2018 Hobart International

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2018 Hobart International
Date7–13 January 2018
Edition25th
CategoryWTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard
LocationHobart, Australia
VenueHobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Belgium Elise Mertens
Doubles
Belgium Elise Mertens / Netherlands Demi Schuurs
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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

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Singles

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Doubles

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Points and prize money

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Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 322 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

2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.[1]

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
  CHN Zhang Shuai 35 1
  BEL Elise Mertens 36 2
  ROU Sorana Cîrstea 37 3
  FRA Alizé Cornet 38 4
  UKR Lesia Tsurenko 42 5
  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 43 6
  GER Tatjana Maria 46 7
  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 47 8
  • 1 Rankings as of 1 January 2018.

Other entrants

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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

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  ROU Raluca Olaru   UKR Olga Savchuk 69 1
  BEL Kirsten Flipkens   USA Nicole Melichar 80 2
  BEL Elise Mertens   NED Demi Schuurs 89 3
  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok   JPN Makoto Ninomiya 99 4
  • 1 Rankings as of 1 January 2018.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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During the tournament

References

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  1. ^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Bouchard joins 2018 field as wildcard - Hobart International Tennis". Hobart International Tennis. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Rising star Fourlis awarded wildcard – Hobart International Tennis". Hobart International Tennis. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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