2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date22–29 April
Edition41st
CategoryPremier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$816,000
Surface Clay (indoor)
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Plíšková
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Atawo / Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld
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The 2018 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 41st edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 23 to 29 April 2018.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles€107,036€57,157€30,536€16,411€8,798€5,585€2,508€1,333€742
Doubles *€33,482€17,885€9,774€4,974€2,702N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryRank1Seed
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 11
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 32
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 43
Flag of Latvia.svg  LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 65
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 76
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sloane Stephens 97
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 108

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 341
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alla Kudryavtseva Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 422
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Demi Schuurs 453
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Atawo Flag of Germany.svg  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 594

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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