The 2018 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...
. It is organized by the
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ...
and is a tier below the
Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 to $100,000.
Schedule
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Retirement
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Misa Eguchi
is a former professional Japanese tennis player.
In her career, she won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 September 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 109. On 17 November 2014, s ...
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Justyna Jegiołka
Justyna Jegiołka (born 17 September 1991) is a retired Polish tennis player.
She won two singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 6 October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 298. On 18 April 201 ...
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Maria João Koehler
Maria João Koehler (born 8 October 1992) is a retired Portuguese tennis player.
Koehler has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On 25 February 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world N ...
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Jade Lewis
Jade Lewis (born 18 December 1998) is a tennis player from New Zealand. She comes from a family of achievers in the sport. One uncle is 1983 Wimbledon Championships finalist Chris Lewis, and her father David and other uncle Mark competed for New ...
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Tadeja Majerič
Tadeja Majerič (born 31 August 1990, in Maribor) is a former tennis player from Slovenia.
Majerič has won nine singles and six doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 November 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 11 ...
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Kristína Schmiedlová
Kristína Schmiedlová (; born 6 August 1997) is a Slovak former tennis player. Her older sister Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak tennis player.
She has won three singles titles ...
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Keren Shlomo
Keren Shlomo ( he, קרן שלמה; born 14 January 1988 in Tel Aviv) is a retired Israeli tennis player.
Shlomo has won three singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 7 May 2012, she reached her best singles ranking o ...
Participating host nations
Tournament breakdown by event category
Ranking points distribution
* "+H" indicates that hospitality is provided.
Statistics
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by:
# Total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation)
# A singles > doubles hierarchy
# Alphabetical order (by family names for players).
''To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.''
Key
Titles won by player
Titles won by nation
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Anastasia Dețiuc
Anastasia Dețiuc (born 14 December 1998) is a Czech–Moldovan tennis player.
She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 72, reached on 25 September 2023.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 22, achieved Ja ...
started representing the Czech Republic in February, she won one singles title while representing Moldova.
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Elena Rybakina
Elena Andreyevna Rybakina (born 17 June 1999) is a Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is the reigning champion at Wimbledon and the first Kazakhstani player to win a title at a major. She is also the first to be ranked in the world's ...
started representing Kazakhstan in June, she won one singles and one doubles title while representing Russia.
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Kseniia Becker started representing Germany in October, she won one doubles title while representing Russia.
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Raluca Șerban
Raluca Georgiana Șerban (born 17 June 1997) is a Romanian-born professional tennis player, who since 2018 has represented Cyprus.
Career
She has career-high WTA rankings of 173 in singles and 176 in doubles. Șerban has won 13 singles and 13 do ...
started representing Cyprus in December, she won three singles and five doubles titles while representing Romania.
See also
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2018 WTA Tour
The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis F ...
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2018 WTA 125K series
The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2018 WTA 125K series calendar consisted of ten tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000 each except the Oracle Challenge ...
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2018 ATP World Tour
The 2018 ATP World Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (superv ...
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2018 ATP Challenger Tour
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2018 ITF Men's Circuit
The 2018 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2018 edition of the second tier tour for men's professional tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the ATP Tour. The ITF Men's Circuit includes tournaments with prize mon ...
References
External links
International Tennis Federation (ITF)
{{DEFAULTSORT:ITF Women's Circuit, 2018
2018
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2018 in women's tennis