| 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 | ||||
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The2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the2018VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was atennis tournament played on indoorhard courts. It was the 29th edition of theKremlin Cup for the men and the 23rd edition for the women. The tournament was part of theATP World Tour 250 Series of the2018 ATP World Tour, and of thePremier Series of the2018 WTA Tour. It was the last tournament for now to be held at theOlympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.[1][2]
| 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 | |||
 SVK | Martin Kližan | 45 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Jérémy Chardy → replaced by
Ričardas Berankis
Pablo Cuevas → replaced byLaslo Đere
João Sousa → replaced byEvgeny Donskoy| 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 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 ROU | |||
 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 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Dominika Cibulková → replaced byAjla TomljanovićDanielle Collins → replaced byEkaterina MakarovaSimona Halep → replaced by
Valentini GrammatikopoulouKaia Kanepi → replaced by
Yulia PutintsevaAryna Sabalenka → replaced byVitalia DiatchenkoBarbora Strýcová → replaced byIrina-Camelia Begu| 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 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Karen Khachanov def.Adrian Mannarino, 6–2, 6–2Daria Kasatkina def.
Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4Austin Krajicek /Rajeev Ram def.Max Mirnyi /Philipp Oswald, 7–6(7–4), 6–4Alexandra Panova /Laura Siegemund def.
Darija Jurak /Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)