The 2018 Ladies Open Lugano (also known as the 2018 Samsung Open presented by Cornèr for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on clay courts at TC Lido Lugano. It was the second edition of the tournament (the first to take place in Lugano) and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 9 April through 15 April 2018.
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1Women's singles2801801106030118121Women's doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1Women'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
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedKristina Mladenovic191Elise Mertens202Carla Suárez Navarro233Anett Kontaveit284Svetlana Kuznetsova295Alizé Cornet376Mihaela Buzărnescu397Aliaksandra Sasnovich498Alison Van Uytvanck519 1 Rankings are as of 2 April 2018.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Svetlana Kuznetsova Jil Teichmann Stefanie Vögele
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Mandy Minella
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexandra Cadanțu Kathinka von Deichmann Richèl Hogenkamp Tamara Korpatsch Danka Kovinić Vera Lapko
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Magdalena Fręch
Withdrawals Before the tournament Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Polona Hercog Kiki Bertens → replaced by Mandy Minella Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Hsieh Su-wei Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Yulia Putintseva Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Laura Siegemund Maria Sakkari → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
Retirements Kristina Mladenovic Laura Siegemund
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedKirsten FlipkensElise Mertens751Alicja RosolskaAbigail Spears832Raluca OlaruAnna Smith973Monique AdamczakXenia Knoll1164 1 Rankings are as of 2 April 2018.
Other entrants The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw: Amandine Hesse / Kristina Mladenovic
The following pair received entry as alternates: Réka-Luca Jani / Danka Kovinić
Withdrawals Before the tournament Kristina Mladenovic
Champions
Singles
Elise Mertens def. Aryna Sabalenka, 7–5, 6–2
Doubles
Kirsten Flipkens / Elise Mertens def. Vera Lapko / Aryna Sabalenka, 6–1, 6–3
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