2018 İstanbul Cup

Not to be confused with 2018 Istanbul Open.

The 2018 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 11th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 23 through 29 April 2018.

2018 İstanbul Cup
Date	23–29 April
Edition	11th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Pauline Parmentier
Doubles
Liang Chen / Zhang Shuai

Points and prize money

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	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
DEN	Caroline Wozniacki	2	1
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	28	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	29	3
CHN	Zhang Shuai	30	4
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	32	5
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	34	6
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	38	7
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	47	8

• Rankings are as of April 16, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ayla Aksu
• Çağla Büyükakçay
• İpek Öz

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Valentyna Ivakhnenko
• Dalila Jakupović
• Anna Kalinskaya
• Danka Kovinić
• Arantxa Rus
• Viktoriya Tomova

Withdrawals

• Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by Christina McHale
• Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Tatjana Maria → replaced by Sara Errani
• Naomi Osaka → replaced by Polona Hercog

Retirements

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Agnieszka Radwańska
• Caroline Wozniacki

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	109	1
NED	Bibiane Schoofs	CZE	Renata Voráčová	123	2
SUI	Xenia Knoll	GBR	Anna Smith	123	3
SLO	Dalila Jakupović	RUS	Irina Khromacheva	123	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 16, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ayla Aksu / Harriet Dart
• İpek Öz / Melis Sezer

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Kateryna Bondarenko

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 İstanbul Cup – Singles

• Pauline Parmentier def. Polona Hercog, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3^[1]

Doubles

Main article: 2018 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

• Liang Chen / Zhang Shuai def. Xenia Knoll / Anna Smith, 6–4, 6–4^[1]