2018 Silicon Valley Classic

The 2018 Silicon Valley Classic (also known as the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 47th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place between 30 July and 5 August 2018 and was the first time the tournament is held in San Jose, California, following a move from Stanford.^[1] It was the first women's event on the 2018 US Open Series.

2018 Silicon Valley Classic
Date	30 July – 5 August
Edition	47th
Category	WTA Premier
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$753,000
Surface	Hard
Location	San Jose, California, United States
Venue	San José State University Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Mihaela Buzărnescu
Doubles
Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$128,100	$68,280	$37,330	$21,330	$10,670	$6,990	$3,225	$1,810
Women's doubles	$40,300	$21,330	$11,735	$5,975	$3,240	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	7	1
USA	Madison Keys	12	2
USA	Venus Williams	14	3
BEL	Elise Mertens	15	4
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	24	5
USA	Serena Williams	27	6
CHN	Zhang Shuai	32	7
HUN	Tímea Babos	39	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ashley Kratzer
• Claire Liu
• Garbiñe Muguruza^[2]
• Venus Williams^[3]

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Serena Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Amanda Anisimova
• Verónica Cepede Royg
• Georgina García Pérez
• Danielle Lao

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Anna Blinkova
• Magdalena Fręch

Withdrawals

• Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Sofia Kenin
• Madison Keys → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
• Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Anna Blinkova
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Heather Watson
• Maria Sharapova → replaced by Victoria Azarenka
• CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Christina McHale

Retirements

• Victoria Azarenka

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Latisha Chan	CZE	Květa Peschke	17	1
ROU	Mihaela Buzărnescu	GBR	Heather Watson	80	2
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	84	3
JPN	Miyu Kato	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	92	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 23, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the main draw:

• Tamara Culibrk / Sybille Gauvain

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Aryna Sabalenka

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Singles

• Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0

Doubles

Main article: 2018 Silicon Valley Classic – Doubles

• Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1