2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad

{{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{TennisEventInfo|2018|Ladies Championship Gstaad| | date = 16–22 July | edition = 26th | category = [[WTA International tournaments|WTA International]] | draw = 32S / 16D | surface = [[Clay court|Clay]] / outdoor | prize_money = $250,000 | location = [[Gstaad]], [[Switzerland]] | venue = [[Roy Emerson Arena]] | main_name= WTA Swiss Open | champs = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] | champd = {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Alexa Guarachi]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Desirae Krawczyk]] | after_name = Ladies Open Lausanne }}

The '''2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on outdoor [[clay court]]s. It was the 26th edition of the [[Ladies Championship Gstaad]], and part of the [[WTA International tournaments|International]] category of the [[2018 WTA Tour]]. It took place at [[Roy Emerson Arena]] in [[Gstaad]], [[Switzerland]], from 16 July through 22 July 2018.

==Points and prize money==

=== Point distribution === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |- |style="width:130px; background:#ededed;"|'''Event''' |style="width:80px; background:lime;"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Singles |rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |12 |1 |- !style="background:#f5f5f5;"|Doubles |1 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

=== Prize money === {|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |width=130 bgcolor=ededed|'''Event''' |width=80 bgcolor=lime|'''W''' |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32 |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |- !style=background:#f5f5f5|Singles |$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,500 |$6,175 |$3,400 |$2,100 |$1,020 |$600 |- !style=background:#f5f5f5|Doubles |$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |}

== Singles main draw entrants ==

===Seeds=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |-style="background:#cfc;" |{{flag|FRA}} |[[Alizé Cornet]] |44 |1 |- |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Johanna Larsson]] |58 |2 |- |{{flag|SVK}} |[[Viktória Kužmová]] |69 |3 |- |{{flag|GER}} |[[Carina Witthöft]] |81 |4 |- |{{flag|AUS}} |[[Samantha Stosur]] |86 |5 |- |{{flag|ESP}} |[[Lara Arruabarrena]] |88 |6 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Stefanie Vögele]] |93 |7 |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Viktorija Golubic]] |99 |8 |} * 1 Rankings are as of 2 July 2018.

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the main draw: * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Leonie Küng]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Schiavone]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]]

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: * {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Mandy Minella]] * {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Saisai]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Valentyna Ivakhnenko]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Veronika Kudermetova]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Conny Perrin]] * {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sílvia Soler Espinosa]] * {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Martina Trevisan]] * {{flagicon|LIE}} [[Kathinka von Deichmann]]

===Withdrawals=== * {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kiki Bertens]] → replaced by {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jil Teichmann]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jennifer Brady (tennis)|Jennifer Brady]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Antonia Lottner]] * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danielle Collins]] → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tamara Korpatsch]] * {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Beatriz Haddad Maia]] → replaced by {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tereza Martincová]] * {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Alison Van Uytvanck]] → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kalinskaya]]

==Doubles main draw entrants==

===Seeds=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |- |{{flag|SUI}} |[[Xenia Knoll]] |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Veronika Kudermetova]] |130 |1 |- |{{flag|USA}} |[[Kaitlyn Christian]] |{{flag|MEX}} |[[Giuliana Olmos]] |151 |2 |- |{{flag|CAN}} |[[Eugenie Bouchard]] |{{flag|SWE}} |[[Johanna Larsson]] |154 |3 |- |{{flag|NED}} |[[Bibiane Schoofs]] |{{flag|RUS}} |[[Yana Sizikova]] |190 |4 |} *1 Rankings are as of 2 July 2018.

=== Other entrants === The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amandine Hesse]] / {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Leonie Küng]] * {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Conny Perrin]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[Katarzyna Piter]]

The following pair received entry as alternates: * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tamara Korpatsch]] / {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Diāna Marcinkēviča]]

=== Withdrawals === ;Before the tournament * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kalinskaya]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Natalia Vikhlyantseva]]

== Finals ==

=== Singles === {{main|2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Singles}} * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alizé Cornet]] defeated {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Mandy Minella]], 6–4, 7–6(8–6)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alizé Cornet Matches |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312121/alize-cornet/matches?year=2018&tournament=1094 |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>

=== Doubles === {{main|2018 Ladies Championship Gstaad – Doubles}} * {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Alexa Guarachi]] / {{flagicon|USA}} [[Desirae Krawczyk]] defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Lara Arruabarrena]] / {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Timea Bacsinszky]], 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.ladieschampionshipgstaad.ch/}}

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