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.
Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedEkaterina Alexandrova981Viktória Kužmová1052Viktoriya Tomova1433Başak Eraydın1564Vitalia Diatchenko1675Lesley Kerkhove1956Paula Badosa Gibert2107İpek Soylu2148 1 Rankings as of 2 April 2018.
Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: Berfu Cengiz Selin Övünç İpek Öz Pemra Özgen
The following players received entry using protected rankings: Rebecca Šramková
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Olga Doroshina Anastasia Gasanova Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie Natalija Kostić
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Sara Tomic
Champions Singles
Sabina Sharipova def. Elena Rybakina, 7–6(7–0), 6–4
Doubles
Ayla Aksu / Harriet Dart def. Olga Doroshina / Anastasia Potapova, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
External links 2018 Lale Cup at ITFtennis.com