# 2018 Volvo Car Open > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Volvo_Car_Open > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Volvo_Car_Open.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Volvo_Car_Open > Source revision: 1283415649 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2018 Volvo Car Open Date April 2–8 Edition 46th Category WTA Premier Draw 56S / 16D Prize money $776,000 Surface Green clay / outdoor Location Charleston, United States Venue Family Circle Tennis Center Champions Singles Kiki Bertens Doubles Alla Kudryavtseva / Katarina Srebotnik ← 2017 · Charleston Open · 2019 → The **2018 Volvo Car Open** was a women's [tennis](/source/Tennis) event on the [2018 WTA Tour](/source/2018_WTA_Tour). It took place between April 2 and April 8, 2018 and was the 46th edition of the [Charleston Open](/source/Charleston_Open) tournament and a [Premier level](/source/WTA_Premier_tournament) tournament. The event took place at the [Family Circle Tennis Center](/source/Family_Circle_Tennis_Center), on [Daniel Island](/source/Daniel_Island), [Charleston](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina), United States. It was the only event of the [clay court](/source/Clay_court) season played on green clay. [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens), seeded 12th, won the singles title.[1][2][3] ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2018 Volvo Car Open – Singles](/source/2018_Volvo_Car_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles) [Kiki Bertens](/source/Kiki_Bertens) defeated [Julia Görges](/source/Julia_G%C3%B6rges), 6–2, 6–1 - It was Bertens' 1st singles title of the year and the 5th of her [career](/source/Kiki_Bertens_career_statistics). ### Doubles Main article: [2018 Volvo Car Open – Doubles](/source/2018_Volvo_Car_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles) [Alla Kudryavtseva](/source/Alla_Kudryavtseva) / [Katarina Srebotnik](/source/Katarina_Srebotnik) defeated [Andreja Klepač](/source/Andreja_Klepa%C4%8D) / [María José Martínez Sánchez](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%ADnez_S%C3%A1nchez), 6–3, 6–3 ## Points and prize money ### Point distribution Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1 Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1 Doubles 1 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a ### Prize money Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1 Singles $137,125 $72,841 $35,890 $18,387 $9,568 $4,898 $2,516 $1,150 $700 Doubles $42,850 $22,900 $12,510 $6,365 $3,460 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a ## Singles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Ranking1 Seed FRA Caroline Garcia 7 1 CZE Petra Kvitová 9 2 RUS Daria Kasatkina 11 3 USA Sloane Stephens 12 4 GER Julia Görges 13 5 GBR Johanna Konta 14 6 USA Madison Keys 15 7 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 17 8 AUS Ashleigh Barty 20 9 JPN Naomi Osaka 22 10 AUS Daria Gavrilova 26 11 NED Kiki Bertens 29 12 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 37 13 FRA Alizé Cornet 38 14 ROU Mihaela Buzărnescu 39 15 RUS Elena Vesnina 43 16 - 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2018. ### Other entrants The following players received [wildcards](/source/Wild_card_(sports)) into the main draw: - [Sara Errani](/source/Sara_Errani) - [Bethanie Mattek-Sands](/source/Bethanie_Mattek-Sands) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Francesca Di Lorenzo](/source/Francesca_Di_Lorenzo) - [Caroline Dolehide](/source/Caroline_Dolehide) - [Georgina García Pérez](/source/Georgina_Garc%C3%ADa_P%C3%A9rez) - [Vera Lapko](/source/Vera_Lapko) - [Claire Liu](/source/Claire_Liu) - [Sílvia Soler Espinosa](/source/S%C3%ADlvia_Soler_Espinosa) - [Fanny Stollár](/source/Fanny_Stoll%C3%A1r) - [Maryna Zanevska](/source/Maryna_Zanevska) The following player received entry as a lucky loser: - [Dayana Yastremska](/source/Dayana_Yastremska) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Catherine Bellis](/source/Catherine_Bellis) → replaced by [Kristie Ahn](/source/Kristie_Ahn) - [Kaia Kanepi](/source/Kaia_Kanepi) → replaced by [Polona Hercog](/source/Polona_Hercog) - [Ana Konjuh](/source/Ana_Konjuh) → replaced by [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic) - [Petra Martić](/source/Petra_Marti%C4%87) → replaced by [Sofia Kenin](/source/Sofia_Kenin) - [Shelby Rogers](/source/Shelby_Rogers) → replaced by [Jennifer Brady](/source/Jennifer_Brady_(tennis)) - [Lucie Šafářová](/source/Lucie_%C5%A0af%C3%A1%C5%99ov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Taylor Townsend](/source/Taylor_Townsend_(tennis)) - [Maria Sakkari](/source/Maria_Sakkari) → replaced by [Bernarda Pera](/source/Bernarda_Pera) - [Sloane Stephens](/source/Sloane_Stephens) → replaced by [Dayana Yastremska](/source/Dayana_Yastremska) - [Barbora Strýcová](/source/Barbora_Str%C3%BDcov%C3%A1) → replaced by [Natalia Vikhlyantseva](/source/Natalia_Vikhlyantseva) ### Retirements - [Beatriz Haddad Maia](/source/Beatriz_Haddad_Maia) - [Vera Lapko](/source/Vera_Lapko) ## Doubles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed CAN Gabriela Dabrowski CHN Xu Yifan 16 1 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands CZE Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková 33 2 SLO Andreja Klepač ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 42 3 CZE Barbora Krejčíková CZE Kateřina Siniaková 44 4 - 1 Rankings as of March 19, 2018. ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [Lara Arruabarrena](/source/Lara_Arruabarrena) / [Sara Errani](/source/Sara_Errani) - [Misaki Doi](/source/Misaki_Doi) / [Christina McHale](/source/Christina_McHale) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bertens wins twice Sunday, and saves match point, for Charleston title"](https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/bertens-wins-twice-sunday-and-saves-match-point-for-charleston-title). *Tennis.com*. April 8, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Pete Iacobelli (April 8, 2018). ["Bertens powers past Goerges to win Charleston title"](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/8/bertens-tops-keys-to-reach-volvo-car-open-final/). *Washington Times*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Courtney Nguyen (April 9, 2018). ["Champions Corner: Bertens' clay love comes through in Charleston"](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/1443289/champions-corner-bertens-clay-love-comes-through-in-charleston). *WTA*. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.volvocaropen.com/) - [WTA tournament draws](https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2018/804.pdf) v t e Hilton Head / Charleston WTA Tournaments 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 (VC) (MH) 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 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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