2018 Volvo Car Open Explained

Main Name:	Charleston Open
Date:	April 2 – 8
Edition:	46th
Category:	WTA Premier
Draw:	56S / 16D
Surface:	Green clay
Prize Money:	$776,000
Location:	Charleston, United States
Venue:	Family Circle Tennis Center
Champs:	Kiki Bertens
Champd:	Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik

The 2018 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between April 2 – 8, 2018 and was the 46th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event took place at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	$137,125	$72,841	$35,890	$18,387	$9,568	$4,898	$2,516	$1,150	$700
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	$42,850	$22,900	$12,510	$6,365	$3,460

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Ranking^1	Seed
France	Caroline Garcia	7	1
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	9	2
Russian Federation	Daria Kasatkina	11	3
United States	Sloane Stephens	12	4
	Julia Görges	13	5
United Kingdom	Johanna Konta	14	6
United States	Madison Keys	15	7
	Anastasija Sevastova	17	8
Australia	Ashleigh Barty	20	9
Japan	Naomi Osaka	22	10
Australia	Daria Gavrilova	26	11
	Kiki Bertens	29	12
Romania	Irina-Camelia Begu	37	13
France	Alizé Cornet	38	14
Romania	Mihaela Buzărnescu	39	15
Russian Federation	Elena Vesnina	43	16

• ¹ Rankings as of March 19, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Sara Errani
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Francesca Di Lorenzo Caroline Dolehide
    • Georgina García Pérez Vera Lapko Claire Liu
    • Sílvia Soler Espinosa Fanny Stollár Maryna Zanevska

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Dayana Yastremska

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kristie Ahn
• Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Polona Hercog
• Ana Konjuh → replaced by Andrea Petkovic
• Petra Martić → replaced by Sofia Kenin
• Shelby Rogers → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Taylor Townsend
• Maria Sakkari → replaced by Bernarda Pera
  • Sloane Stephens → replaced by Dayana Yastremska Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Natalia Vikhlyantseva

Retirements

• Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Vera Lapko

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	China	Xu Yifan	16	1
United States	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Czech Republic	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	33	2
	Andreja Klepač	Spain	María José Martínez Sánchez	42	3
Czech Republic	Barbora Krejčíková	Czech Republic	Kateřina Siniaková	44	4

• ¹ Rankings as of March 19, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• • Lara Arruabarrena / Sara Errani Misaki Doi / Christina McHale

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2018 Volvo Car Open – Singles.

• Kiki Bertens def. Julia Görges, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles

See main article: 2018 Volvo Car Open – Doubles.

• Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik def. Andreja Klepač / María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–3, 6–3