2018 Moscow River Cup | |
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Date | 23–29 July |
Edition | 1st |
Category | International |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $750,000 |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Venue | National Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Olga Danilović | |
Doubles | |
Anastasia Potapova / Vera Zvonareva |
The 2018 Moscow River Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the National Tennis Center in Moscow, Russia from 23 through 29 July 2018. [1]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 1 |
RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 13 | 2 |
LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 22 | 3 |
CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 36 | 4 |
BLR | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 41 | 5 |
FRA | Alizé Cornet | 48 | 7 |
EST | Kaia Kanepi | 51 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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SUI | Xenia Knoll | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 87 | 1 |
RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | BLR | Lidziya Marozava | 117 | 2 |
AUS | Monique Adamczak | AUS | Jessica Moore | 129 | 3 |
RUS | Natela Dzalamidze | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 132 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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