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 is 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 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 
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 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 
Singles main-draw entrants
    
    Seeds
    
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  ESP | |||
|  USA | |||
|  USA | Venus Williams | 14 | 3 | 
| .svg.png.webp) 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:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
    
 Catherine Bellis → replaced by Catherine Bellis → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
 Polona Hercog → replaced by Polona Hercog → replaced by Sofia Kenin Sofia Kenin
 Madison Keys → replaced by Madison Keys → replaced by Magdalena Fręch Magdalena Fręch
 Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Garbiñe Muguruza → replaced by Anna Blinkova Anna Blinkova
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Heather Watson Heather Watson
 Maria Sharapova → replaced by Maria Sharapova → replaced by Victoria Azarenka Victoria Azarenka
 CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by CoCo Vandeweghe → replaced by Christina McHale Christina McHale
Retirements
    
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:
Finals
    
    Singles
    
 Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Mihaela Buzărnescu defeated Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0 Maria Sakkari, 6–1, 6–0
Doubles
    
 Latisha Chan / Latisha Chan / Květa Peschke defeated Květa Peschke defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok / Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1 Nadiia Kichenok, 6–4, 6–1
References
    
- "Stanford moves to San Jose for 2018". Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- "Garbiñe Muguruza Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- "Venus Williams Joins Player Field". www.mubadalasvc.com. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

