2018 ACT Clay Court International

2018 ACT Clay Court International
Date	19–25 March
Edition	3rd
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money	$60,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Canberra, Australia
Champions
Singles
	Dalila Jakupović
Doubles
	Priscilla Hon / Dalila Jakupović

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 2018 ACT Clay Court International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 19–25 March 2018. It was the first of two tournaments held back-to-back at the same location.

The ACT Clay Court International is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor clay courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 and $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Canberra, Australia, since 2016. Two editions of the tournament are held back-to-back each year. In 2018, one of the tournaments were upgraded to a $60,000 event.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
JPN	Nao Hibino	121	1
JPN	Miyu Kato	139	2
JPN	Risa Ozaki	155	3
AUS	Lizette Cabrera	156	4
SLO	Dalila Jakupović	171	5
JPN	Eri Hozumi	180	6
GBR	Gabriella Taylor	192	7
AUS	Priscilla Hon	194	8

¹ Rankings as of 5 March 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

Masa Jovanovic is an Australian tennis player.

Alicia Smith is a professional Australian tennis player.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Maddison Inglis is an Australian tennis player. Inglis has a WTA singles career high ranking of 500 achieved on 31 October 2016.

Abbie Jane Myers is an Australian tennis player. She has won one singles title and fourteen doubles titles on the ITF tour.

Champions

Singles

Dalila Jakupović def. Destanee Aiava 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Priscilla Hon / Dalila Jakupović def. Miyu Kato / Makoto Ninomiya 6–4, 4–6, [10–7]

Priscilla Hon is an Australian tennis player. Hon has a WTA singles career-high ranking of 140 achieved in January 2019. She also has a WTA doubles career-high ranking of 91 in April 2018.

Dalila Jakupović is a Slovenian tennis player.

Miyu Kato is a professional Japanese tennis player.

External links

Official website
2018 ACT Clay Court International at ITFtennis.com

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