2018 Hobart International – Singles

Singles

2018 Hobart International
Final
Champion|  Elise Mertens
Runner-up|  Mihaela Buzărnescu
Score| 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Details
Draw| 32 (6 Q  / 3 WC )
Seeds| 8
Events
| Singles | Doubles

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2018 tennis event results

Main article: 2018 Hobart International

Elise Mertens was the defending champion heading into the tournament. She successfully defended the title after defeating unseeded Romanian, Mihaela Buzărnescu in the final, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 to become the first two-time champion at the Hobart International. The final saw four separate rain delays, lasting eight hours.[1]

## Seeds

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1. Zhang Shuai (second round)
2. Elise Mertens (champion)
3. Sorana Cîrstea (first round)
4. Alizé Cornet (first round)
5. Lesia Tsurenko (semifinals)
6. Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
7. Tatjana Maria (first round)
8. Kateřina Siniaková (first round)

## Draw

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### Finals

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 5 |  Lesia Tsurenko | 2 | 2 |  | |
|  |  Mihaela Buzărnescu | 6 | 6 |  |
| |  |  Mihaela Buzărnescu | 1 | 6 | 3 |
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| | | 2 |  Elise Mertens | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Q |  Heather Watson | 4 | 6 | 2 |

| 2 |  Elise Mertens | 6 | 1 | 6 |

### Top half

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 1 |  S Zhang | 7 | 6 |  | | | |
|  |  M Linette | 5 | 3 |  | | | 1 |  S Zhang | 63 | 4 |  |
| WC |  E Bouchard | 4 | 3 |  | | |  |  A Sabalenka | 77 | 6 |  |
|  |  A Sabalenka | 6 | 6 |  | | | | | |  |  A Sabalenka | 1 | 1 |  |
|  |  Y Putintseva | 6 | 6 |  | | | | | 5 |  L Tsurenko | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  N Osaka | 3 | 3 |  | | |  |  Y Putintseva | 3 | 2 |  | | | |
|  |  T Babos | 62 | 2 |  | | | 5 |  L Tsurenko | 6 | 6 |  |
| 5 |  L Tsurenko | 77 | 6 |  | | | | 5 |  L Tsurenko | 2 | 2 |  |
| 4 |  A Cornet | 2 | 4 |  | | | | | |  |  M Buzărnescu | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  M Buzărnescu | 6 | 6 |  | | |  |  M Buzărnescu | 7 | 6 |  | | | |
| Q |  A Van Uytvanck | 6 | 64 | 4 | | | PR |  A-L Friedsam | 5 | 4 |  |
| PR |  A-L Friedsam | 4 | 77 | 6 | | | | | |  |  M Buzărnescu | 77 | 6 |  |
| Q |  K Flipkens | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |  |  A Riske | 65 | 1 |  |
|  |  Kr Plíšková | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | Q |  K Flipkens |  |  |  | |
|  |  A Riske | 2 | 6 | 7 | | |  |  A Riske | w/o |  |  |
| 8 |  K Siniaková | 6 | 3 | 5 | |

### Bottom half

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals |

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| 7 |  T Maria | 4 | 2 |  | | | |
|  |  D Vekić | 6 | 6 |  | | |  |  D Vekić | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  M Vondroušová | 6 | 6 |  | | |  |  M Vondroušová | 4 | 4 |  |
|  |  N Vikhlyantseva | 4 | 3 |  | | | | | |  |  D Vekić | 0 | 4 |  |
| WC |  J Fourlis | 7 | 711 |  | | | | | Q |  H Watson | 6 | 6 |  |
| Q |  N Stojanović | 5 | 69 |  | | | WC |  J Fourlis | 2 | 2 |  | | | |
| Q |  H Watson | 7 | 6 |  | | | Q |  H Watson | 6 | 6 |  |
| 3 |  S Cîrstea | 5 | 3 |  | | | | Q |  H Watson | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 |  I-C Begu | 3 | 2 |  | | | | | | 2 |  E Mertens | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Q |  M Niculescu | 6 | 6 |  | | | Q |  M Niculescu | 6 | 6 |  | | | |
|  |  V Lepchenko | 6 | 77 |  | | |  |  V Lepchenko | 4 | 2 |  |
|  |  M Barthel | 0 | 64 |  | | | | | | Q |  M Niculescu |  |  |  |
|  |  B Haddad Maia | 6 | 6 |  | | | | | 2 |  E Mertens | w/o |  |  |
| WC |  L Cabrera | 3 | 2 |  | | |  |  B Haddad Maia | 4 | 4 |  | |
| Q |  K Nara | 0 | 4 |  | | | 2 |  E Mertens | 6 | 6 |  |
| 2 |  E Mertens | 6 | 6 |  | |

## Qualifying

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### Seeds

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1. Heather Watson (qualified)
2. Kirsten Flipkens (qualified)
3. Alison Van Uytvanck (qualified)
4. Monica Niculescu (qualified)
5. Pauline Parmentier (first round)
6. Madison Brengle (qualifying competition)
7. Nao Hibino (qualifying competition)
8. Kurumi Nara (qualified)
9. Jana Fett (first round)
10. Ana Bogdan (first round)
11. Richèl Hogenkamp (first round)
12. Mariana Duque Mariño (first round)

### Qualifiers

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1. Heather Watson
2. Kirsten Flipkens
3. Alison Van Uytvanck
4. Monica Niculescu
5. Nina Stojanović
6. Kurumi Nara

### Qualifying draw

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#### First qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 1 |  Heather Watson | 6 | 6 |  | |
|  |  Kimberly Birrell | 3 | 2 |  |
| | 1 |  Heather Watson | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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| | | 7 |  Nao Hibino | 6 | 5 | 3 |
|  |  Jennifer Elie | 4 | 77 | 3 |

| 7 |  Nao Hibino | 6 | 64 | 6 |

#### Second qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 2 |  Kirsten Flipkens | 64 | 6 | 6 | |
| WC |  Masa Jovanovic | 77 | 1 | 0 |
| | 2 |  Kirsten Flipkens | 6 | 6 |  |
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| | |  |  Naiktha Bains | 4 | 2 |  |
|  |  Naiktha Bains | 77 | 78 |  |

| 10 |  Ana Bogdan | 64 | 66 |  |

#### Third qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 3 |  Alison Van Uytvanck | 6 | 7 |  | |
| WC |  Jessica Moore | 3 | 5 |  |
| | 3 |  Alison Van Uytvanck | 6 | 4 | 7 |
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| | |  |  Jana Čepelová | 3 | 6 | 5 |
|  |  Jana Čepelová | 4 | 6 | 6 |

| 9 |  Jana Fett | 6 | 0 | 4 |

#### Fourth qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 4 |  Monica Niculescu | 6 | 6 |  | |
| WC |  Alison Bai | 2 | 0 |  |
| | 4 |  Monica Niculescu | 6 | 6 |  |
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| | |  |  Alla Kudryavtseva | 0 | 4 |  |
|  |  Alla Kudryavtseva | 77 | 6 |  |

| 11 |  Richèl Hogenkamp | 62 | 3 |  |

#### Fifth qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 5 |  Pauline Parmentier | 2 | 1 |  | |
|  |  Julia Glushko | 6 | 6 |  |
| |  |  Julia Glushko | 1 | 4 |  |
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| | |  |  Nina Stojanović | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  Nina Stojanović | 6 | 6 |  |

| 12 |  Mariana Duque Mariño | 4 | 1 |  |

#### Sixth qualifier

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| First round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| 6 |  Madison Brengle | 6 | 6 |  | |
|  |  Veronika Kudermetova | 3 | 4 |  |
| | 6 |  Madison Brengle | 3 | 4 |  |
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| | | 8 |  Kurumi Nara | 6 | 6 |  |
| WC |  Astra Sharma | 0 | 1 |  |

| 8 |  Kurumi Nara | 6 | 6 |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Hobart International 2018: The final serve". Hobart International. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

## External links

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