2018 Kremlin Cup

The 2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 23rd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was the last tournament for now to be held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.^[1][2]

2018 Kremlin Cup
Date	15–21 October
Edition	29th (men) / 23rd (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Moscow, Russia
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Karen Khachanov
Women's singles
Daria Kasatkina
Men's doubles
Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram
Women's doubles
Alexandra Panova / Laura Siegemund

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Marco Cecchinato	21	1
RUS	Daniil Medvedev	22	2
RUS	Karen Khachanov	27	3
SRB	Filip Krajinović	35	4
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	38	5
BIH	Damir Džumhur	39	6
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	41	7
SVK	Martin Kližan	45	8

• Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Karen Khachanov
• Nick Kyrgios
• Evgeny Karlovskiy

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexander Bublik
• Egor Gerasimov
• Filip Horanský
• Lukáš Rosol

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Ričardas Berankis

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jérémy Chardy → replaced by Ričardas Berankis
• Pablo Cuevas → replaced by Laslo Đere
• João Sousa → replaced by Evgeny Donskoy

During the tournament

• Nick Kyrgios

Retirements

• Denis Istomin

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHI	Julio Peralta	ARG	Horacio Zeballos	71	1
USA	Austin Krajicek	USA	Rajeev Ram	93	2
BLR	Max Mirnyi	AUT	Philipp Oswald	100	3
POL	Marcin Matkowski	USA	Nicholas Monroe	133	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Evgeny Donskoy / Ivan Gakhov
• Evgeny Karlovskiy / Daniil Medvedev

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Karen Khachanov
• Nick Kyrgios

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep	1	1
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	2
USA	Sloane Stephens	8	3
NED	Kiki Bertens	10	4
LAT	Anastasija Sevastova	12	5
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	14	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	15	7
EST	Anett Kontaveit	21	8

• Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Simona Halep
• Anna Kalinskaya
• Anastasia Potapova
• Sloane Stephens

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Ons Jabeur
• Irina Khromacheva
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva
• Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Vitalia Diatchenko
• Valentini Grammatikopoulou

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
• Danielle Collins → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova
• Simona Halep → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou
• Kaia Kanepi → replaced by Yulia Putintseva
• Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Vitalia Diatchenko
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Irina-Camelia Begu

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	50	1
USA	Raquel Atawo	GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	59	2
POL	Alicja Rosolska	USA	Abigail Spears	60	3
GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	NED	Demi Schuurs	79	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Nigina Abduraimova / Anna Kalinskaya

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Olga Doroshina / Polina Monova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ana Bogdan

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2018 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

• Karen Khachanov def. Adrian Mannarino, 6–2, 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 2018 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

• Daria Kasatkina def. Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2018 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

• Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram def. Max Mirnyi / Philipp Oswald, 7–6^(7–4), 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2018 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

• Alexandra Panova / Laura Siegemund def. Darija Jurak / Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 7–6^(7–2)