2018 Connecticut Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2018|Connecticut Open|

| 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

| venue = Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center

| champs = {{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka

| champd = {{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / {{flagicon|CZE}} 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=

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style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|access-date=21 August 2015 \|title=Rankings explained \|publisher=WTA \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|archive-date=14 December 2012 }} \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|W|Win}}

|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q3 | Qualifying round 3}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}}

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |access-date=21 August 2015 |title=Rankings explained |publisher=WTA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |archive-date=14 December 2012 }}

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

Prize money

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles

|$132,740

|$70,880

|$37,850

|$20,350

|$10,915

|$6,925

|$3,110

|$1,650

|$920

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles*

|$41,520

|$22,180

|$12,120

|$6,165

|$3,350

| {{n/a}}

_{¹Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.}

_{*per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="wikitable" border="1"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank* ! Seed
~~{{flag\|ROU}}~~ \|~~Simona Halep~~ \|1 \|1
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Caroline Garcia \|5 \|2
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|6 \|3
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|8 \|4
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|10 \|5
~~{{flag\|AUS}}~~ \|~~Ashleigh Barty~~ \|16 \|6
~~{{flag\|NED}}~~ \|~~Kiki Bertens~~ \|17 \|7
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|22 \|8
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Daria Gavrilova \|23 \|9

class="wikitable" border="1"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank*

! Seed

~~{{flag|ROU}}~~

|~~Simona Halep~~

|10

~~{{flag|AUS}}~~

|~~Ashleigh Barty~~

|16

~~{{flag|NED}}~~

|~~Kiki Bertens~~

|17

|Barbora Strýcová

|22

|Daria Gavrilova

|23

Rankings are as of August 13, 2018{{Cite web |url=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/ |title=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 |access-date=2018-08-16 |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=2018-08-16 |url-status=usurped }}

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Collins
~~{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep~~
{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková
{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky
{{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|ROU}} Ana Bogdan
{{flagicon|KAZ}} Zarina Diyas
{{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
{{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig
{{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksandra Sasnovich
{{flagicon|UKR}} Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier
{{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|AUS}} Ashleigh Barty → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Samantha Stosur
{{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier
{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by {{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu
{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep → replaced by {{flagicon|SWI}} Belinda Bencic
{{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Kasatkina → replaced by {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová
{{flagicon|PUR}} Monica Puig
{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank* ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|15 \|1
{{flag\|NED}} \|Demi Schuurs \|{{flag\|SLO}} \|Katarina Srebotnik \|38 \|2
{{flag\|NED}} \|Kiki Bertens \|{{flag\|SWE}} \|Johanna Larsson \|41 \|3
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Irina-Camelia Begu \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Monica Niculescu \|57 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank*

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková

|{{flag|CZE}}

|15

|{{flag|SLO}}

|38

|{{flag|SWE}}

|41

|{{flag|ROU}}

|57

Rankings are as of 13 August 2018

=Other entrants=

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Desirae Krawczyk / {{flagicon|USA}} Sachia Vickery
{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková

The following pairs received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Monique Adamczak / {{flagicon|GEO}} Oksana Kalashnikova
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|BEL}} Alison Van Uytvanck

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta
{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|NED}} Demi Schuurs

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|CZE}} Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová defeated {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei / {{flagicon|GER}} Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7^(7–9), [10–4]

Notes

References

External links

{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140612221336/http://www.ctopen.org/ Official website]}}

Category:Connecticut Open by year

Category:2018 WTA Tour

Category:2018 US Open Series

Category:August 2018 sports events in the United States