2018 Bucharest Open

The 2018 BRD Bucharest Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and part of the International category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was held from 16 to 22 July 2018 at the Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania.^[1][2]

2018 Bucharest Open
Date	16–22 July
Edition	5th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Bucharest, Romania
Venue	Arenele BNR
Champions
Singles
Anastasija Sevastova
Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu / Andreea Mitu

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	21	1
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	28	2
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	36	3
CRO	Petra Martić	43	4
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	51	5
ROU	Ana Bogdan	59	6
FRA	Pauline Parmentier	63	7
SLO	Polona Hercog	64	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 2 July 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Miriam Bulgaru
• Andreea Roșca
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Laura Siegemund

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Irina Bara
• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Claire Liu
• Rebecca Šramková

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sara Errani → replaced by Ons Jabeur
• Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Jasmine Paolini
• Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by Vera Zvonareva

Retirements

• Polona Hercog

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	ROU	Raluca Olaru	82	1
AUS	Monique Adamczak	AUS	Jessica Moore	127	2
ROU	Irina Bara	GER	Nicola Geuer	171	3
BLR	Lidziya Marozava	NED	Arantxa Rus	178	4

• Rankings are as of July 2, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Andreea Mitu
• Anna Bondár / Miriam Bulgaru

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2018 Bucharest Open – Singles

• Anastasija Sevastova def. Petra Martić, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Bucharest Open – Doubles

• Irina-Camelia Begu / Andreea Mitu def. Danka Kovinić / Maryna Zanevska 6–3, 6–4