2018 Kremlin Cup

The 2018 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2018 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 23rd edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2018 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2018 WTA Tour. It was the last tournament for now to be held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 15 October through 21 October 2018.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Karlovskiy

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇰🇿 Alexander Bublik
 * 🇧🇾 Egor Gerasimov
 * 🇸🇰 Filip Horanský
 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy → replaced by 🇱🇹 Ričardas Berankis
 * Pablo Cuevas → replaced by 🇷🇸 Laslo Đere
 * João Sousa → replaced by 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy


 * During the tournament
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios

Retirements

 * 🇺🇿 Denis Istomin

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy / 🇷🇺 Ivan Gakhov
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Karlovskiy / 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Potapova
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur
 * 🇷🇺 Irina Khromacheva
 * 🇷🇺 Natalia Vikhlyantseva
 * 🇷🇺 Vera Zvonareva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko
 * Valentini Grammatikopoulou

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková → replaced by 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanović
 * 🇺🇸 Danielle Collins → replaced by 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep → replaced by Valentini Grammatikopoulou
 * 🇪🇪 Kaia Kanepi → replaced by 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva
 * 🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová → replaced by 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 8, 2018

Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇿 Nigina Abduraimova / 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇷🇺 Olga Doroshina / 🇷🇺 Polina Monova

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan

Men's singles

 * 🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov def. 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino, 6–2, 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina def. 🇹🇳 Ons Jabeur, 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

Men's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Austin Krajicek / 🇺🇸 Rajeev Ram def. 🇧🇾 Max Mirnyi / 🇦🇹 Philipp Oswald, 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Women's doubles

 * 🇷🇺 Alexandra Panova / 🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund def. Darija Jurak / 🇷🇴 Raluca Olaru, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)