# 2018 Ladies Open Lugano > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Ladies_Open_Lugano > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Ladies_Open_Lugano.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Ladies_Open_Lugano > Source revision: 1295655417 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2018 Ladies Open Lugano Date 9 – 15 April Edition 2nd Category WTA International tournaments Draw 32S / 16D Prize money $250,000 Surface Clay Location Lugano, Switzerland Venue Tennis Club Lido Lugano Champions Singles Elise Mertens Doubles Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens ← 2017 · Ladies Open Lugano · 2019 → The **2018 Ladies Open Lugano** (also known as the **2018 Samsung Open presented by Cornèr** for sponsorship reasons) was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) at TC Lido Lugano. It was the second edition of the tournament (the first to take place in Lugano) and part of the [International](/source/WTA_International_tournaments) category of the [2018 WTA Tour](/source/2018_WTA_Tour).[1] It took place between 9 April through 15 April 2018.[2] ## Points and prize money ### Point distribution Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1 Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1 Women's doubles 1 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a ### Prize money Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1 Women's singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,500 $6,175 $3,400 $2,100 $1,020 $600 Women's doubles $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 —N/a —N/a —N/a ## Singles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed FRA Kristina Mladenovic 19 1 BEL Elise Mertens 20 2 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 23 3 EST Anett Kontaveit 28 4 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 29 5 FRA Alizé Cornet 37 6 ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu 39 7 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 49 8 BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 51 9 - 1 Rankings are as of 2 April 2018. ### Other entrants The following players received [wildcards](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw: - [Svetlana Kuznetsova](/source/Svetlana_Kuznetsova) - [Jil Teichmann](/source/Jil_Teichmann) - [Stefanie Vögele](/source/Stefanie_V%C3%B6gele) The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: - [Mandy Minella](/source/Mandy_Minella) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Alexandra Cadanțu](/source/Alexandra_Cadan%C8%9Bu) - [Kathinka von Deichmann](/source/Kathinka_von_Deichmann) - [Richèl Hogenkamp](/source/Rich%C3%A8l_Hogenkamp) - [Tamara Korpatsch](/source/Tamara_Korpatsch) - [Danka Kovinić](/source/Danka_Kovini%C4%87) - [Vera Lapko](/source/Vera_Lapko) The following player received entry as a lucky loser: - [Magdalena Fręch](/source/Magdalena_Fr%C4%99ch) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Timea Bacsinszky](/source/Timea_Bacsinszky) → replaced by [Polona Hercog](/source/Polona_Hercog) - [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens) → replaced by [Mandy Minella](/source/Mandy_Minella) - [Dominika Cibulková](/source/Dominika_Cibulkov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Kristýna Plíšková](/source/Krist%C3%BDna_Pl%C3%AD%C5%A1kov%C3%A1) - [Sorana Cîrstea](/source/Sorana_C%C3%AErstea) → replaced by [Hsieh Su-wei](/source/Hsieh_Su-wei) - [Anna-Lena Friedsam](/source/Anna-Lena_Friedsam) → replaced by [Yulia Putintseva](/source/Yulia_Putintseva) - [Kateryna Kozlova](/source/Kateryna_Kozlova) → replaced by [Laura Siegemund](/source/Laura_Siegemund) - [Maria Sakkari](/source/Maria_Sakkari) → replaced by [Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens) - [Carla Suárez Navarro](/source/Carla_Su%C3%A1rez_Navarro) → replaced by [Magdalena Fręch](/source/Magdalena_Fr%C4%99ch) ### Retirements - [Kristina Mladenovic](/source/Kristina_Mladenovic) - [Laura Siegemund](/source/Laura_Siegemund) ## Doubles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed BEL Kirsten Flipkens BEL Elise Mertens 75 1 POL Alicja Rosolska USA Abigail Spears 83 2 ROU Raluca Olaru GBR Anna Smith 97 3 AUS Monique Adamczak SUI Xenia Knoll 116 4 - 1 Rankings are as of 2 April 2018. ### Other entrants The following pair received a [wildcard](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw: - [Amandine Hesse](/source/Amandine_Hesse) / [Kristina Mladenovic](/source/Kristina_Mladenovic) The following pair received entry as alternates: - [Réka-Luca Jani](/source/R%C3%A9ka-Luca_Jani) / [Danka Kovinić](/source/Danka_Kovini%C4%87) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Kristina Mladenovic](/source/Kristina_Mladenovic) ## Champions ### Singles Main article: [2018 Ladies Open Lugano – Singles](/source/2018_Ladies_Open_Lugano_%E2%80%93_Singles) - **[Elise Mertens](/source/Elise_Mertens)** def. [Aryna Sabalenka](/source/Aryna_Sabalenka), 7–5, 6–2 ### Doubles Main article: [2018 Ladies Open Lugano – Doubles](/source/2018_Ladies_Open_Lugano_%E2%80%93_Doubles) - **[Kirsten Flipkens](/source/Kirsten_Flipkens)** / **[Elise Mertens](/source/Elise_Mertens)** def. [Vera Lapko](/source/Vera_Lapko) / [Aryna Sabalenka](/source/Aryna_Sabalenka), 6–1, 6–3 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lugano_1-0)** ["Lugano (Ticino/SUI) is the new outdoor venue for InfrontRingier's WTA Ladies Open"](http://www.infrontsports.com/news/2017/10/sun-and-southern-breeze-for-ladies-open-2018/). Infront Sports and Media. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** MediaTI. ["Le star del tennis a Lugano - Ticinonews"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112920/https://www.ticinonews.ch/sport/447984/le-star-del-tennis-a-lugano). *www.ticinonews.ch* (in Italian). Archived from [the original](https://www.ticinonews.ch/sport/447984/le-star-del-tennis-a-lugano) on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03. ## External links - [Official website](https://samsungopen.ch/) v t e 2018 WTA Tour « 2017 2019 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D) WTA Premier 5 tournaments Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D) WTA Premier tournaments Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D) WTA International tournaments Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Taipei (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Lugano (S, D) İstanbul (S, D) Prague (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Santa Ponsa (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Washington D.C. 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