2018 WTA Tour

2018 WTA Tour
Details
Duration	1 January – 4 November 2018
Edition	48th
Tournaments	58
Categories	Grand Slam (4) ; WTA Finals; WTA Premier Mandatory (4) ; WTA Premier 5 (5) ; WTA Premier (12) ; WTA International (31) ; WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Petra Kvitová (5)
Most tournament finals	Simona Halep (6)
Prize money leader	Simona Halep ($6,267,700)
Points leader	Simona Halep (6,900)
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Caroline Wozniacki won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open by defeating Simona Halep in the final and returned to the WTA no. 1 singles ranking for the first time since 2012. Halep then went on to win her first major at the French Open on her fourth appearance at a Grand Slam final, defeating Sloane Stephens in three sets. Angelique Kerber won her third Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Serena Williams in the final and becoming the first German since Steffi Graf in 1996 to lift the trophy.

The 2018 WTA Tour is 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 tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF); the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier); the WTA International tournaments; the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF) and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2018 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.^[1]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2018 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International
Team events

January

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 1	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)	Switzerland 2–1	Germany	Round robin (Group A) Belgium Australia Canada	Round robin (Group B) United States Russia Japan
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier $1,000,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elina Svitolina 6–2, 6–1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková	Aleksandra Krunić Alizé Cornet Johanna Konta Kaia Kanepi
		Kiki Bertens Demi Schuurs 7–5, 6–2	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková	Aleksandra Krunić Alizé Cornet Johanna Konta Kaia Kanepi
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International $750,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 6–1, 2–6, 6–0	Kateřina Siniaková	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sharapova	Aryna Sabalenka Tímea Babos Zarina Diyas Kristýna Plíšková
		Irina-Camelia Begu Simona Halep 1–6, 6–1, [10–8]	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sharapova	Aryna Sabalenka Tímea Babos Zarina Diyas Kristýna Plíšková
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Julia Görges 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	Caroline Wozniacki	Sachia Vickery Hsieh Su-wei	Sofia Kenin Agnieszka Radwańska Barbora Strýcová Polona Hercog
		Sara Errani Bibiane Schoofs 7–5, 6–1	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	Sachia Vickery Hsieh Su-wei
January 8	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 30S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–4	Ashleigh Barty	Daria Gavrilova Camila Giorgi	Garbiñe Muguruza Barbora Strýcová Agnieszka Radwańska Dominika Cibulková
		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 6–1	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	Daria Gavrilova Camila Giorgi
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elise Mertens 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Lesia Tsurenko Heather Watson	Aryna Sabalenka Alison Riske Donna Vekić Monica Niculescu
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 6–2, 6–2	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	Lesia Tsurenko Heather Watson	Aryna Sabalenka Alison Riske Donna Vekić Monica Niculescu
January 15 January 22	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam A$25,036,000 – Hard 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 6–4	Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Elise Mertens	Karolína Plíšková Madison Keys Elina Svitolina Carla Suárez Navarro
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–3	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
		Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić 2–6, 6–4, [11–9]	Tímea Babos Rohan Bopanna
January 29	St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–2	Kristina Mladenovic	Daria Kasatkina Julia Görges	Caroline Wozniacki Kateřina Siniaková Elena Rybakina Jeļena Ostapenko
		Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva 2–6, 6–1, [10–3]	Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik	Daria Kasatkina Julia Görges
	Taiwan Open Taipei, Taiwan WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Tímea Babos 7–5, 6–1	Kateryna Kozlova	Wang Yafan Sabine Lisicki	Eugenie Bouchard Magda Linette Monica Niculescu Yulia Putintseva
		Duan Yingying Wang Yafan 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)	Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova	Wang Yafan Sabine Lisicki

February

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 5	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Minsk, Belarus – Hard (i) Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i) La Roche-sur-Yon, France – Hard (i) Asheville, United States – Hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Germany 3–2 Czech Republic 3–1 France 3–2 United States 3–1	Quarterfinals losers Belarus Switzerland Belgium Netherlands
February 12	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 $3,198,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Garbiñe Muguruza	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep	Angelique Kerber Julia Görges Caroline Garcia Catherine Bellis
February 12		Gabriela Dabrowski Jeļena Ostapenko 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep
February 19	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier $2,623,485 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elina Svitolina 6–4, 6–0	Daria Kasatkina	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Caroline Garcia
		Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–2, [10–6]	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza	Naomi Osaka Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Caroline Garcia
	Hungarian Ladies Open Budapest, Hungary WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Alison Van Uytvanck 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Dominika Cibulková	Mona Barthel Viktória Kužmová	Johanna Larsson Ysaline Bonaventure Petra Martić Zhang Shuai
		Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár 4–6, 6–4, [10–3]	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	Mona Barthel Viktória Kužmová
February 26	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Lesia Tsurenko 5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2	Stefanie Vögele	Rebecca Peterson Daria Gavrilova	Sloane Stephens Zhang Shuai Verónica Cepede Royg Kristina Mladenovic
February 26		Tatjana Maria Heather Watson 7–5, 2–6, [10–2]	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Rebecca Peterson Daria Gavrilova

March

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 5 March 12	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $8,648,508 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Naomi Osaka 6–3, 6–2	Daria Kasatkina	Simona Halep Venus Williams	Petra Martić Karolína Plíšková Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber
March 5 March 12		Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Simona Halep Venus Williams
March 19 March 26	Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory $8,648,508 – Hard – 96S/48Q/32D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Sloane Stephens 7–6^(7–5), 6–1	Jeļena Ostapenko	Victoria Azarenka Danielle Collins	Karolína Plíšková Angelique Kerber Elina Svitolina Venus Williams
March 19 March 26		Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–1	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	Victoria Azarenka Danielle Collins

April

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 2	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier $800,000 – Clay (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–1	Julia Görges	Madison Keys Anastasija Sevastova	Alizé Cornet Bernarda Pera Daria Kasatkina Kristýna Plíšková
		Alla Kudryavtseva Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–3	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	Madison Keys Anastasija Sevastova
	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Garbiñe Muguruza 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Tímea Babos	Ana Bogdan Sachia Vickery	Ajla Tomljanović Danielle Collins Monica Puig Magdaléna Rybáriková
		Naomi Broady Sara Sorribes Tormo 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	Ana Bogdan Sachia Vickery
April 9	Ladies Open Lugano Lugano, Switzerland WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elise Mertens 7–5, 6–2	Aryna Sabalenka	Stefanie Vögele Vera Lapko	Tamara Korpatsch Camila Giorgi Kirsten Flipkens Mona Barthel
		Kirsten Flipkens Elise Mertens 6–1, 6–3	Vera Lapko Aryna Sabalenka	Stefanie Vögele Vera Lapko
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 6–4	Lara Arruabarrena	Ana Bogdan Dalila Jakupović	Daniela Seguel Emiliana Arango Johanna Larsson Magda Linette
		Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–4	Mariana Duque Mariño Nadia Podoroska	Ana Bogdan Dalila Jakupović
April 16	Fed Cup Semifinals Stuttgart, Germany – Clay (Red) (i) Aix-en-Provence, France – Clay (Red) (i)	Semifinals winners Czech Republic 4–1 United States 3–2	Semifinals losers Germany France
April 23	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier $816,000 – Clay (Red) (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Karolína Plíšková 7–6^(7–2), 6–4	CoCo Vandeweghe	Caroline Garcia Anett Kontaveit	Simona Halep Elina Svitolina Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–5]	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	Caroline Garcia Anett Kontaveit
	İstanbul Cup İstanbul, Turkey WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Pauline Parmentier 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Polona Hercog	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sakkari	Caroline Wozniacki Donna Vekić Arantxa Rus Svetlana Kuznetsova
		Liang Chen Zhang Shuai 6–4, 6–4	Xenia Knoll Anna Smith	Irina-Camelia Begu Maria Sakkari
April 30	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Camila Giorgi Zhang Shuai	Kristýna Plíšková Samantha Stosur Jasmine Paolini Kateřina Siniaková
		Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–2	Mihaela Buzărnescu Lidziya Marozava	Camila Giorgi Zhang Shuai
	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elise Mertens 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)	Ajla Tomljanović	Hsieh Su-wei Aleksandra Krunić	Sara Errani Katarina Zavatska Jana Fett Paula Badosa Gibert
		Anna Blinkova Raluca Olaru 6–4, 6–4	Georgina García Pérez Fanny Stollár	Hsieh Su-wei Aleksandra Krunić	Sara Errani Katarina Zavatska Jana Fett Paula Badosa Gibert

May

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 7	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory €6,685,828 – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3	Kiki Bertens	Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia	Simona Halep Daria Kasatkina Carla Suárez Navarro Maria Sharapova
May 7		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 2–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	Karolína Plíšková Caroline Garcia
May 14	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 $3,351,720 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Elina Svitolina 6–0, 6–4	Simona Halep	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit	Caroline Garcia Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Caroline Wozniacki
May 14		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 6–3, 6–4	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	Maria Sharapova Anett Kontaveit
May 21	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6)	Dominika Cibulková	Ashleigh Barty Mihaela Buzărnescu	Wang Qiang Zarina Diyas Hsieh Su-wei Samantha Stosur
		Mihaela Buzărnescu Raluca Olaru 7–5, 7–5	Nadiia Kichenok Anastasia Rodionova	Ashleigh Barty Mihaela Buzărnescu	Wang Qiang Zarina Diyas Hsieh Su-wei Samantha Stosur
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Johanna Larsson 7–6^(7–4), 6–4	Alison Riske	Kirsten Flipkens Kateřina Siniaková	Sorana Cîrstea Kiki Bertens Fanny Stollár Kristýna Plíšková
		Demi Schuurs Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 6–3, [10–7]	Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson	Kirsten Flipkens Kateřina Siniaková	Sorana Cîrstea Kiki Bertens Fanny Stollár Kristýna Plíšková
May 28 June 4	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam €18,392,000 – Clay (Red) 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Simona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Sloane Stephens	Garbiñe Muguruza Madison Keys	Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova Yulia Putintseva Daria Kasatkina
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–3, 6–3	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya
		Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–8]	Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić

June

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 11	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Ashleigh Barty 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Johanna Konta	Naomi Osaka Donna Vekić	Katie Boulter Mihaela Buzărnescu Dalila Jakupović Mona Barthel
		Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)	Mihaela Buzărnescu Heather Watson	Naomi Osaka Donna Vekić
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Aleksandra Krunić 6–7^(0–7), 7–5, 6–1	Kirsten Flipkens	CoCo Vandeweghe Viktória Kužmová	Alison Riske Veronika Kudermetova Aryna Sabalenka Antonia Lottner
		Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs 3–3, retired	Kiki Bertens Kirsten Flipkens	CoCo Vandeweghe Viktória Kužmová
June 18	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier $936,128 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Petra Kvitová 4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Magdaléna Rybáriková	Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu	Lesia Tsurenko Dalila Jakupović Julia Görges Elina Svitolina
		Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu
	Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa, Spain WTA International $250,000 – Grass – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Tatjana Maria 6–4, 7–5	Anastasija Sevastova	Sofia Kenin Samantha Stosur	Caroline Garcia Lucie Šafářová Ajla Tomljanović Alison Riske
		Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Štefková	Sofia Kenin Samantha Stosur
June 25	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier $917,664 – Grass – 48S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 7–6^(7–5)	Aryna Sabalenka	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska	Ashleigh Barty Daria Kasatkina Jeļena Ostapenko Karolína Plíšková
June 25		Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan 6–3, 7–5	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska

July

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 2 July 9	Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam £15,950,500 – Grass 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles Draw – Doubles Draw – Mixed Draw	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–3	Serena Williams	Jeļena Ostapenko Julia Görges	Dominika Cibulková Daria Kasatkina Kiki Bertens Camila Giorgi
		Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková 6–4, 4–6, 6–0	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke
		Alexander Peya Nicole Melichar 7–6^(7–1), 6–3	Jamie Murray Victoria Azarenka
July 16	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Anastasija Sevastova 7–6^(7–4), 6–2	Petra Martić	Polona Hercog Mihaela Buzărnescu	Sorana Cîrstea Ons Jabeur Laura Siegemund Wang Yafan
		Irina-Camelia Begu Andreea Mitu 6–3, 6–4	Danka Kovinić Maryna Zanevska	Polona Hercog Mihaela Buzărnescu	Sorana Cîrstea Ons Jabeur Laura Siegemund Wang Yafan
	Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland WTA International $250,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Alizé Cornet 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)	Mandy Minella	Eugenie Bouchard Markéta Vondroušová	Samantha Stosur Veronika Kudermetova Evgeniya Rodina Sara Sorribes Tormo
		Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]	Lara Arruabarrena Timea Bacsinszky	Eugenie Bouchard Markéta Vondroušová
July 23	Moscow River Cup Moscow, Russia WTA International $750,000 – Clay – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Olga Danilović 7–5, 6–7^(1–7), 6–4	Anastasia Potapova	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tamara Zidanšek	Julia Görges Anastasija Sevastova Valentyna Ivakhnenko Laura Siegemund
		Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva 6–0, 6–3	Alexandra Panova Galina Voskoboeva	Aliaksandra Sasnovich Tamara Zidanšek
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Wang Qiang 7–5, 4–0 ret.	Zheng Saisai	Zhu Lin Magda Linette	Zhang Shuai Xun Fangying Liang En-shuo Liu Fangzhou
		Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui 6–4, 6–4	Lu Jingjing You Xiaodi	Zhu Lin Magda Linette	Zhang Shuai Xun Fangying Liang En-shuo Liu Fangzhou
July 30	Silicon Valley Classic San Jose, United States WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 28S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Mihaela Buzărnescu 6–1, 6–0	Maria Sakkari	Danielle Collins Elise Mertens	Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams Johanna Konta Ajla Tomljanović
		Latisha Chan Květa Peschke 6–4, 6–1	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	Danielle Collins Elise Mertens
	Washington Open Washington D.C., United States WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–2	Donna Vekić	Zheng Saisai Andrea Petkovic	Allie Kiick Magda Linette Yulia Putintseva Belinda Bencic
		Han Xinyun Darija Jurak 6–3, 6–2	Alexa Guarachi Erin Routliffe	Zheng Saisai Andrea Petkovic	Allie Kiick Magda Linette Yulia Putintseva Belinda Bencic

August

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 6	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 $2,820,000 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Simona Halep 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Sloane Stephens	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina	Caroline Garcia Kiki Bertens Anastasija Sevastova Elise Mertens
August 6		Ashleigh Barty Demi Schuurs 4–6, 6–3, [10–8]	Latisha Chan Ekaterina Makarova	Ashleigh Barty Elina Svitolina
August 13	Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 $2,874,299 – Hard – 56S/48Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	Kiki Bertens 2–6, 7–6^(8–6), 6–2	Simona Halep	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina
August 13		Lucie Hradecká Ekaterina Makarova 6–2, 7–5	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	Aryna Sabalenka Petra Kvitová	Lesia Tsurenko Madison Keys Elise Mertens Elina Svitolina
August 20	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier $799,000 – Hard – 30S/48Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs		A Sabalenka vs J Görges vs	B Bencic Ekaterina Makarova C Suárez Navarro vs P Kvitová M Puig vs C Garcia
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September

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 10	Tournoi de Québec Quebec City, Canada WTA International $250,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Guangzhou Open Guangzhou, China WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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September 24	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 $ – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International $250,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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October

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 1	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory $ – Hard – 60S/32Q/28D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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October 8	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International $750,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International $500,000 – Hard – 32S/24Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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October 15	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier $ – Hard (i) – 28S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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	Luxembourg Open Luxembourg City, Luxembourg WTA International $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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October 22	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships $ – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)/8D Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs
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October 29	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships $2,349,363 – Hard (i) – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles Draw – Doubles Draw	vs	vs vs	vs vs vs vs
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November

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 5	Fed Cup Final	Czech Republic vs United States

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2018 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
WTA Premier Mandatory
WTA Premier 5
WTA Premier
WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
6	Demi Schuurs (NED)							● ●		●		● ● ●	0	6	0
6	Elise Mertens (BEL)										● ● ●	● ● ●	3	3	0
5	Petra Kvitová (CZE)				●		●		● ●		●		5	0	0
4	Simona Halep (ROU)	●					●				●	●	3	1	0
4	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)			●				●		● ●			0	3	1
4	Ashleigh Barty (AUS)					●		● ●			●		1	3	0
3	Tímea Babos (HUN)		●							●	●		1	2	0
3	Elina Svitolina (UKR)						●		● ●				3	0	0
3	Kiki Bertens (NED)						●		●	●			2	1	0
2	Angelique Kerber (GER)	●							●				2	0	0
2	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	●							●				2	0	0
2	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)		● ●										0	2	0
2	Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)		● ●										0	2	0
2	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)		●							●			0	2	0
2	Latisha Chan (TPE)			●						●			0	1	1
2	Nicole Melichar (USA)			●								●	0	1	1
2	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)					●		●					0	2	0
2	Xu Yifan (CHN)									● ●			0	2	0
2	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)								●			●	0	1	0
2	Květa Peschke (CZE)									●		●	0	2	0
2	Katarina Srebotnik (SLO)									●		●	0	2	0
2	Vera Zvonareva (RUS)									●		●	0	2	0
2	Tatjana Maria (GER)										●	●	1	1	0
2	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)											● ●	0	2	0
2	Raluca Olaru (ROU)											● ●	0	2	0
1	Naomi Osaka (JPN)				●								1	0	0
1	Sloane Stephens (USA)				●								1	0	0
1	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE)					●							0	1	0
1	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)					●							0	1	0
1	CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)					●							0	1	0
1	Elena Vesnina (RUS)					●							0	1	0
1	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)							●					0	1	0
1	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)							●					0	1	0
1	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)								●				1	0	0
1	Raquel Atawo (USA)									●			0	1	0
1	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)									●			0	1	0
1	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)									●			0	1	0
1	Anna-Lena Grönefeld (GER)									●			0	1	0
1	Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)									●			0	1	0
1	Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN)									●			0	1	0
1	Alizé Cornet (FRA)										●		1	0	0
1	Olga Danilović (SRB)										●		1	0	0
1	Julia Görges (GER)										●		1	0	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)										●		1	0	0
1	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)										●		1	0	0
1	Johanna Larsson (SWE)										●		1	0	0
1	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)										●		1	0	0
1	Pauline Parmentier (FRA)										●		1	0	0
1	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)										●		1	0	0
1	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)										●		1	0	0
1	Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)										●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)										●		1	0	0
1	Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)										●		1	0	0
1	Wang Qiang (CHN)										●		1	0	0
1	Anna Blinkova (RUS)											●	0	1	0
1	Naomi Broady (GBR)											●	0	1	0
1	Duan Yingying (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Sara Errani (ITA)											●	0	1	0
1	Alexa Guarachi (CHI)											●	0	1	0
1	Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)											●	0	1	0
1	Georgina García Pérez (ESP)											●	0	1	0
1	Han Xinyun (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Dalila Jakupović (SLO)											●	0	1	0
1	Jiang Xinyu (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Darija Jurak (CRO)											●	0	1	0
1	Irina Khromacheva (RUS)											●	0	1	0
1	Andreja Klepač (SLO)											●	0	1	0
1	Desirae Krawczyk (USA)											●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)											●	0	1	0
1	Andreea Mitu (ROU)											●	0	1	0
1	Anastasia Potapova (RUS)											●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska (POL)											●	0	1	0
1	Bibiane Schoofs (NED)											●	0	1	0
1	Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)											●	0	1	0
1	Abigail Spears (USA)											●	0	1	0
1	Fanny Stollár (HUN)											●	0	1	0
1	Tang Qianhui (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Wang Yafan (CHN)											●	0	1	0
1	Heather Watson (GBR)											●	0	1	0
1	Zhang Shuai (CHN)											●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed Doubles
12	Czech Republic (CZE)		2		1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
9	Russia (RUS)					1		1		2	2	3	2	7	0
9	Netherlands (NED)						1	2	1	1		4	2	7	0
8	Romania (ROU)	1					1		1		1	4	4	4	0
8	China (CHN)									3	1	4	1	7	0
7	United States (USA)			1	1	1				1	1	2	1	5	1
7	Belgium (BEL)										4	3	4	3	0
6	Germany (GER)	1							1	1	2	1	4	2	0
4	Hungary (HUN)		1							1	1	1	1	3	0
4	France (FRA)		1							1	2		2	2	0
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)			1		1				2			0	3	1
4	Canada (CAN)			1				1		2			0	3	1
4	Australia (AUS)					1		2			1		1	3	0
4	Ukraine (UKR)						1		2		1		4	0	0
4	Slovenia (SLO)									1		3	0	4	0
4	Spain (ESP)										1	3	1	3	0
2	Denmark (DEN)	1							1				2	0	0
2	Latvia (LAT)							1			1		1	1	0
2	Serbia (SRB)										2		2	0	0
2	Great Britain (GBR)											2	0	2	0
1	Japan (JPN)				1								1	0	0
1	Switzerland (SUI)									1			0	1	0
1	Slovakia (SVK)										1		1	0	0
1	Sweden (SWE)										1		1	0	0
1	Chile (CHI)											1	0	1	0
1	Croatia (CRO)											1	0	1	0
1	Italy (ITA)											1	0	1	0
1	Poland (POL)											1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Naomi Osaka – Indian Wells (draw)
Aleksandra Krunić – Rosmalen (draw)
Tatjana Maria – Mallorca (draw)
Olga Danilović – Moscow International (draw)
Wang Qiang – Nanchang (draw)
Mihaela Buzărnescu – San Jose (draw)

Doubles

Simona Halep – Shenzhen (draw)
Bibiane Schoofs – Auckland (draw)
Georgina García Pérez – Budapest (draw)
Fanny Stollár – Budapest (draw)
Naomi Broady – Monterrey (draw)
Sara Sorribes Tormo – Monterrey (draw)
Irina Khromacheva – Bogotá (draw)
Anna Blinkova – Rabat (draw)
Mihaela Buzărnescu – Strasbourg (draw)
Alexa Guarachi – Gstaad (draw)
Desirae Krawczyk – Gstaad (draw)
Anastasia Potapova – Moscow International (draw)

Mixed Doubles

Latisha Chan – French Open (draw)
Nicole Melichar – Wimbledon (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

Elise Mertens – Hobart (draw)
Elina Svitolina – Dubai (draw), Rome (draw)
Lesia Tsurenko – Acapulco (draw)
Petra Kvitová – Birmingham (draw)

Doubles

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles

Julia Görges (enters at #10 on February 5)
Sloane Stephens (enters at #9 on April 2)

Doubles

Kateřina Siniaková (enters at #8 on January 29)
Ashleigh Barty (enters at #10 on January 29)
Gabriela Dabrowski (enters at #8 on February 19)
Xu Yifan (enters at #9 on March 19)
Barbora Krejčíková (enters at #9 on June 25)
Demi Schuurs (enters at #10 on August 20)

WTA Rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, at the current date of the 2018 season.^[2]^[3]

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 20 August 2018^[4]
#	Player	Points	Move^†	Tourn
1	Simona Halep	6,900		12
2	Angelique Kerber	5,022		15
3	Petra Kvitová	4,022	1	16
4	Caroline Wozniacki	3,912	1	14
5	Elina Svitolina	3,600		14
6	Sloane Stephens	3,393		14
7	Kiki Bertens	3,124	5	18
8	Elise Mertens	2,652		17
9	Daria Kasatkina	2,747	2	20
10	Karolína Plíšková	2,702	1	15
11	Julia Görges	2,403	1	17
12	Garbiñe Muguruza	2,379	1	16
13	Jeļena Ostapenko	2,141		16
14	Caroline Garcia	2,087	2	16
15	Naomi Osaka	2,047	1	16
16	Mihaela Buzărnescu	1,995	1	25
17	Madison Keys	1,912	1	13
18	Ashleigh Barty	1,887	1	16
19	Anastasija Sevastova	1,686		18
20	Serena Williams	1,676		7

Template:Current WTA Singles Rankings

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Simona Halep	Year end 2017	28 January 2018
Caroline Wozniacki	29 January 2018	25 February 2018
Simona Halep	26 February 2018

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, as of 20 August 2018^[5]
#	Team	Points	Move^†	Tourn
1	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	56,036		13
2	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	5,055		11
3	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	3,715		6
4	Andreja Klepač María José Martínez Sánchez	3,475		17
5	Nicole Melichar Květa Peschke	3,355		18
6	Gabriela Dabrowski Xu Yifan	3,275		13
7	Elise Mertens Demi Schuurs	2,425	4	11
8	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	2,198		9
9	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears	2,020	2	20
10	Chan Hao-ching Yang Zhaoxuan	1,977	1	11

Template:Current WTA Doubles Individual Rankings

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date Gained	Date Forfeited
Latisha Chan Martina Hingis	Year end 2017	11 February 2018
Latisha Chan	12 February 2018	18 February 2018
Latisha Chan Martina Hingis	19 February 2018	18 March 2018
Latisha Chan	19 March 2018	10 June 2018
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	11 June 2018	15 July 2018
Tímea Babos	16 July 2018	12 August 2018
Latisha Chan	13 August 2018	19 August 2018
Tímea Babos	20 August 2018

Prize money leaders

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Simona Halep	$6,223,026	$44,674	$0	$6,267,700
2	Angelique Kerber	$5,111,537	$0	$0	$5,111,537
3	Caroline Wozniacki	$4,045,479	$0	$0	$4,045,479
4	Sloane Stephens	$3,239,192	$35,280	$4,477	$3,278,949
5	Petra Kvitová	$2,921,805	$0	$0	$2,921,805
6	Elina Svitolina	$2,536,711	$7,100	$2,238	$2,546,049
7	Kiki Bertens	$1,873,417	$24,113	$0	$2,330,734
8	Daria Kasatkina	$2,294,852	$32,730	$0	$2,327,582
9	Jeļena Ostapenko	$1,856,685	$166,726	$2,794	$2,026,205
10	Naomi Osaka	$1,997,826	$0	$0	$1,997,826
prize money given in US$ as of August 20, 2018^[update]^[6]

Statistics leaders

as of August 13, 2018^[update]^[7]

ACES
	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Julia Görges	350	47
2	Karolina Pliskova	258	44
3	Kristýna Plíšková	241	30
4	Ashleigh Barty	208	43
5	Petra Kvitova	195	44
6	Kiki Bertens	191	43
7	Johanna Konta	181	38
8	Naomi Osaka	172	40
9	Kateřina Siniaková	158	33
10	Caroline Garcia	158	41

DOUBLE FAULTS
	Player	DFs	Matches
1	Daria Gavrilova	283	32
2	Daria Kasatkina	239	52
3	Petra Kvitová	238	44
4	Donna Vekic	183	41
5	Elise Mertens	183	47
6	Kristina Mladenovic	180	32
7	Jelena Ostapenko	174	34
8	Mihaela Buzarnescu	174	56
9	Mona Barthel	172	27
10	Aryna Sabalenka	166	35

FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE
	Player	%	Matches
1	Sloane Stephens	69.1	36
2	Yulia Putintseva	68.8	29
3	Daria Kasatkina	67.9	52
4	Alison Riske	67.6	26
5	Caroline Garcia	67.6	41
6	Svetlana Kuznetsova	67.3	19
7	Dominika Cibulkova	67.0	32
8	Zarina Diyas	66.8	23
9	Carina Witthoeft	66.4	20
10	Lesia Tsurenko	66.1	31

SECOND SERVE PERCENTAGE
	Player	%	Matches
1	Jelena Ostapenko	44.8	34
2	Coco Vandeweghe	44.3	19
3	Tatjana Maria	44.1	25
4	Polona Hercog	43.9	26
5	Donna Vekic	43.8	41
6	Stefanie Voegele	42.7	19
7	Ajla Tomljanovic	42.6	27
8	Kristyna Pliskova	42.5	30
9	Mona Barthel	42.4	27
10	Marketa Vondrousova	42.3	24

FIRST SERVE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Julia Görges	74.3	47
2	Kristyna Pliskova	71.8	30
3	Ashleigh Barty	71.2	43
4	Coco Vandeweghe	70.2	19
5	Viktoria Kuzmova	69.5	20
6	Petra Kvitova	69.3	44
7	Timea Babos	68.9	35
8	Karolina Pliskova	68.7	44
9	Madison Keys	68.5	27
10	Elina Svitolina	68.4	42

SECOND SERVE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Ashleigh Barty	53.1	43
2	Caroline Garcia	52.5	41
3	Petra Martic	50.5	32
4	Coco Vandeweghe	50.1	19
5	Petra Kvitova	49.3	44
6	Lucie Safarova	49.1	18
7	Julia Goerges	49.0	47
8	Elina Svitolina	48.9	42
9	Barbora Strycova	48.8	33
10	Sloane Stephens	48.8	36

SERVICE POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Ashleigh Barty	63.8	43
2	Julia Görges	63.7	47
3	Petra Kvitova	61.4	44
4	Coco Vandeweghe	61.3	19
5	Caroline Garcia	61.0	41
6	Elina Svitolina	61.0	42
7	Johanna Konta	61.0	38
8	Madison Keys	60.8	27
9	Caroline Wozniacki	60.6	43
10	Garbine Muguruza	60.5	37

RETURN POINTS WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Simona Halep	50.2	47
2	Angelique Kerber	48.3	50
3	Sloane Stephens	48.2	36
4	Daria Kasatkina	47.9	52
5	Elise Mertens	47.6	47
6	Caroline Wozniacki	46.7	43
7	Hsieh Su-wei	46.4	32
8	Elina Svitolina	46.3	42
9	Sachia Vickery	46.3	19
10	Victoria Azarenka	46.3	21

SERVICE GAMES WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Julia Görges	79.9	47
2	Ashleigh Barty	78.8	43
3	Petra Kvitova	77.2	44
4	Johanna Konta	76.9	38
5	Elina Svitolina	75.5	42
6	Caroline Garcia	75.3	41
7	Garbine Muguruza	74.5	34
8	Lucie Safarova	74.3	18
9	Coco Vandeweghe	74.0	19
10	Madison Keys	73.8	27

RETURN GAMES WON
	Player	%	Matches
1	Simona Halep	49.7	47
2	Sloane Stephens	46.5	36
3	Angelique Kerber	45.6	50
4	Daria Kasatkina	45.5	52
5	Elise Mertens	44.4	47
6	Caroline Wozniacki	43.1	43
7	Sachia Vickery	42.2	19
8	Maria Sharapova	41.1	27
9	Elina Svitolina	40.9	42
10	Lesia Tsurenko	40.3	31

BREAK POINTS SAVED
	Player	%	Matches
1	Julia Görges	65.8	47
2	Polona Hercog	64.3	26
3	Johanna Konta	64.1	38
4	Petra Kvitova	63.1	44
5	Caroline Garcia	61.3	41
6	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	60.7	26
7	Viktoria Kuzmova	60.7	20
8	Dominika Cibulkova	60.2	32
9	Aryna Sabalenka	60.1	35
10	Kristyna Pliskova	60.1	30

BREAK POINTS CONVERTED
	Player	%	Matches
1	Jelena Ostapenko	52.6	34
2	Caroline Wozniacki	52.0	43
3	Maria Sakkari	51.9	33
4	Sloane Stephens	51.5	36
5	Angelique Kerber	50.6	50
6	Venus Williams	50.5	23
7	Naomi Osaka	49.6	40
8	Simona Halep	49.4	47
9	Kiki Bertens	49.0	43
10	Sorana Cirstea	48.4	30

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	40	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per Round Robin Match; +125 per Round Robin Win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 64Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	22	15	1
WTA Premier 5 (56S, 48/32Q)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	-	20	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (16D)	900	585	350	190	1	-	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	25	–	13	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	18	13	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per Round Robin Match; +80 per Round Robin Win)
WTA International (32S, 32Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (32S, 24/16Q)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	-	12	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players.
* Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.

Awards

Player of the month

Breakthrough of the month

Shot of the month

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 [singles] or top 100 [doubles] for at least one week) who returned from retirement, announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2018 season:

Marion Bartoli (born 2 October 1984 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France) joined the professional tour in 2000 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 7 in singles and no. 15 in doubles. Bartoli won 8 singles titles and 3 doubles titles during her career, with her final singles title being her most prestigious, at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships where she defeated Sabine Lisicki to claim her only grand slam title. In addition, she reached the final of Wimbledon in 2007 where she lost to Venus Williams, and also reached the quarterfinals or better at each of the other three majors. Bartoli announced her retirement in August 2013 after the Cincinnati Open. In December 2017 she announced that she would return to the professional tennis tour in 2018.^[19] Bartoli was awarded a wildcard at the 2018 Mexican Open but withdrew before the tournament stating that she was injured and that she hoped to be fully fit for the grass season. However, as a result of ongoing injuries, Bartoli decided to abandon her comeback attempt in June.^[20]^[21]

Casey Dellacqua (born 11 February 1985 in Perth, Australia) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 26 in singles and no. 3 in doubles. She has reached seven grand slam doubles finals and won 7 doubles titles. She also won the 2011 French Open mixed doubles event alongside Scott Lipsky. Dellacqua played her last professional match in February during a deciding Fed Cup doubles tie.^[22]

Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987 in Bruneck, Italy) joined the professional tour in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 33 in singles and no. 49 in doubles. Knapp won 2 singles titles during her career. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Knapp was part of the squad that won the title in 2013. After having not played the tournament since the previous year's Australian Open, she announced her retirement on May 2018.^[23]

Anabel Medina Garrigues (born 12 April 1982 in Valencia, Spain) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 16 in singles and no. 3 in doubles. Medina Garrigues won 11 singles and 28 titles during her career, including two Grand Slam doubles titles and a silver medal in Olympic doubles with partner Virginia Ruano Pascual. Most notably became part of Jeļena Ostapenko's coaching staff which she coached her to win the 2017 French Open. Medina Garrigues was announced that the 2018 US Open would be her final tournament.^[24]

Roberta Vinci (born 18 February 1983 in Taranto, Italy) joined the professional tour in 1999 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 7 in singles and no. 1 in doubles. Vinci won 10 singles titles and 25 doubles titles during her career. She reached the final of the 2015 US Open singles event and won five grand slams doubles titles alongside compatriot Sara Errani, with whom she completed the Career Grand Slam. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Vinci was part of the four italian title-winning squads in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2013. Vinci announced that the 2018 Italian Open would be her final tournament.^[25]

Comebacks

Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2018 WTA Tour season:

Rebecca Marino (born 16 December 1990 in Toronto, Canada) joined the professional tour in 2008 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 38 in singles. She reached her first and only tour-level final at the 2011 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková. She took a break from tennis to deal with mental and physical fatigue from February to August 2012. After playing some ITF and WTA tournaments, she decided in late February 2013 to take a second break from tennis with no timetable for her return. Marino started training again during the first week of September 2017 and decided to return to competition in October 2017, after being away from the game for nearly five years. She was scheduled to play an ITF 60K event in Saguenay but her comeback was delayed of three months due to ITF administrative regulations. She returned at an ITF 15K event in Antalya at the end of January 2018 and won the title in her first tournament back.^[26]

References

^ "2018 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
^ "Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "WTA Prize Money" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.
^ "WTA MATCHFACTS" (PDF). wtatour.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-player-month-petra-kvitova
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-player-month-angelique-kerber
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-breakthrough-month-tatjana-maria
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-breakthrough-month-wang-qiang
^ "January 2018 Shot of the Month: Agnieszka Radwanska". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
^ "February 2018 WTA Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
^ "March 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "April 2018 Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "May 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-shot-month-caroline-wozniacki
^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-shot-month-magda-linette
^ "Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Tennis: Marion Bartoli Bosse Comme Une Dingue" (in French). Le Matin. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Marion Bartoli: Former Wimbledon champion ends plan to return to tennis". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ "Casey Dellacqua retires from tennis for family life". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Karin Knapp dice addio al tennis: "Si tratta di una decisione molto sofferta, ma purtroppo devo rassegnarmi all'idea che il mio ginocchio destro non ce la fa più"". livetennis.it. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
^ "Medina Garrigues to retire at US Open". WTA. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "La mia ultima partita sarà una festa. E voi siete invitati. Roma, Foro italico 2018. #R3".
^ Fitzpatrick, Cody (6 February 2018). "Rebecca Marino Wins First Title In Five Years". Baseline Tennis. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

External links

[WTACalendar2016-1] "2018 WTA calendar" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2017-08-27.

[SinglesRankings-2] "Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[DoublesRankings-3] "Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[RaceSinglesRankings-4] "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Singles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[RaceDoublesRankings-5] "WTA Championships Road to Singapore Doubles Rankings". Women's Tennis Association.

[Prizemoney-6] "WTA Prize Money" (PDF). wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc.

[Matchfacts-7] "WTA MATCHFACTS" (PDF). wtatour.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[8] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-player-month-petra-kvitova

[9] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-player-month-angelique-kerber

[10] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-breakthrough-month-tatjana-maria

[11] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-breakthrough-month-wang-qiang

[12] "January 2018 Shot of the Month: Agnieszka Radwanska". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[13] "February 2018 WTA Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

[14] "March 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[15] "April 2018 Shot of the Month: Maria Sharapova". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[16] "May 2018 Shot of the Month: Simona Halep". wtatennis.com. WTA Tour, Inc. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

[17] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/june-2018-shot-month-caroline-wozniacki

[18] ttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/july-2018-shot-month-magda-linette

[19] "Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli to return to WTA Tour in 2018". The Guardian. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[20] "Tennis: Marion Bartoli Bosse Comme Une Dingue" (in French). Le Matin. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[21] "Marion Bartoli: Former Wimbledon champion ends plan to return to tennis". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[22] "Casey Dellacqua retires from tennis for family life". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[23] "Karin Knapp dice addio al tennis: "Si tratta di una decisione molto sofferta, ma purtroppo devo rassegnarmi all'idea che il mio ginocchio destro non ce la fa più"". livetennis.it. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

[24] "Medina Garrigues to retire at US Open". WTA. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[25] "La mia ultima partita sarà una festa. E voi siete invitati. Roma, Foro italico 2018. #R3".

[26] Fitzpatrick, Cody (6 February 2018). "Rebecca Marino Wins First Title In Five Years". Baseline Tennis. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Simona Halep (ROU) (71%)	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (25%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (3%) Elina Svitolina (UKR) (1%)
February	Petra Kvitová (CZE) (78%)	Elina Svitolina (UKR) (19%) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) (3%)
March	Naomi Osaka (JPN) (52%)	Daria Kasatkina (RUS) (20%) Sloane Stephens (USA) (15%) Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) (13%)
April	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	Kiki Bertens (NED) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
May	Simona Halep (ROU)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Sloane Stephens (USA) Elina Svitolina (UKR)
June^[8]	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
July^[9]	Angelique Kerber (GER)	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) Alizé Cornet (FRA)
August
September
October

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) (42%)	Elise Mertens (BEL) (36%) Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) (20%) Bernarda Pera (USA) (2%)
February	Daria Kasatkina (RUS) (50%)	Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) (35%) Viktória Kužmová (SVK) (15%)
March	Danielle Collins (USA) (79%)	Amanda Anisimova (USA) (21%)
April	Ana Bogdan (ROU)	Marta Kostyuk (UKR) Bernarda Pera (USA)
May	Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU)	Daria Kasatkina (RUS) Anett Kontaveit (EST)
June^[10]	Tatjana Maria (GER)	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) Sofia Kenin (USA)
July^[11]	Wang Qiang (CHN)	Olga Danilović (SRB) Maria Sakkari (GRE) Anastasia Potapova (RUS)
August
September
October

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January^[12]	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (59%)	Maria Sharapova (RUS) (20%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (18%) Daria Gavrilova (AUS) (2%) Johanna Konta (GBR) (1%)
February^[13]	Maria Sharapova (RUS) (32%)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) (27%) Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (20%) Anastasia Potapova (RUS) (13%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (8%)
March^[14]	Simona Halep (ROU) (81%)	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (7%) Naomi Osaka (JPN) (5%) Caroline Dolehide (USA) (4%) Angelique Kerber (GER) (3%)
April^[15]	Maria Sharapova (RUS)	Julia Görges (GER) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) Kiki Bertens (NED) Alizé Cornet (FRA)
May^[16]	Simona Halep (ROU)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Maria Sharapova (RUS) Angelique Kerber (GER) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)
June^[17]	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	Petra Kvitová (CZE) Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) Dominika Cibulková (SVK)
July^[18]	Magda Linette (POL)	Venus Williams (USA) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Sloane Stephens (USA) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
August
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October

v t e 2018 WTA Tour « 2017 2019 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
WTA Premier Mandatory tournaments	Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Beijing (S, D)
WTA Premier 5 tournaments	Doha (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Wuhan (S, D)
WTA Premier tournaments	Brisbane (S, D) Sydney (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Charleston (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) San Jose (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
WTA International tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Shenzhen (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Taipei (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Monterrey (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Lugano (S, D) İstanbul (S, D) Prague (S, D) Rabat (S, D) Nuremberg (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Santa Ponsa (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Nanchang (S, D) Washington D.C. (S, D) Hiroshima (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Guangzhou (S, D) Seoul (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Linz (S, D) Tianjin (S, D) Luxembourg City (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup World Group I + World Group II WG I play-offs WG II play-offs Americas Asia/Oceania Europe/Africa
WTA Finals, Singapore (S, D) WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai (S, D)

v t e 2018 in tennis « 2017 2019 »
Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP Finals Next Generation ATP Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Premier WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup Laver Cup World TeamTennis
Other events	Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Mediterranean Games South American Games Summer Youth Olympic Games

Schedule

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February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information

Top 10 entry

WTA Rankings

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Prize money leaders

Statistics leaders

Points distribution

Awards

Player of the month

Breakthrough of the month

Shot of the month

Retirements

Comebacks

See also

References

External links