2018 WTA Tour
Details | |
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Duration | 1 January – 11 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 ($6,359,564) |
Points leader | Simona Halep (6,921) |
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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
February
March
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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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 |
Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová 6–4, 6–4 |
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | ||||
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 |
Ashleigh Barty CoCo Vandeweghe 6–2, 6–1 |
Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková |
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Week of | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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November 5 | Fed Cup Final Prague, Czech Republic – Hard (i) |
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 | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
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7 | Elise Mertens (BEL) | ● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
7 | Demi Schuurs (NED) | ● ● ● | ● | ● ● ● | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Ashleigh Barty (AUS) | ● | ● | ● ● | ● | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Petra Kvitová (CZE) | ● | ● | ● ● | ● | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Simona Halep (ROU) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) | ● | ● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
4 | Kiki Bertens (NED) | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
3 | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | ● | ● | ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Tímea Babos (HUN) | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Nicole Melichar (USA) | ● | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Barbora Strýcová (CZE) | ● ● | ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Elina Svitolina (UKR) | ● | ● ● | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Květa Peschke (CZE) | ● | ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Zhang Shuai (CHN) | ● ● ● | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Angelique Kerber (GER) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Latisha Chan (TPE) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková (CZE) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | ● | ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Karolína Plíšková (CZE) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Xu Yifan (CHN) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Mihaela Buzărnescu (ROU) | ● | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Vera Zvonareva (RUS) | ● | ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Pauline Parmentier (FRA) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Wang Qiang (CHN) | ● ● | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Olga Danilović (SRB) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Johanna Larsson (SWE) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Tatjana Maria (GER) | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | Raluca Olaru (ROU) | ● ● | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) | ● | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Sloane Stephens (USA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Elena Vesnina (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Lucie Hradecká (CZE) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) | ● | 0 | 1 | 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 | Miyu Kato (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alizé Cornet (FRA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Caroline Garcia (FRA) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Camila Giorgi (ITA) | ● | 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 | Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) | ● | 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 | Dayana Yastremska (UKR) | ● | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Monique Adamczak (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Anna Blinkova (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Naomi Broady (GBR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Choi Ji-hee (KOR) | ● | 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 | Georgina García Pérez (ESP) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Han Na-lae (KOR) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Han Xinyun (CHN) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Eri Hozumi (JPN) | ● | 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 | Jessica Moore (AUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Asia Muhammad (USA) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Anastasia Potapova (RUS) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Alicja Rosolska (POL) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Maria Sanchez (USA) | ● | 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 | Samantha Stosur (AUS) | ● | 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 | Tamara Zidanšek (SLO) | ● | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Titles won by nation
Total | Nation | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
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16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||||
11 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |||||||
11 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
11 | China (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
6 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
4 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 | Serbia (SRB) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | South Korea (KOR) | 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)
- Aryna Sabalenka – New Haven (draw)
- Dayana Yastremska – Hong Kong (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)
- Choi Ji-hee – Seoul (draw)
- Han Na-lae – Seoul (draw)
- Olga Danilović – Tashkent (draw)
- Tamara Zidanšek – Tashkent (draw)
- Mixed Doubles
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
- Raquel Atawo – Stuttgart (draw)
- Květa Peschke – Prague (draw)
- Irina-Camelia Begu – Bucharest (draw)
- Jiang Xinyu – Nanchang (draw)
- Tang Qianhui – Nanchang (draw)
- Johanna Larsson – Linz (draw)
Best ranking
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):
- Singles
- Carina Witthöft (reached place No. 48 on January 8)
- Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 17 on January 29)
- Magdaléna Rybáriková (reached place No. 17 on March 5)
- Jeļena Ostapenko (reached place No. 5 on March 19)
- Daria Kasatkina (reached place No. 11 on March 19)
- Markéta Vondroušová (reached place No. 50 on March 19)
- Petra Martić (reached place No. 34 on May 21)
- Aleksandra Krunić (reached place No. 32 on June 18)
- Sloane Stephens (reached place No. 3 on July 16)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 20 on August 6)
- Danielle Collins (reached place No. 35 on August 6)
- Donna Vekić (reached place No. 37 on August 6)
- Elise Mertens (reached place No. 14 on August 13)
- Alison Van Uytvanck (reached place No. 37 on August 13)
- Julia Görges (reached place No. 9 on August 20)
- Caroline Garcia (reached place No. 4 on September 10)
- Lesia Tsurenko (reached place No. 26 on September 10)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich (reached place No. 30 on September 10)
- Maria Sakkari (reached place No. 29 on September 24)
- Ajla Tomljanović (reached place No. 44 on September 24)
- Anett Kontaveit (reached place No. 21 on October 1)
- Naomi Osaka (reached place No. 4 on October 8)
- Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 10 on October 8)
- Aryna Sabalenka (reached place No. 11 on October 8)
- Anastasija Sevastova (reached place No. 12 on October 8)
- Wang Qiang (reached place No. 24 on October 8)
- Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 33 on October 8)
- Sofia Kenin (reached place No. 50 on October 8)
- Doubles
- Shuko Aoyama (reached place No. 27 on January 15)
- Nadiia Kichenok (reached place No. 36 on January 29)
- Nina Stojanović (reached place No. 50 on February 5)
- Monique Adamczak (reached place No. 44 on February 19)
- Gabriela Dabrowski (reached place No. 7 on March 19)
- Xu Yifan (reached place No. 9 on March 19)
- Monica Niculescu (reached place No. 11 on April 2)
- Kiki Bertens (reached place No. 16 on April 16)
- Kirsten Flipkens (reached place No. 35 on April 16)
- Ashleigh Barty (reached place No. 5 on May 21)
- Barbora Strýcová (reached place No. 7 on May 21)
- Anna Smith (reached place No. 46 on May 21)
- Ekaterina Makarova (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
- Elena Vesnina (reached place No. 1 on June 11)
- Tímea Babos (reached place No. 1 on July 16)
- Kateřina Siniaková (reached place No. 2 on July 16)
- Andreja Klepač (reached place No. 12 on July 16)
- Yang Zhaoxuan (reached place No. 20 on August 13)
- Heather Watson (reached place No. 42 on August 20)
- Kaitlyn Christian (reached place No. 49 on August 20)
- Dalila Jakupović (reached place No. 38 on September 10)
- Irina Khromacheva (reached place No. 45 on September 10)
- Makoto Ninomiya (reached place No. 22 on September 24)
- Demi Schuurs (reached place No. 8 on October 1)
- Irina-Camelia Begu (reached place No. 22 on October 1)
- Mihaela Buzărnescu (reached place No. 28 on October 1)
- Lyudmyla Kichenok (reached place No. 34 on October 1)
- Lidziya Marozava (reached place No. 37 on October 1)
- Barbora Krejčíková (reached place No. 2 on October 8)
- Elise Mertens (reached place No. 13 on October 8)
- Nicole Melichar (reached place No. 15 on October 8)
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
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Number 1 ranking
Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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Simona Halep | Year end 2017 | 28 January 2018 |
Caroline Wozniacki | 29 January 2018 | 25 February 2018 |
Simona Halep | 26 February 2018 | Year end 2018 |
Doubles
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Number 1 ranking
Holder | Date Gained | Date Forfeited |
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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 | |
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1 | Simona Halep | $6,277,026 | $44,674 | $0 | $6,321,700 | |
2 | Naomi Osaka | $5,797,826 | $0 | $0 | $5,797,826 | |
3 | Angelique Kerber | $5,267,537 | $0 | $0 | $5,267,537 | |
4 | Caroline Wozniacki | $4,138,479 | $0 | $0 | $4,138,479 | |
5 | Serena Williams | $3,746,057 | $24,113 | $0 | $3,770,170 | |
6 | Sloane Stephens | $3,714,192 | $35,280 | $4,477 | $3,753,949 | |
7 | Petra Kvitova | $3,098,540 | $0 | $0 | $3,098,540 | |
8 | Elina Svitolina | $2,802,711 | $15,350 | $7,238 | $2,825,299 | |
9 | Kiki Bertens | $2,366,422 | $137,433 | $0 | $2,503,855 | |
10 | Daria Kasatkina | $2,387,852 | $32,730 | $2,794 | $2,420,582 | |
Statistics leaders
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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
This section needs additional citations for verification. (June 2018) |
Month | Winner | Other candidates |
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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[10] | Naomi Osaka (JPN) | Simona Halep (ROU) Serena Williams (USA) Kiki Bertens (NED) |
September[11] | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | Naomi Osaka (JPN) Karolína Plíšková (CZE) |
October |
Breakthrough of the month
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Month | Winner | Other candidates |
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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[12] | Tatjana Maria (GER) | Aleksandra Krunić (SRB) Sofia Kenin (USA) |
July[13] | Wang Qiang (CHN) | Olga Danilović (SRB) Maria Sakkari (GRE) Anastasia Potapova (RUS) |
August[14] | Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) | Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) Ashleigh Barty (AUS) |
September[15] | Anett Kontaveit (EST) | Wang Qiang (CHN) Donna Vekić (CRO) |
October |
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:
- 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.[25]
- 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 tournaments since the previous year's Australian Open, she announced her retirement in May 2018.[26]
- 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 titles and 28 doubles titles during her career. She won two Grand Slams titles at the 2008 and 2009 French Open and an olympics silver medal alongside partner Virginia Ruano Pascual also in 2008. Later in her career, she became part of Jeļena Ostapenko's coaching staff, coaching her to win the 2017 French Open singles title. She announced that the 2018 US Open would be her final tournament.[27]
- Olga Savchuk (born 20 September 1987 in Makiivka, Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine)) joined the professional tour in 2004 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 79 in singles and no. 33 in doubles. Her greatest achievement in singles came at the 2006 Australian Open, reaching the third round as a qualifier. Savchuk was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 3 titles in her career, and reaching the quarterfinals of Roland Garros in 2017. She announced that the 2018 US Open would be her last tournament.[28]
- Francesca Schiavone (born 23 June 1980 in Milan, Italy) joined the professional tour in 1998 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 4 in singles and no. 8 in doubles. Schiavone won 8 singles titles and 7 doubles titles during her career, including her most prestigious, the 2010 French Open singles title. She also reached the French Open final in 2011 and made quarterfinal apeearances in all the other three majors. Schiavone also reached the semifinals or better at all Grand Slam doubles events, finishing runner-up at the 2008 French Open alongside partner Casey Dellacqua. As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Schiavone was part of the squads that won the title in 2006, 2009 and 2010. Initially first planned to be retired after the 2017 season, she announced her retirement from tennis via a press conference during the 2018 US Open following her last tournament (Gstaad) in July.[citation needed]
- Patricia Maria Țig (born 27 July 1994 in Caransebeș, Romania) joined the professional tour in 2009 and reached a career-high ranking of no. 83 in singles and no. 155 in doubles. Țig reached 1 WTA singles final and 2 doubles finals during her career, losing all 3 of them. She also made first round appearances in all four majors. After a period of struggling with her performances in the second half of 2017 season, she decided to focus on her health, citing back pain as the main source of discomfort. Her last played tournament was the (Guangzhou Open) in September 2017. Țig became an inactive player on 24 September 2018 after not playing for 52 consecutive weeks.[29][30]
- 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.[31]
Comebacks
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2018 WTA Tour 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.[32] 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.[33][34]
- 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.[35]
See also
- 2018 ATP World Tour
- 2018 WTA 125K series
- 2018 ITF Women's Circuit
- Women's Tennis Association
- International Tennis Federation
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