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s. It was the 33rd edition of the women's event, and the 42nd edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in

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, New Zealand, from 1 to 7 January 2018 for the women, and from 8 to 13 January 2018 for the men.

Finals

Men's singles

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defeated

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, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Women's singles

* Julia Görges defeated

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, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Men's doubles

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defeated

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/ Philipp Oswald, 6–4, 5–7, 0–7

Women's doubles

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/ Bibiane Schoofs defeated Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato, 7–5, 6–1

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹ Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of January 1, 2018.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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* Michael Venus *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Radu Albot * Rogério Dutra Silva *

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The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Liam Caruana *

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* Lukáš Lacko *

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Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

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→ replaced by

* Ryan Harrison → replaced by Liam Caruana *

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→ replaced by

* Andrey Rublev → replaced by Lukáš Lacko

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of January 1, 2018.

Other entrants

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

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* Jack Sock / Jackson Withrow The following pair received entry as alternates: * Radu Albot /

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

;During the tournament *

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WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

* Sofia Kenin * Jade Lewis The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ysaline Bonaventure *

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* Viktória Kužmová * Sachia Vickery

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of December 25, 2017.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Paige Mary Hourigan /

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* Hsieh Shu-ying / Jade Lewis

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:ASB Classic, 2018 2018 ATP World Tour 2018 WTA Tour

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