2018 Silicon Valley Classic

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2018 Silicon Valley Classic
Date30 July – 5 August
Edition47th
Category WTA Premier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$753,000
Surface Hard
Location San Jose, California, United States
VenueSan José State University Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Buzărnescu
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Latisha Chan / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke
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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. [1] It was the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Women's singles47030518510055125131
Women's doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Women's singles$128,100$68,280$37,330$21,330$10,670$6,990$3,225$1,810
Women's doubles$40,300$21,330$11,735$5,975$3,240

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 71
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 122
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 143
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 154
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu 245
Flag of the United States.svg USA Serena Williams 276
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 327
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 398

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Květa Peschke 171
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Heather Watson 802
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 843
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 924

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

References

  1. "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018". Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. "Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. "Venus Williams Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.