2018 Hobart International
42°52′24″S 147°19′47″E / 42.87333°S 147.32972°E
2018 Hobart International | |
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Date | 7–13 January 2018 |
Edition | 25th |
Category | WTA International tournaments |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | $250,000 |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Hobart, Australia |
Venue | Hobart International Tennis Centre |
Champions | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2018 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 25th edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 7 through 13 January 2018.
Finals
Singles
Elise Mertens defeated
Mihaela Buzărnescu, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Doubles
Elise Mertens /
Demi Schuurs defeated
Lyudmyla Kichenok /
Makoto Ninomiya, 6–2, 6–2
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
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Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | — | $1,020 | $600 |
Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
Doubles prize money per team |
Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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Zhang Shuai | 35 | 1 |
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Elise Mertens | 36 | 2 |
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Sorana Cîrstea | 37 | 3 |
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Alizé Cornet | 38 | 4 |
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Lesia Tsurenko | 42 | 5 |
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Irina-Camelia Begu | 43 | 6 |
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Tatjana Maria | 46 | 7 |
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Kateřina Siniaková | 47 | 8 |
- Rankings as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Shelby Rogers → replaced by
Beatriz Haddad Maia
- During the tournament
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
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Raluca Olaru | ![]() |
Olga Savchuk | 69 | 1 |
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Kirsten Flipkens | ![]() |
Nicole Melichar | 80 | 2 |
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Elise Mertens | ![]() |
Demi Schuurs | 89 | 3 |
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Lyudmyla Kichenok | ![]() |
Makoto Ninomiya | 99 | 4 |
- Rankings as of 1 January 2018.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
References
- ^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Bouchard joins 2018 field as wildcard - Hobart International Tennis". Hobart International Tennis. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Rising star Fourlis awarded wildcard – Hobart International Tennis". Hobart International Tennis. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.