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
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 Fe ...
. 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
Point distribution
Prize money
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
* Rankings are as of August 13, 2018
Other entrants
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
;Before the tournament
*
Ashleigh Barty → replaced by
Samantha Stosur
*
Kiki Bertens → replaced by
Pauline Parmentier
*
Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by
Irina-Camelia Begu
Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 22 in the world, in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking, also No. 22. Begu ...
*
Simona Halep → replaced by
Belinda Bencic
*
Daria Kasatkina → replaced by
Maria Sakkari
;During the tournament
*
Johanna Konta
Retirements
*
Petra Kvitová
*
Monica Puig
*
CoCo Vandeweghe
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*Rankings are as of 13 August 2018
Other entrants
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
Alison Van Uytvanck (; born 26 March 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Van Uytvanck has won five singles and two doubles WTA Tour titles and three Challenger Tour singles titles, as well as 12 singles and two doubles titles on th ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
*
Johanna Konta
*
CoCo Vandeweghe
Retirements
*
Demi Schuurs
Finals
Singles
*
Aryna Sabalenka defeated
Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles
*
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (née Hlaváčková; ; born 10 August 1986) is a Czech retired professional tennis player.
She is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2011 French Open and 2013 US Open in women's doubles a ...
/
Barbora Strýcová defeated
Hsieh Su-wei /
Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7
(7–9),
0–4
Notes
References
External links
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Connecticut Open by year
2018 WTA Tour
2018 US Open Series
August 2018 sports events in the United States