title: 2018 Moscow River Cup
text: # 2018 Moscow River Cup
  
  The 2018 Moscow River Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place at the National Tennis Center in Moscow, Russia from 23 through 29 July 2018.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | GER | Julia Görges | 10 | 1 |
  | RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 13 | 2 |
  | LAT | Anastasija Sevastova | 22 | 3 |
  | CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 36 | 4 |
  | BLR | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 41 | 5 |
  | ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 42 | 6 |
  | FRA | Alizé Cornet | 48 | 7 |
  | EST | Kaia Kanepi | 51 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of July 16, 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Antonia Lottner
  * Anastasia Potapova
  
  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:
  
  * Paula Badosa Gibert
  * Deborah Chiesa
  * Varvara Flink
  * Valentini Grammatikopoulou
  * Valentyna Ivakhnenko
  * Martina Trevisan
  
  The following players received entry as lucky losers:
  
  * Irina Bara
  * Olga Danilović
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Irina Bara
  * Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova
  * Sara Errani → replaced by Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
  * Polona Hercog → replaced by Vera Zvonareva
  * Petra Martić → replaced by Olga Danilović
  * Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Tamara Zidanšek
  * Elena Vesnina → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Anastasija Sevastova
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Tamara Zidanšek
  
  ## Doubles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | SUI | Xenia Knoll | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 87 | 1 |
  | RUS | Veronika Kudermetova | BLR | Lidziya Marozava | 117 | 2 |
  | AUS | Monique Adamczak | AUS | Jessica Moore | 129 | 3 |
  | RUS | Natela Dzalamidze | AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | 132 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of July 16, 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Sofya Lansere / Elena Rybakina
  * Polina Monova / Maryna Zanevska
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Olga Danilović def. Anastasia Potapova, 7–5, $6–7^{(1–7)},$ 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Anastasia Potapova / Vera Zvonareva def. Alexandra Panova / Galina Voskoboeva, 6–0, 6–3
  