PREVIEW NOTES: COUPE BANQUE NATIONALE PRÉSENTÉE PAR IGA QUÉBEC CITY, CAN | SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2018 | USD $250,000
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QUÉBEC CITY QUICK FACTS Main draw dates: Monday - Sunday, September 10-16, 2018 Singles Final: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 11:00am Doubles Final: Sunday, September 16, 2018, following singles final Venue: PEPS Laval University Campus Status: WTA International event Staging: Tournament’s 26th year Draw sizes: 32 singles / 16 doubles teams / 24 singles qualifying Surface: Uniturf / Indoors Total prize money: USD $250,000 Tennis Ball: Wilson US Open (Regular Duty) 2017 Singles Final: [7] Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) d. [3] Timea Babos (HUN) 5-7 6-4 6-1 2017 Doubles Final: [1] Timea Babos/Andrea Hlavackova (HUN/CZE) d. Bianca Andreescu/Carson Branstine (CAN/CAN) 6-3 6-1
PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINTS BREAKDOWN
RANK RANK SINGLES USD $ DOUBLES USD $ POINTS POINTS Winner 43,000 280 Winner 12,300 280 Runner-Up 21,400 180 Runner-Up 6,400 180 Semifinalist 11,500 110 Semifinalist 3,435 110 Quarterfinalist 6,175 60 Quarterfinalist 1,820 60 Round of 16 3,400 30 Round of 16 960 1 Round of 32 2,100 1
RECENT PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP
YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2017 Alison Van Uytvanck Timea Babos 2016 Océane Dodin Lauren Davis 2015 Annika Beck Jelena Ostapenko 2014 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni Venus Williams 2013 Lucie Safarova Marina Erakovic 2012 Kirsten Flipkens Lucie Hradecka 2011 Barbora Strycova Marina Erakovic 2010 Tamira Paszek Bethanie Mattek-Sands If highlighted denotes competing in 2018 Coupe Banque Nationale main draw Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA
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MAIN DRAW QUICK HITS Singles wildcards: Françoise Abanda (CAN), Leylah Fernandez (CAN), Rebecca Marino (CAN) Youngest singles player: Leylah Fernandez, 16 (September 6, 2002) Oldest singles player: Pauline Parmentier, 32 (January 31, 1986) Injury withdrawals: Danielle Collins (abdominal), Vitalia Diatchenko (abdominal), Margarita Gasparyan (left knee), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ankle) Main draw debutantes: Kristie Ahn (USA), Marie Bouzkova (CZE), Victoria Duval (USA), Leylah Fernandez (CAN), Georgina García Pérez (ESP), Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA), Ons Jabeur (TUN), Veronika Kudermetova (RUS), Monica Niculescu (ROU), Pauline Parmentier (FRA), Kristyna Pliskova (CZE), Monica Puig (PUR), Aryna Sabalenka (BLR), Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
TOURNAMENT TALKING POINTS • Former Top 10 player Lucie Safarova is the only former champion returning to the Coupe Banque Nationale • Top seed Aryna Sabalenka begins her campaign against Varvara Lepchenko, while No.2 seed Petra Martic faces Naomi Broady in the first round • Both players are in fine form, Sabalenka winning 12 of her past 14 matches, while Martic is fresh from a title run at the WTA 125K Series event in Chicago last week • One To Watch – Sofia Kenin is the highest-ranked of three teenagers in the draw this week in Canada, where she will look to continue her charge towards the Top 50. After reaching the quarter-final in her first event of the campaign at Auckland, the young American has maintained the winning habit, her recent third-round run at the US Open improving her win-loss record to 30-20.
TOP FOUR SEEDS’ PREVIOUS TOURNAMENT HISTORY PLAYER TOURNAMENT HISTORY WIN-LOSS WIN % [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) Tournament debut - - [2] Petra Martic (CRO) 2r (2): 2012 (l. Tatishvili), 2013 (l. 2-2 .500 Mlandenovic) [3] Monica Puig (PUR) Tournament debut - -
[4] Monica Niculescu (ROU) Tournament debut - -
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COUNTRY BREAKDOWN A total of 16 countries are represented in the main draw, led by the USA with seven players:
Belarus (2) Aryna Sabalenka, Olga Govortsova Brazil (1) Beatriz Haddad Maia Bulgaria (1) Sesil Karatantcheva Canada (4) Françoise Abanda, Gabriela Dabrowski, Leylah Fernandez, Rebecca Marino Croatia (1) Petra Martic Czech Republic (4) Marie Bouzkova, Tereza Martincova, Kristyna Pliskova, Lucie Safarova France (1) Pauline Parmentier Germany (2) Mona Barthel, Tatjana Maria Great Britain (2) Naomi Broady, Heather Watson Puerto Rico (1) Monica Puig Romania (1) Monica Niculescu Russia (2) Veronika Kudermetova, Evgeniya Rodina, Spain (1) Georgina García Pérez Tunisia (1) Ons Jabeur Ukraine (1) Dayana Yastremska USA (7) Madison Brengle, Victoria Duval, Sofia Kenin, Varvara Lepchenko, Christina McHale, Jessica Pegula, Sachia Vickery
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