. Kužmová

3

0

France K. Mladenovic

6th

3

France K. Mladenovic

6th

10

J. Goerges

4th

2

r

8th

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

7th

5

6th

15th

Belgium E. Mertens

6th

15th

E. Mertens

5

7th

3

M. Rybáriková

4th

2

15th

Belgium E. Mertens

3

6th

7th

Q

Sweden R. Peterson

2

6th

Q

R. Peterson

6th

2

6 ¹

K. Siniaková

6th

4th

1

15th

Belgium E. Mertens

7th

6th

Q

Germany T. Maria

5

6th

3

S. Stephens

6 ⁸

2

Q

A. Kick

7th

3

Q

T. Maria

3

2

3

United States S. Stephens

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

Ukraine E. Switolina

7th

4th

6th

WC

Russia S. Kuznetsova

6th

2

7th

WC

S. Kuznetsova

6 ¹

6th

4th

Q

S. Vögele

4th

6th

6 ⁵

5

Ukraine E. Switolina

6th

T. Babos

3

4th

WC

A. Anisimova

4th

WC

United States A. Anisimova

6th

WC

United States A. Anisimova

6th

Q

Croatia P. Martić

4th

6th

Q

P. Martić

4th

3

12

D. Kassatkina

6th

4th

3

5

E. Switolina

4th

3

17th

N. Osaka

3

6 ⁸

Netherlands K. Bertens

6th

Greece M. Sakkari

6th

7th

M. Sakkari

1

3

Estonia A. Accountability

6th

Estonia A. Accountability

6th

B. Strýcová

3

0

A. Accountability

3

6th

3

Netherlands K. Bertens

6th

Netherlands K. Bertens

6th

2

6th

C. Vandeweghe

2

0

Netherlands K. Bertens

6th

2

C. Wozniacki

4th

r

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková Czech Republic	Quarter finals
02.	Hungary Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic France	Quarter finals
03.	Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová Czech Republic	Quarter finals
04th	Slovenia Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez Spain	Quarter finals

No.	pairing	Round reached
05.	United States Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke Czech Republic	Round of 16
06th	Belgium Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs Netherlands	final
07th	Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká Jekaterina Makarowa Russia	victory
08th.	Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu Romania	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Czech Republic B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková
Czech Republic

4th

6th

[10]

Romania R. Olaru W. Swonaryova
Russia

6th

4th

[10]

R. Olaru W. Swonaryova

6th

4th

[7]

V. King K. Srebotnik

3

6th

[3]

1

B. Krejčíková K. Siniaková

4th

1

L. Arruabarrena K. Flipkens

6 ⁵

4th

6th

Belgium E. Mertens D. Schuurs
Netherlands

6th

WC

United States J. Brady C. Dolehide
United States

7th

6th

WC

J. Brady C. Dolehide

6 ⁵

7th

[7]

A. Tomljanović S. Zheng

3

2

6th

Belgium E. Mertens D. Schuurs
Netherlands

7th

5

[10]

6th

Belgium E. Mertens D. Schuurs
Netherlands

6th

6th

Belgium E. Mertens D. Schuurs
Netherlands

6th

K. Christian S. Santamaria

1

4th

Slovenia A. Klepač, M. J. Martínez Sánchez
Spain

5

6th

[10]

WC

L. Davis N. Gibbs

0

1

A. Cornet A. Krunić

7th

4th

[2]

France A. Cornet A. Krunić
Serbia

6th

4th

A. Klepač, M. J. Martínez Sánchez

6 ²

2

China People's Republic X. Han D. Jurak
Croatia

7th

United States K. Christian S. Santamaria
United States

7th

6th

A. Rosolska A. Spears

6 ⁴

5

X. Han D. Jurak

6th

1

[7]

United States K. Christian S. Santamaria
United States

7th

United States K. Christian S. Santamaria
United States

1

6th

[10]

8th

I.-C. Begu M. Niculescu

5

6th

E. Mertens D. Schuurs

2

5

United States N. Melichar K. Peschke
Czech Republic

6th

7th

Czech Republic L. Hradecká J. Makarowa
Russia

6th

7th

M. Adamczak L. Kitschenok

1

3

5

N. Melichar K. Peschke

2

r

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova A. Sevastova
Latvia

2

6th

[13]

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova A. Sevastova
Latvia

6th

5

S.-w. Hsieh A. Sabalenka

6th

3

[11]

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova A. Sevastova
Latvia

7th

6th

Ukraine N. Kitschenok An. Rodionova
Australia

7th

6th

3

' A. Sestini Hlaváčková B. Strýcová

6 ¹

4th

D. Jakupović R. Voráčová

6 ⁵

1

N. Kitschenok An. Rodionova

2

0

r

3

Czech Republic A. Sestini Hlaváčková B. Strýcová
Czech Republic

6th

0

A. Pavlyuchenkova A. Sevastova

3

1

7th

Czech Republic L. Hradecká J. Makarowa
Russia

5

4th

7th

Czech Republic L. Hradecká J. Makarowa
Russia

6th

B. Mattek-Sands L. Šafářová

7th

4th

r

7th

Czech Republic L. Hradecká J. Makarowa
Russia

1

7th

[10]

United Kingdom J. Konta J. Ostapenko
Latvia

6th

J. Konta J. Ostapenko

6th

6 ⁴

[5]

R. Atawo A.-L. Grönefeld

1

0

7th

Czech Republic L. Hradecká J. Makarowa
Russia

4th

7th

[10]

Japan S. Aoyama L. Marosawa
Belarus 1995

6th

2

T. Babos K. Mladenovic

6th

5

[6]

D. Gavrilova A. Kontaveit

4th

0

S. Aoyama L. Marosawa

5

6 ²

2

Hungary T. Babos K. Mladenovic
France

7th

Web links

Commons : Western & Southern Open 2018 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Tournament schedule single as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
Tournament schedule doubles as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage