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Tennis tournament

2018 Connecticut Open

Date| August 19–25
Edition| 50th
Category| WTA Premier
Draw| 30S / 16D / 48Q
Prize money| $799,000
Surface| Hard
Location| New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Venue| Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Aryna Sabalenka
Doubles
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková /  Barbora Strýcová
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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.

## Points[edit]

### Point distribution[edit]

Event | W |  F  |  SF  |  QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  |  Q  |  Q3  |  Q2  |  Q1

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Singles[1] | 470  | 305  | 185  | 100  | 55  | 1  | 25  | 18  | 13  | 1
Doubles[1] | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —

## Prize money[edit]

Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 321 | Q3  | Q2  | Q1

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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[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

Country  | Player  | Rank*  | Seed

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~~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[edit]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Danielle Collins
* ~~Simona Halep~~
* Karolína Plíšková
* CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

* Timea Bacsinszky
* Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ana Bogdan
* Zarina Diyas
* Camila Giorgi
* Monica Puig
* Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Belinda Bencic
* Pauline Parmentier
* Samantha Stosur

### Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by  Samantha Stosur
* Kiki Bertens → replaced by  Pauline Parmentier
* Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by  Irina-Camelia Begu
* Simona Halep → replaced by  Belinda Bencic
* Daria Kasatkina → replaced by  Maria Sakkari

During the tournament

* Johanna Konta

### Retirements[edit]

* Petra Kvitová
* Monica Puig
* CoCo Vandeweghe

## Doubles main-draw entrants[edit]

### Seeds[edit]

Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank*  | Seed

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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[edit]

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

* Desirae Krawczyk /  Sachia Vickery
* Karolína Plíšková /  Kristýna Plíšková

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

* Monique Adamczak /  Oksana Kalashnikova
* Kirsten Flipkens /  Alison Van Uytvanck

### Withdrawals[edit]

Before the tournament

* Johanna Konta
* CoCo Vandeweghe

### Retirements[edit]

* Demi Schuurs

## Finals[edit]

### Singles[edit]

Main article: 2018 Connecticut Open – Singles

* Aryna Sabalenka defeated  Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4

### Doubles[edit]

Main article: 2018 Connecticut Open – Doubles

* Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková /  Barbora Strýcová defeated  Hsieh Su-wei /  Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7(7–9), [10–4]

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

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)

## External links[edit]

* Official website[usurped]

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