The 2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament played on indoor

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s. It was the 29th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 23rd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the

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of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was the last tournament for now to be held at the

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in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.Спорткомплекс "Олимпийский" в Москве закроется на реконструкцию в 2019 году
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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Karen Khachanov *

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Kyrgios has been ranked as high as world No. 13 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won se ...

* Evgeny Karlovskiy The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Alexander Bublik *

Egor Gerasimov Yegor Alekseyevich Gerasimov () or Yahor Alyakseyevich Herasimaŭ (; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He ...

* Filip Horanský *

Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol (; born 24 July 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 26, achieved on 22 September 2014. His first notable victory was against world No. 8, Jürgen Melzer, at the 2011 Fre ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Ričardas Berankis Ričardas Berankis (; born June 21, 1990) is a Lithuanian professional tennis player. He is the first and only Lithuanian to enter the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP top 50 rankings, making him the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis play ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Jérémy Chardy Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...

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Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...

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Laslo Đere Laslo Djere; Romanization of Serbian, Serbian Latin: ''Laslo Đere''; (born 2 June 1995) is a Serbian professional tennis player. On 10 June 2019, Djere reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 27. On 22 March 2021, he reached his ...

João Sousa João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 a ...

→ replaced by Evgeny Donskoy ;During the tournament *

Retirements

* Denis Istomin

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Evgeny Donskoy / Ivan Gakhov * Evgeny Karlovskiy / Daniil Medvedev

Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Karen Khachanov *

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * ~~Simona Halep~~ * Anna Kalinskaya * Anastasia Potapova *

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ons Jabeur * Irina Khromacheva * Natalia Vikhlyantseva *

Vera Zvonareva Vera Igorevna Zvonareva ( rus, Вера Игоревна Звонарёва, p=ˈvʲerə ˈiɡərʲɪvnə zvənɐˈrʲɵvə, a=Vera zvonareva.ogg; born 7 September 1984) is a Russian former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ran ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Vitalia Diatchenko * Valentini Grammatikopoulou

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...

→ replaced by Ajla Tomljanović *

Danielle Collins Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 7 in singles and No. 79 in doubles. Collins has won four singles titles, including a WTA 1000 titl ...

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Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles. She is a four-time Gra ...

* Simona Halep → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou *

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Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva (, ; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20 on 27 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 76 on 17 March 2025. Puti ...

Aryna Sabalenka Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka (born 5 May 1998) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles. ...

→ replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko *

Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Gra ...

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Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Nigina Abduraimova / Anna Kalinskaya The following pair received entry as alternates: * Olga Doroshina / Polina Monova

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Ana Bogdan Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...

Champions

Men's singles

* Karen Khachanov def. Adrian Mannarino, 6–2, 6–2

Women's singles

Daria Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, achieved in October 2022. Kasatkina ha ...

def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4

Men's doubles

Austin Krajicek Austin Krajicek ( ; born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP in June 2023. He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015. A form ...

/ Rajeev Ram def.

Max Mirnyi Maksim Mikalaevich "Max" Mirnyi (born 6 July 1977) is a Belarusian former professional tennis player. Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...

/ Philipp Oswald, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Women's doubles

Alexandra Panova Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 28 October 2024. She peaked at No. 71 in singles on 3 ...

/ Laura Siegemund def. Darija Jurak / Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)

References

External links

* {{2018 WTA Tour

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