# 2018 Connecticut Open

The 2018 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2018 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 50th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 19 through August 25. It was the last event of the 2018 US Open Series before the 2018 US Open.

## Points
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32$^1$ | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $132,740 | $70,880 | $37,850 | $20,350 | $10,915 | $6,925 | $3,110 | $1,650 | $920 |
| Doubles* | $41,520 | $22,180 | $12,120 | $6,165 | $3,350 | — | — | — | — |
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## Singles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 1 | 1 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 5 | 2 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 3 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 8 | 4 |
| GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 5 |
| AUS | Ashleigh Barty | 16 | 6 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 17 | 7 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 8 |
| AUS | Daria Gavrilova | 23 | 9 |
* Rankings are as of August 13, 2018

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Danielle Collins
* Simona Halep
* Karolína Plíšková
* CoCo Vandeweghe
The following players received entry using protected rankings:
* Timea Bacsinszky
* Laura Siegemund
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Ana Bogdan
* Zarina Diyas
* Camila Giorgi
* Monica Puig
* Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Dayana Yastremska
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
* Belinda Bencic
* Pauline Parmentier
* Samantha Stosur

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ashleigh Barty → replaced by Samantha Stosur
* Kiki Bertens → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
* Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu
* Simona Halep → replaced by Belinda Bencic
* Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Maria Sakkari

#### During the tournament

* Johanna Konta

### Retirements

* Petra Kvitová
* Monica Puig
* CoCo Vandeweghe

## Doubles main-draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
| CZE | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 15 | 1 |
| NED | Demi Schuurs | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 38 | 2 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 41 | 3 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 57 | 4 |
* Rankings are as of 13 August 2018

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
* Desirae Krawczyk / Sachia Vickery
* Karolína Plíšková / Kristýna Plíšková
The following pairs received entry as alternates:
* Monique Adamczak / Oksana Kalashnikova
* Kirsten Flipkens / Alison Van Uytvanck

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Johanna Konta
* CoCo Vandeweghe

### Retirements

* Demi Schuurs

## Finals
### Singles

* Aryna Sabalenka defeated Carla Suárez Navarro, 6–1, 6–4

### Doubles

* Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková / Barbora Strýcová defeated Hsieh Su-wei / Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, [10–4]