title: 2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
text: # 2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
  
  The 2018 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2018 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 30 April and 5 May 2018.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
  | Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
  | Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | BEL | Elise Mertens | 17 | 1 |
  | SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 33 | 2 |
  | CRO | Petra Martić | 36 | 3 |
  | HUN | Tímea Babos | 38 | 4 |
  | SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 46 | 5 |
  | KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 52 | 6 |
  | SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | 53 | 7 |
  | TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 59 | 8 |
  
  * Rankings are as of April 23, 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Timea Bacsinszky
  * Diae El Jardi
  * Katarina Zavatska
  
  The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
  
  * Kristína Kučová
  * Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Paula Badosa Gibert
  * Fiona Ferro
  * Sílvia Soler Espinosa
  * Tamara Zidanšek
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Alexandra Dulgheru
  * Magdalena Fręch
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Magdalena Fręch
  * Catherine Bellis → replaced by Christina McHale
  * Kateryna Bondarenko → replaced by Sara Errani
  * Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
  * Tatjana Maria → replaced by Kristína Kučová
  * Maria Sakkari → replaced by Jana Fett
  
  ### Retirements
  
  * Paula Badosa Gibert
  * Laura Siegemund
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CZE | Barbora Krejčíková | GBR | Anna Smith | 75 | 1 |
  | POL | Alicja Rosolska | USA | Abigail Spears | 88 | 2 |
  | AUS | Monique Adamczak | SUI | Xenia Knoll | 122 | 3 |
  | GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | NED | Bibiane Schoofs | 155 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of April 23, 2018.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Oumaima Aziz / Diae El Jardi
  * Sada Nahimana / Sandra Samir
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Elise Mertens def. Ajla Tomljanović, 6–2, $7–6^{(7–4)}$
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Anna Blinkova / Raluca Olaru def. Georgina García Pérez / Fanny Stollár, 6–4, 6–4
  