The 2018

Nürnberger Versicherungscup The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this WTA International tournaments, International-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts. Tournament history The ...

was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the 6th edition of the tournament, and part of the

2018 WTA Tour The 2018 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2018 tennis season. The 2018 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the Inte ...

. It took place in

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, Germany, between 21 and 26 May 2018.

Points and prize money

Prize money

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of May 14, 2018.

Other entrants

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

Katharina Hobgarski Katharina Hobgarski (born 18 June 1997) is a German tennis player. So far, she has won 14 singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 January 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 189. On 29 July 2024, she pea ...

Andrea Petkovic Andrea Petkovic (, ; born 9 September 1987) is a German former professional tennis player. Born in Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian father Zoran and Bosniak mother Amira, she moved to Germany at six months old and turned professional in 2006 ...

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

The following players using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: *

Zheng Saisai Zheng Saisai or Zheng Sai-Sai (; born 5 February 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 34, achieved on 2 March 2020, and a doubles ranking of No. 15, achieved on 11 July 2016. In her career, she wo ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

Mandy Minella Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a Luxembourgish politician and former professional tennis player. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles ...

Nadia Podoroska Nadia Natacha Podoroska (; born 10 February 1997) is an Argentine professional tennis player. On 12 July 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 36, and on 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 62 in the WTA doubles rankings. Podor ...

Dejana Radanović Dejana Radanović ( sr-cyr, Дејана Радановић; born 14 May 1996) is a Serbian tennis player. Radanović has won 12 singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 2 July 2018, she reached her best WTA singl ...

Fanny Stollár Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. On 19 May 2025, she peaked at world No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 19 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 114. Stollár has won four doubles tit ...

Anna Zaja Anna Zaja (born 25 June 1991) is a retired German tennis player. Zaja has won six singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of profess ...

Withdrawals

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Ana Bogdan Ana Bogdan (born 25 November 1992) is a Romanian professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she peaked at No. 39 in the WTA rankings in July 2023. Bogdan had a successful junior career, reaching world No. 2 on 5 January 20 ...

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Verónica Cepede Royg Verónica Cepede Royg (; born 21 January 1992) is a Paraguayan former tennis player. On 7 August 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 73. Her best doubles ranking is No. 85, achieved on 19 September 2016. Cepede Royg has wo ...

Polona Hercog Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had ...

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Christina McHale Christina Maria McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are world No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New Yor ...

Retirements

Irina-Camelia Begu Irina-Camelia Begu (born 26 August 1990) is a Romanian tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA ranking, WTA singles ranking of world No. 22 , in August 2016. Two years later, she reached her highest ranking in doubles, also No. 22. She is ...

Sorana Cîrstea Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-best ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of May 14, 2018.

Other entrants

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

Katharina Gerlach Katharina Gerlach (born 19 February 1998) is a German inactive tennis player. She has won four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 April 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 217. On 2 July 2018, she pe ...

Lena Rüffer Lena Papadakis (née Rüffer; born 23 August 1998) is a German tennis player. Papadakis has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 250, achieved in January 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 121, reached in October 20 ...

Jule Niemeier Jule Niemeier (born 12 August 1999) is a German professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 61, achieved on 7 November 2022. Career 2018–2019: WTA debut She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcar ...

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Champions

Singles

Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankin ...

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Alison Riske Alison Riske-Amritraj (née Riske; born July 3, 1990) is an inactive American tennis player. She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in November 2019 and won her first WTA Tour title in October 2014, at the Tianjin Open. S ...

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Doubles

Demi Schuurs Demi Schuurs (; born 1 August 1993) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. ...

Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...

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Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian tennis coach and a former professional player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA T ...

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References

External links

Official website
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