The 2018

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was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the first edition of the event and part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the National Tennis Center in Moscow, Russia from 23 through 29 July 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*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: *

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* Varvara Flink * Valentini Grammatikopoulou *

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The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Irina Bara * Olga Danilović

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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→ replaced by Irina Bara * Mihaela Buzărnescu → replaced by Viktoriya Tomova * Sara Errani → replaced by

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* Polona Hercog → replaced by Vera Zvonareva *

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→ replaced by Olga Danilović *

Yulia Putintseva Yulia Antonovna Putintseva ( rus, Ю́лия Анто́новна Пути́нцева; , ''puh-TEEN-tseh-vah''; born 7 January 1995) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. She is a three-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist (twic ...

→ replaced by Tamara Zidanšek *

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→ replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova ;During the tournament * Anastasija Sevastova

Retirements

* Tamara Zidanšek

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of July 16, 2018.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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* 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

References

;General
Official website
;Specific {{2018 WTA Tour

Moscow River Cup 2018 in Russian tennis

2018 in Moscow