2018 Lale Cup

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2018 Lale Cup
Date 9–15 April
Edition 6th
Category ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money $60,000
Surface Hard
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sabina Sharipova
Doubles
Flag of Turkey.svg Ayla Aksu / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harriet Dart
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The 2018 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 9–15 April 2018.

The Lale Cup is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Istanbul, Turkey, annually, since 2013.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

The 2018 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $15,000 to $100,000.

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 981
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Viktória Kužmová 1052
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Viktoriya Tomova 1433
Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Başak Eraydın 1564
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vitalia Diatchenko 1675
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Lesley Kerkhove 1956
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Paula Badosa Gibert 2107
Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR İpek Soylu 2148

Other entrants

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

The following players received entry using protected rankings:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Olga Vladimirovna Doroshina is a Russian tennis player.

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Champions

Singles

Sabina Sharipova Uzbekistani tennis player

Sabina Sharipova is an Uzbek tennis player.

Elena Andreyevna Rybakina is a Kazakh–Russian female tennis player.

Doubles

Ayla Aksu is a Turkish-American tennis player. Aksu first represented Turkey from 2010 to 2012 before choosing to represent the United States in 2013, before switching back to Turkey in 2014.

Harriet Dart British tennis player

Harriet Dart is a British tennis player.

Anastasia Potapova Russian tennis player

Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova is a Russian tennis player. Potapova is a former junior No. 1, as well as the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles champion, where she defeated Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine in the final.

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