2018 WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

2018 Premier Mandatory / Premier 5

Details
Duration	February 12 – October 7
Edition	29th
Tournaments	9
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Petra Kvitová (2)
Most finals	Simona Halep (3)
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Main article: 2018 WTA Tour

The WTA Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments, which are part of the WTA Premier tournaments, make up the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour. There are four Premier Mandatory tournaments: Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Beijing and five Premier 5 tournaments: Doha, Rome, Canada, Cincinnati and Wuhan. ^[1]

Tournaments

Tournament	Country	Location	Surface	Date	Prize money [2]
Qatar Open [3]	Qatar	Doha	Hard	Feb 12 – 18	$3,198,000
Indian Wells Open [4]	United States	Indian Wells	Hard	Mar 5 – 18	$8,648,508
Miami Open [5]	United States	Key Biscayne	Hard	Mar 19 – Apr 1	$8,648,508
Madrid Open	Spain	Madrid	Clay (red)	May 7 – 13	€6,685,828
Italian Open [6]	Italy	Rome	Clay (red)	May 14 – 20	$3,351,720
Canadian Open	Canada	Montreal	Hard	Aug 6 – 12	$2,820,000
Cincinnati Open [7]	United States	Mason	Hard	Aug 13 – 19	$2,874,299
Wuhan Open [8]	China	Wuhan	Hard	Sep 24 – 30	$2,746,000
China Open	China	Beijing	Hard	Oct 1 – 7	$8,285,274

Results

* First-time champion

Tournament	Singles champions	Runners-up	Score	Doubles champions	Runners-up	Score
Doha Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová	Garbiñe Muguruza	3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
				Jeļena Ostapenko*
Indian Wells Singles – Doubles	Naomi Osaka*	Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–4, 6–4
Miami Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens*	Jeļena Ostapenko	7–6(7–5), 6–1	Ashleigh Barty*	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	6–2, 6–1
				CoCo Vandeweghe
Madrid Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová	Kiki Bertens	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Rome Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina	Simona Halep	6–0, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–4
				Demi Schuurs*
Montréal Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep	Sloane Stephens	7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Cincinnati Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens*	Simona Halep	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2	Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	6–2, 7–5
Wuhan Singles – Doubles	Aryna Sabalenka*	Anett Kontaveit	6–3, 6–3	Elise Mertens*	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–3, 6–3
				Demi Schuurs
Beijing Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki	Anastasija Sevastova	6–3, 6–3	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also

• WTA Premier tournaments
• 2018 WTA Tour
• 2018 ATP Masters 1000
• 2018 ATP Tour

References

1. "2013 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
2. "2018 WTA Tour Calendar Prize Money" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 June 2022.
3. "2018 Qatar Total Open". Archived from the original on 16 October 2022.
4. "2018 Indian Wells" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2022.
5. "2018 Miami Masters Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 April 2022.
6. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN   978-0-942257-70-0.
7. "Compendium 2022 Web Final". www.wsopen.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 September 2022.
8. "2018 Wuhan Open Draw" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2021.

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website