2018 J&T Banka Prague Open

The 2018 J&T Banka Prague Open was a professional tennis tournaments played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament, and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sparta Prague Tennis Club in Prague, Czech Republic, from 30 April to 5 May 2018.

2018 J&T Banka Prague Open
Date30 April – 5 May
Edition9th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceClay
LocationPrague, Czech Republic
VenueTK Sparta Praha
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Nicole Melichar / Květa Peschke

Points and prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 14 10 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,300 $5,900 $3,310 $1,925 $1,005 $730 $530
Women's Doubles $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 1
 CZE Petra Kvitová 10 2
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 14 3
 AUS Daria Gavrilova 24 4
 CZE Barbora Strýcová 26 5
 CHN Zhang Shuai 30 6
 ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu 39 7
 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 51 8
 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 55 9
  • Rankings are as of April 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková  CZE Renata Voráčová 39 1
 USA Raquel Atawo  GER Anna-Lena Grönefeld 59 2
 USA Nicole Melichar  CZE Květa Peschke 60 3
 JPN Shuko Aoyama  JPN Miyu Kato 86 4
 RUS Veronika Kudermetova  UKR Olga Savchuk 107 5
  • 1 Rankings as of April 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Finals

Singles

This was Kvitova's 23rd WTA title and first on home soil. It was also her third title of the year and first international since Linz 2011.

Doubles

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References

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