The 2018 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 30 July and 5 August 2018 and was the first time the tournament is held in San Jose, California, following a move from Stanford. It was the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Women's singles47030518510055125131Women's doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Women's singles$128,100$68,280$37,330$21,330$10,670$6,990$3,225$1,810Women's doubles$40,300$21,330$11,735$5,975$3,240
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedGarbiñe Muguruza71Madison Keys122Venus Williams143Elise Mertens154Mihaela Buzărnescu245Serena Williams276Zhang Shuai327Tímea Babos398 1 Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ashley Kratzer Claire Liu Garbiñe Muguruza Venus Williams
The following player received entry using a protected ranking: Serena Williams
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Amanda Anisimova Verónica Cepede Royg Georgina García Pérez Danielle Lao
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Anna Blinkova Magdalena Fręch
Withdrawals Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko Polona Hercog → replaced by Sofia Kenin Madison Keys → replaced by Magdalena Fręch Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Anna Blinkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Heather Watson Maria Sharapova → replaced by Victoria Azarenka CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Christina McHale
Retirements Victoria Azarenka
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLatisha ChanKvěta Peschke171Mihaela BuzărnescuHeather Watson802Lyudmyla KichenokNadiia Kichenok843Miyu KatoMakoto Ninomiya924 1 Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw: Tamara Culibrk / Sybille Gauvain
Withdrawals During the tournament Aryna Sabalenka
Finals
Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0
Doubles
Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1
References
External links Official website