2018 Connecticut Open Explained

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
Champs:	Aryna Sabalenka
Champd:	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová
After Year:	no

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

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85		width=85		width=85		width=85
Singles^[1]	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
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

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
Romania	Simona Halep	1	1
France	Caroline Garcia	5	2
Czech Republic		6	3
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	8	4
	Julia Görges	10	5
Australia	Ashleigh Barty	16	6
	Kiki Bertens	17	7
Czech Republic	Barbora Strýcová	22	8
Australia	Daria Gavrilova	23	9

• Rankings are as of August 13, 2018^[2]

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
• 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

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	Barbora Strýcová	15	1
	Demi Schuurs		Katarina Srebotnik	38	2
	Kiki Bertens	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	41	3
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	Romania	Monica Niculescu	57	4

• 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

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Johanna Konta
• CoCo Vandeweghe

Retirements

• Demi Schuurs

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2018 Connecticut Open – Singles.

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

Doubles

See 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 and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained . 21 August 2015 . WTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .
2. Web site: 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 . 2018-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180816230626/https://www.ctopen.org/news/vandeweghe_and_pliskova_accept_wild_cards_as_2018_connecticut_open__confirms_five_of_the_top_10_players_in_the_world/ . 2018-08-16 . usurped .