2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

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2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date30 April – 5 May
Edition18th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Rabat, Morocco
VenueClub des Cheminots [1]
Champions
Singles
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Elise Mertens
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Anna Blinkova / Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Olaru
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The 2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 30 April and 5 May 2018.

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Points and prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Women's singles280180110603011814101
Women's doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Women's singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$1,925$1,005$730$530
Women's doubles$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960N/AN/AN/AN/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 171
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 332
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Petra Martić 363
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 384
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Timea Bacsinszky 465
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Zarina Diyas 526
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić 537
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 598

Other entrants

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

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Anna Smith 751
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Spears 882
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Monique Adamczak Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Xenia Knoll 1223
Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Bibiane Schoofs 1554

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcard s into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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