2018 Copa Colsanitas Explained

The 2018 Copa Colsanitas (also known as the 2018 Claro Open Colsanitas for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 21st edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Bogotá, Colombia, from April 9 through April 15, 2018.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles*	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking^1	Seed
	Tatjana Maria	61	1
Poland	Magda Linette	69	2
Sweden	Johanna Larsson	73	3
	Verónica Cepede Royg	81	4
Spain	Lara Arruabarrena	84	5
	Alison Riske	89	6
Romania	Ana Bogdan	90	7
Australia	Ajla Tomljanović	96	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 2 April 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Emiliana Arango
  • María Herazo González Camila Osorio

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Lizette Cabrera Valentini Grammatikopoulou
    • • Elitsa Kostova Victoria Rodríguez Daniela Seguel Renata Zarazúa

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Georgina García Pérez
• Sara Errani → replaced by Carol Zhao
• Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Tereza Martincová
• Francesca Schiavone → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
• Sachia Vickery → replaced by Irina Falconi

Retirements

• Emiliana Arango

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Japan	Nao Hibino	Japan	Miyu Kato	100	1
	Dalila Jakupović	Russian Federation	Irina Khromacheva	129	2
Spain	Lara Arruabarrena		Alison Riske	175	3
	Kaitlyn Christian		Sabrina Santamaria	176	4

• Rankings as of 2 April 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• María Herazo González / Yuliana Lizarazo
• Camila Osorio / Jessica Plazas

Champions

Singles

See main article: article and 2018 Copa Colsanitas – Singles.

• Anna Karolína Schmiedlová def. Lara Arruabarrena, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles

See main article: article and 2018 Copa Colsanitas – Doubles.

• Dalila Jakupović / Irina Khromacheva def. Mariana Duque Mariño / Nadia Podoroska, 6–3, 6–4