2018 Silicon Valley Classic

{{TennisEventInfo|2018|Silicon Valley Classic|

| date=30 July – 5 August

| edition=47th

| category=WTA Premier

| draw=28S / 16D

| prize_money=$753,000

| surface=Hard

| location=San Jose, California, United States

| venue=San José State University Tennis Center

| champs={{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu

| champd={{flagicon|TPE}} Latisha Chan / {{flagicon|CZE}} Květa Peschke

| before_name=Bank of the West Classic

}}

The 2018 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 30 July and 5 August 2018 and was the first time the tournament is held in San Jose, California, following a move from Stanford.{{cite web | url=http://tennis.life/2018/01/29/stanford-moves-to-san-jose-for-2018/ | title=Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018 | access-date=14 March 2018 | archive-date=14 March 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314175723/http://tennis.life/2018/01/29/stanford-moves-to-san-jose-for-2018/ | url-status=dead }} It was the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.

Points and prize money

= Point distribution =

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
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 32 \|width=85\|Q \|width=85\|Q2 \|width=85\|Q1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's singles \|rowspan=2\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|13 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Women's doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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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 32

|width=85|Q

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's singles

|rowspan=2|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|13

style="background:#ededed;"|Women's doubles

|{{n/a}}

= Prize money =

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style=background:#ededed\|Women's singles \|$128,100 \|$68,280 \|$37,330 \|$21,330 \|$10,670 \|$6,990 \|$3,225 \|$1,810
style=background:#ededed\|Women's doubles \|$40,300 \|$21,330 \|$11,735 \|$5,975 \|$3,240 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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|width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#ededed|Women's singles

|$128,100

|$68,280

|$37,330

|$21,330

|$10,670

|$6,990

|$3,225

|$1,810

style=background:#ededed|Women's doubles

|$40,300

|$21,330

|$11,735

|$5,975

|$3,240

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
~~{{flag\|ESP}}~~ \|~~Garbiñe Muguruza~~ \|7 \|1
~~{{flagu\|USA}}~~ \|~~Madison Keys~~ \|12 \|2
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Venus Williams \|14 \|3
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Elise Mertens \|15 \|4
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Mihaela Buzărnescu \|24 \|5
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Serena Williams \|27 \|6
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zhang Shuai \|32 \|7
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|39 \|8

class="wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

~~{{flag|ESP}}~~

|~~Garbiñe Muguruza~~

~~{{flagu|USA}}~~

|~~Madison Keys~~

|12

|Venus Williams

|14

|Elise Mertens

|15

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|ROU}}

|24

|27

|32

|39

¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Kratzer
{{flagicon|USA}} Claire Liu
~~{{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza~~{{Cite web|url=http://www.mubadalasvc.com/news/muguruza_joins_player_field/|title=Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field|website=www.mubadalasvc.com|access-date=2018-07-24|archive-date=2018-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212427/http://www.mubadalasvc.com/news/muguruza_joins_player_field/|url-status=dead}}
{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams{{Cite web|url=http://www.mubadalasvc.com/news/venus_williams_joins_player_field/|title=Venus Williams Joins Player Field|website=www.mubadalasvc.com|access-date=2018-07-18|archive-date=2018-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718180303/http://www.mubadalasvc.com/news/venus_williams_joins_player_field/|url-status=dead}}

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Anisimova
{{flagicon|PAR}} Verónica Cepede Royg
{{flagicon|ESP}} Georgina García Pérez
{{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Lao

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
{{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Fręch

=Withdrawals=

{{flagicon|USA}} Catherine Bellis → replaced by {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko
{{flagicon|SLO}} Polona Hercog → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Sofia Kenin
{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys → replaced by {{flagicon|POL}} Magdalena Fręch
{{flagicon|ESP}} Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Blinkova
{{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by {{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson
{{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova → replaced by {{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka
{{flagicon|USA}} CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|BLR}} Victoria Azarenka

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Latisha Chan \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Květa Peschke \|17 \|1
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Mihaela Buzărnescu \|{{flag\|GBR}} \|Heather Watson \|80 \|2
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Lyudmyla Kichenok \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Nadiia Kichenok \|84 \|3
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Miyu Kato \|{{flag\|JPN}} \|Makoto Ninomiya \|92 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|TPE}}

|{{flag|CZE}}

|17

|{{flag|GBR}}

|80

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|UKR}}

|{{flag|UKR}}

|84

|{{flag|JPN}}

|92

¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

= Other entrants =

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Tamara Culibrk / {{flagicon|FRA}} Sybille Gauvain

= Withdrawals =

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|BLR}} Aryna Sabalenka

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|ROU}} Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|TPE}} Latisha Chan / {{flagicon|CZE}} Květa Peschke defeated {{flagicon|UKR}} Lyudmyla Kichenok / {{flagicon|UKR}} Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20181114221739/http://www.mubadalasvc.com/ Official website]

Category:2018 WTA Tour

2018

Category:Sports competitions in San Jose, California

Category:Tennis tournaments in California

Category:2018 in sports in California

Category:2018 in American tennis

Category:July 2018 sports events in the United States

Category:August 2018 sports events in the United States

Category:Women's sports in San Jose, California

Category:2010s in San Jose, California