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 TK Sparta Prague 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 Prague
Champions
Singles
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
Doubles
United States Nicole Melichar / Czech Republic Květa Peschke
← 2017 · J&T Banka Prague Open · 2019 →

Points and prize money

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

Prize money

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

Singles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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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

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Retirements

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Doubles main draw entrants

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Seeds

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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

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament
During the tournament

Finals

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Singles

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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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