From Seoul, South Korea, September 2018

1. Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, China

ABOUT

The 2018 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2018 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 23–29, 2018. It is the 5th edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2018 WTA Tour. The tournament is held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

POINTS

Winner - 900 / Runner-up - 585 / Semifinalists - 350 / Quarter-finalists - 190

Round of 16 - 105 / Round of 32 - 60 / Round of 64 - 1

SEEDS

Except seed no 16, Asleigh Barty, all the other seeds were eliminated before the quarter-finals, at the date this article was published.

FINALISTS

Anett Kontaveit (Estonia, left) lost to Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus, right) in two sets, score 3-6 3-6.

 WINNER 

Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) is having a great second half of the year

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Caroline Garcia (France) defeated Asleigh Barty (Australia) in the final

2017 Final Highlights

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2016 WINNER: Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) defeated Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)

2015 WINNER: Venus Williams (USA) defeated Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

2014 WINNER: Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) defeated Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)

2. Tashkent Open, Uzbeckistan

ABOUT

The 2018 Tashkent Open is a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the 20th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2018 WTA Tour. It takes place at the Olympic Tennis School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, between September 24 and 29, 2018.

POINTS

Winner - 280 / Runner-up - 180 / Semifinalists - 110 / Quarter-finalists - 60

Round of 16 - 30 / Round of 32 - 1

SEEDS

FINALISTS

Margarita Gasparyan (Russia) defeated Anastasia Potapova (Russia) in two sets, 6-6 6-1

 WINNER 

Margarita Gasparyan (Russia)

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) defeated Timea Babos (Hungary)

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From Seoul, South Korea, August 2018

Connecticut Open, New Heaven, USA

ABOUT

The 2018 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2018 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It iss the 50th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It takes place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 19 through August 25. It is the last event of the 2018 US Open Series before the 2018 US Open.

POINT SYSTEM

Winner - 470

Runner-up - 305

Semifinalists - 185

Quarter-finalists - 100

Round of 16 - 55

Round of 32 - 1

SEEDS

FINALISTS

Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) and Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain)

Score: 6-1 , 6-4

WINNER 

Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Daria Gavrilova (right, Australia)

2016 WINNER: Agnieszka Radwanska (right, Poland)

2013 WINNER: Simona Halep (Romania)

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From Seoul, South Korea, August 2018

Western and Southern Open, Cincinnati (Ohio), USA

ABOUT

The 2018 Western & Southern Open is a men's and women's tennis tournament currently being played on outdoor hard courts from August 13–19, 2018. It is a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2018 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2018 WTA Tour.^[1][2] The tournament is one of two headline events in the 2018 US Open Series. The 2018 tournament is the 117th men's edition and the 90th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters and takes place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in the United States.

POINT SYSTEM

Winner - 900

Runner-up - 585

Semifinalists - 350

Quarter-finalists - 190

Round of 16 - 105

Round of 32 - 60

Round of 64 - 1

SEEDS

FINALISTS

Simona Halep (Romania) and Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)

Simona Halep played her consecutive final at a Premier 5 tournament. It was a tough tournament, with rainy days and delayed mathches. Simona had to play 2 matches in one day, in the same way she did a week earlier when she won the title in Montreal.

Score:  6-2 , 6(6)-7(8) , 2-6

 WINNER 

Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)

FINAL HIGHLIGHTS

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2017 WINNER: Garbine Muguruza (right, Spain)

2017 Final Highlights

2016 WINNER: Karolina Pliskova (right, Czech Republic)

2015 WINNER: Serena Williams (right, USA)

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From Seoul, South Korea, April 2018

1. Claro Open Colsanitas, Bogota, Colombia

FINALISTS:

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) defeats Lara Arruabarena (Spain), 6-2 6-4

WINNER:

Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia)

2017 winner:

Francesca Schiavone, Italy

2. Samsung Open, Lugano, Switzerland

FINALISTS: 

Aryna Sabalenka (right) from Belarus and Elise Mertens from Belgium

Score: 6-1 6-3

WINNER:

Elise Mertens from Belgium

2017 Winner:

 Marketa Vondrousova, Czech

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