2018 Coupe Banque Nationale Explained

Date:	September 10–16
Edition:	26th
Category:	WTA International
Draw:	32S (24Q) / 16D (0Q)
Surface:	Carpet – indoors
Location:	Quebec City, Canada
Venue:	PEPS de l'Université Laval
Champs:	Pauline Parmentier
Champd:	Asia Muhammad / Maria Sanchez
After Year:	no
Main Name:	Tournoi de Québec

The 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale is a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 26th edition of the Tournoi de Québec and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the PEPS de l'Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada, from September 10 through September 16, 2018. Eighth-seeded Pauline Parmentier won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles. Pauline Parmentier defeated Jessica Pegula 7–5, 6–2

• It was Parmentier's 2nd and last singles title of the year and the 4th and last of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale – Doubles. Asia Muhammad / Maria Sanchez defeated Darija Jurak / Xenia Knoll 6–4, 6–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	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	Q2	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
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Belarus	Aryna Sabalenka	20	1
	Petra Martić	47	2
	Monica Puig	55	3
Romania	Monica Niculescu	62	4
United States	Sofia Kenin	65	5
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	69	6
	Tatjana Maria	70	7
France	Pauline Parmentier	71	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 27, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Françoise Abanda
• Leylah Annie Fernandez
• Rebecca Marino

The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:

• Olga Govortsova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marie Bouzková
• Gabriela Dabrowski
  • Victoria Duval Sesil Karatantcheva
• Tereza Martincová
• Jessica Pegula

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Anna Blinkova → replaced by Veronika Kudermetova
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Naomi Broady
• Olga Danilović → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Vitalia Diatchenko → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Margarita Gasparyan → replaced by Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Heather Watson
• Peng Shuai → replaced by Mona Barthel
• Sachia Vickery → replaced by Georgina García Pérez

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
United States	Kaitlyn Christian	United States	Sabrina Santamaria	108	1
	Darija Jurak		Xenia Knoll	137	2
United States	Desirae Krawczyk	Mexico	Giuliana Olmos	151	3
Russian Federation	Natela Dzalamidze	Russian Federation	Veronika Kudermetova	183	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 20, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Leylah Annie Fernandez / Sharon Fichman
• Carson Branstine / Rebecca Marino

External links

• Official website
• WTA tournament draws