The 2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 23rd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was the last tournament for now to be held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.«Олимпийская сказка, прощай!»Спорткомплекс "Олимпийский" в Москве закроется на реконструкцию в 2019 году
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Marco Cecchinato211 Daniil Medvedev222 Karen Khachanov273 Filip Krajinović354 Nick Kyrgios385 Damir Džumhur396 Jérémy Chardy417Martin Kližan458 Rankings are as of October 8, 2018
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Karen Khachanov Nick Kyrgios Evgeny Karlovskiy
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexander Bublik Egor Gerasimov Filip Horanský Lukáš Rosol
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Ričardas Berankis
Withdrawals Before the tournament Jérémy Chardy → replaced by Ričardas Berankis Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Laslo Đere João Sousa → replaced by Evgeny Donskoy
During the tournament Nick Kyrgios
Retirements Denis Istomin
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed Julio PeraltaHoracio Zeballos711Austin KrajicekRajeev Ram932Max MirnyiPhilipp Oswald1003Marcin MatkowskiNicholas Monroe1334 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2018
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Evgeny Donskoy / Ivan Gakhov Evgeny Karlovskiy / Daniil Medvedev
Withdrawals During the tournament Karen Khachanov Nick Kyrgios
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSimona Halep11Karolína Plíšková62Sloane Stephens83Kiki Bertens104Anastasija Sevastova125Daria Kasatkina146Elise Mertens157Anett Kontaveit218
Rankings are as of October 8, 2018
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Simona Halep Anna Kalinskaya Anastasia Potapova Sloane Stephens
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Ons Jabeur Irina Khromacheva Natalia Vikhlyantseva Vera Zvonareva
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Vitalia Diatchenko Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Withdrawals Before the tournament Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović Danielle Collins → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova Simona Halep → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Yulia Putintseva Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedIrina-Camelia BeguMihaela Buzărnescu501Raquel AtawoAnna-Lena Grönefeld592Alicja RosolskaAbigail Spears603Oksana KalashnikovaDemi Schuurs794 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2018
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: Nigina Abduraimova / Anna Kalinskaya
The following pair received entry as alternates: Olga Doroshina / Polina Monova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Ana Bogdan
Champions
Men's singles
Karen Khachanov def. Adrian Mannarino, 6–2, 6–2
Women's singles
Daria Kasatkina def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Men's doubles
Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram def. Max Mirnyi / Philipp Oswald, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Women's doubles
Alexandra Panova / Laura Siegemund def. Darija Jurak / Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
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